This example is using following users & groups in lldap :
- A technical user (ex:
ro_admin
), member oflldap_strict_readonly
orlldap_password_manager
- A catch-all group called
nextcloud_users
. - Members of
nextcloud_users
group will be authorized to log in Nextcloud. - Some "application" groups, let's say
friends
andfamily
: users in Nextcloud will be able to share files and view people in dynamic lists only to members of their own group(s). - Users in
family
andfriends
should also be users innextcloud_users
group!
If you plan on following this tutorial line-by-line, you will now have the following:
- 6 groups:
nextcloud_users
family
friends
lldap_strict_readonly
lldap_password_manager
ldap_admin
- 1 admin user in any of the following groups:
lldap_password_manager
lldap_strict_readonly
- (Atleast) 1 user in the
nextcloud_users
group - (Optional) Any number of users in the
friends
orfamily
group.
TL;DR let's script it. The "user_ldap" application is shipped with default Nextcloud installation (at least using Docker official stable images), you just have to install & enable it :
occ app:install user_ldap
occ app:enable user_ldap
occ ldap:create-empty-config
# EDIT: domain
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapHost "ldap://lldap.example.net."
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapPort 3890
# EDIT: admin user
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapAgentName "uid=ro_admin,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"
# EDIT: password
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapAgentPassword "password"
# EDIT: Base DN
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapBase "dc=example,dc=com"
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapBaseUsers "dc=example,dc=com"
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapBaseGroups "dc=example,dc=com"
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapConfigurationActive 1
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapLoginFilter "(&(objectclass=person)(uid=%uid))"
# EDIT: nextcloud_users group, contains the users who can login to Nextcloud
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUserFilter "(&(objectclass=person)(memberOf=cn=nextcloud_users,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com))"
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUserFilterMode 0
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUserFilterObjectclass person
occ ldap:set-config s01 turnOnPasswordChange 0
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapCacheTTL 600
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapExperiencedAdmin 0
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapGidNumber gidNumber
# EDIT: list of application groups
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapGroupFilter "(&(objectclass=groupOfUniqueNames)(|(cn=friends)(cn=family)))"
# EDIT: list of application groups
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapGroupFilterGroups "friends;family"
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapGroupFilterMode 0
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapGroupDisplayName cn
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapGroupFilterObjectclass groupOfUniqueNames
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapGroupMemberAssocAttr uniqueMember
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapEmailAttribute "mail"
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapLoginFilterEmail 0
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapLoginFilterUsername 1
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapMatchingRuleInChainState unknown
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapNestedGroups 0
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapPagingSize 500
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapTLS 0
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUserAvatarRule default
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUserDisplayName displayname
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUserFilterMode 1
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUuidGroupAttribute auto
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapUuidUserAttribute auto
occ ldap:set-config s01 ldapExpertUsernameAttr user_id
With a bit of of luck, you should be able to log in your nextcloud instance with LLDAP accounts in the nextcloud_users
group.
- enable LDAP application (installed but not enabled by default)
- setup your ldap server in Settings > Administration > LDAP / AD integration
- setup Group limitations
Fill the LLDAP domain and port, DN + password of your technical account and base DN (as usual : change example.com
by your own domain) :
Select person
as object class and then choose Edit LDAP Query
: the only from these groups
option is not functional.
We want only users from the nextcloud_users
group to be allowed to log in Nextcloud :
(&(objectclass=person)(memberOf=cn=nextcloud_users,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com))
You can check with Verify settings and count users
that your filter is working properly (here your accounts admin
and ro_admin
will not be counted as users).
Select Edit LDAP Query
and enter :
(&(objectclass=person)(uid=%uid))
Enter a valid username in lldap and check if your filter is working.
You can use the menus for this part : select groupOfUniqueNames
in the first menu and check every group you want members to be allowed to view their group member / share files with.
For example:
(&(|(objectclass=groupOfUniqueNames))(|(cn=family)(cn=friends)))
Set Internal Username
to user_id
. This is needed to that the user ID used by Nextcloud corresponds to the user_id
field and not the UUID
field.
Go to Settings > Administration > Sharing and check following boxes :
- "Allow username autocompletion to users within the same groups"