Could anyone of you please help me to implement LDAP authentication using Django. I want to develop a web application which should allow users to access the application post LDAP authentication. I have coded the basic things but I get some failures.
Settings.py
"""
Django settings for HandBook project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.1.7.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/
"""
import os
import ldap
from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = "serverIp"
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend')
AUTH_LDAP_CONNECTION_OPTIONS = {
ldap.OPT_REFERRALS: 0
}
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '4xkkb*m!&@^xzhkpe6#gxe@xeee0ug3q0h$@-)#lv8+0dqpid*'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["192.168.113.75"]
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'NewHandBook.apps.NewhandbookConfig',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'HandBook.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]
,
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'HandBook.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
Views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
from django.template import RequestContext
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
def login(request):
return render(request, 'login/login.html')
def login_user(request):
username = password = ""
state = ""
if request.POST:
username = request.POST.get('username')
password = request.POST.get('password')
print(username, password)
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return render(request, 'login/base.html', {'state': state, 'username': username})
else:
return render(request, 'login/login.html', {'state': state, 'username': username})
)
login.html
{% extends 'login/base.html' %}
{% load static %}
<html>
<head>
<title>Login</title>
</head>
<body>
{% block body %}
<form method="post" action="/NewHandBook/validate/">{% csrf_token %}
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-10 offset=md-1">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-5 register-left "><br><br>
<img style="width: 350px;position: absolute;margin-left: -350px;margin-top: -80px"
src="{% static 'images/gar.png' %}">
<h1 style="font-family: Brush Script MT;font-size: 70px;margin-top: 45px;margin-left: -342px">
HandBook.</h1>
<p style="font-family: Courier New;margin-top: -20px;margin-left: -359px "><i
class="fas fa-shield-alt"></i> Secure <i
class="far fa-share-square"></i> Share <i class="far fa-smile-beam"></i> Smile
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-7 register-right">
<h2 style="font-family: Courier;color: azure">Login Here</h2>
<h7 style="font-family: Courier;font-size: 13px;color: aliceblue">
<h7 style="color: red">*</h7>
Please use your system credentials
</h7>
<div class="register-form">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="username" class="form-control" placeholder="User name"
style="font-family: Courier">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="password" name="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password"
style="font-family: Courier">
</div>
<input type="reset" class="btn btn-primary" value="Reset">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary"> Login Now</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
{% endblock %}
</body>enter code here
</html>## Heading ##
I get below error when i run my project exception
Could anyone of you please help me here.
My use case: user should be able to land on some home page after a successful login or should land back on same login page if provided credentials are invalid.
