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Lucas Balcaen

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Jun 1, 2015, 10:31:23 AM6/1/15
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Hello everyone,

For a school project we have to work with edX and integrate the school's LDAP server.

I've installed edX fullstack on virtualbox and i wrote a little python script which makes me connect to the schoolserver.


So i installed on my linux the following packages:  libldap2-dev and libsasl2-dev and python-ldap.
So when i typ in python in the command shell i get the python shell and i import scriptname.

I get "done" printed so i guess i'm connected with the school's LDAP.

My question is how do i integrate this with edX? I want to log in on the LMS with my school credentials.

I hope someone can help me out!

Lucas

Pedro Lima

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Jun 1, 2015, 3:54:09 PM6/1/15
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Hi Lucas,

Did you try to install Django LDAP?

https://pythonhosted.org/django-auth-ldap/

Regards
Pedro

segunda-feira, 1 de Junho de 2015 às 15:31:23 UTC+1, Lucas Balcaen escreveu:
Hello everyone,

For a school project we have to work with edX and integrate the school's LDAP server.

I've installed edX fullstack on virtualbox and i wrote a little python script which makes me connect to the schoolserver.


Lucas Balcaen

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Jun 2, 2015, 5:49:52 AM6/2/15
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Dear Pedro,

Thank you for responding. I must confess i'm not really at home in this edX / linux thing. As you can see i just build this little script which makes me test the connection i guess.
Could you give me like a step guide how i can integrate it with my edX so i can login with my school credentials?

I will give a look at the DJANGO AUTH LDAP in the meanwhile

greetings

Op maandag 1 juni 2015 21:54:09 UTC+2 schreef Pedro Lima:

Pedro Lima

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Jun 2, 2015, 5:15:43 PM6/2/15
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I don't think there is a detailed guide but there are a couple of messages in the list that you can find if you search by EdX and LDAP. I don't have a LDAP to test but looks like it should work after installing the django ldap package (in the EdX virtualenv) and changing the django settings to use that backend for authentication.

-pedro

The Haag

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Jun 5, 2015, 3:37:30 AM6/5/15
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Any updates to LDAP and EdX support?

Faruk D.

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Dec 12, 2016, 9:46:14 AM12/12/16
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Hi ,

I have the same Issue. Is there any update for this Problem? 

Could you find a solution? 

If yes I would be very thankful for a proposed solution

Regards
Faruk 
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