Re: [Geoserver-users] Maintaining groups of LDAP users independent of LDAP groups

2022-04-14 Thread Alexandre Gacon
Indeed in the PG case, you have a real PG user in the database so you can assign users like you want. GeoServer does not have this user store. If you already have an experience on Keycloak, it's definitely a good candidate for your case: you manage groups and users in Keycloak and delegate authent

Re: [Geoserver-users] Maintaining groups of LDAP users independent of LDAP groups

2022-04-14 Thread Alexandre Gacon
I just played with LDAP/AD integration this week and I don't think it's a possible pattern: when authenticated through LDAP/AD users are not defined in the GeoServer UI so you cannot associate them to existing groups. A workaround could be to use SAML authentication with Keycloak and to manage the

[Geoserver-users] Maintaining groups of LDAP users independent of LDAP groups

2022-04-14 Thread Tom Chadwin
Hello We've got a test setup of Geoserver authenticating users against LDAP (Active Directory). I can see various methods of using LDAP/AD group membership to apply permissions to Geoserver layers etc. However, is there a way in which I can group LDAP users in Geoserver itself, without having to