Go-lang LDAP Authentication (GLAuth) is a secure, easy-to-use, LDAP server with configurable backends.
Use it to centralize account management across your Linux servers, your macOS machines, and your support applications (Jenkins, Apache/Nginx, Graylog2, and many others).
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Centrally manage accounts across your infrastructure.
- Centrally manage SSH keys, Linux accounts, and passwords for cloud servers.
- Lightweight alternative to OpenLDAP and Active Directory for development, or a homelab.
- Store your user directory in a file, local or in S3; SQL database; or proxy to existing LDAP servers.
- Two Factor Authentication (transparent to applications).
- Multiple backends can be chained to inject features.
Website: github.com/glauth/glauth
Support:
Developer: Ned McClain and Ben Yanke
License: MIT License
GLAuth is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| LDAP Solutions | |
|---|---|
| 389 Directory Server | Enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server |
| OpenLDAP | LDAP suite of applications and development tools |
| FreeIPA | Integrated security information management solution |
| OpenDJ | Cloud Directory for the API Economy |
| lldap | Light LDAP implementation |
| ApacheDS | LDAP and Kerberos server written in Java |
| GLAuth | Easy-to-use, LDAP server with configurable backends |
| RazDC | Active Directory domain controller built on Rocky Linux and Samba4 |
| Mori-bito | Terminal-based LDAP server |
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