CipUX::Storage(3) Storage abstraction layer for CipUX

VERSION

version 3.4.0.2

SYNOPSIS


use CipUX::Storage;

DESCRIPTION

The CipUX Storage abstraction layer is a generic abstract class, which can be used to access LDAP servers via Perl by issuing simple actions and via shell command line interface. It was tested with openLDAP version 3. The layer is capable of operating on different sets of LDAP nodes. A set of nodes might be defined by an LDAP objectClass or LDAP attribute. Example: cipuxAccount or posixAccount. The number of objects inside a set might be ranged from one to many. The abstraction layer performs a method on a set of nodes. Valid methods are: 'get', 'set', 'get-all', 'set-all' on LDAP attribute values and 'add', 'delete', 'rename' on LDAP nodes.

It provides the functions get_value, set_value to modify LDAP attribute values. The function add_node, delete_node and rename_node for adding, deleting and renaming LDAP objects.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

The following functions will be exported by CipUX::Storage.

BUILD

This is the constructor, see new.

  use CipUX::Storage;
  use base qw(CipUX::Storage);
  my $storage = CipUX::Storage->new();

DEMOLISH

This is the destructor.

get_value

The get_value queries the LDAP and returns one ore more values depending on the parameter 'scope'.

Syntax:

  eval {
      my $object    = 'ckuelker';
      my $attribute = 'cipuxFirstname';
      my $type      = 'all_user_node';
      $value_hr = $ldap->get_value({
                                       scope=>'one',
                                       type=>$type,
                                       obj=>$object,
                                       attr_ar=>[$attribute]
                                      });
  } or croak "ERROR: can't get value: $@!" if $@;

returns one value:

    %$ret_hr = (
              'ckuelker' => {
                               'cipuxFirstname' => ['Christian'],
                            }
                );
  eval {
      my $object    = '';
      my $attribute = 'cipuxFirstname';
      my $type      = 'all_user_node';
      $value_hr = $ldap->get_value({
                                       scope=>'all',
                                       type=>$type,
                                       obj=>$object,
                                       attr_ar=>[$attribute]
                                      });
  } or croak "ERROR: can't get value: $@!" if $@;
  %$ret_hr = (
              'ckuelker' => {
                               'cipuxFirstname' => ['Christian'],
                               'cipuxLastname' =>  ['Kuelker'],
                            },
              'xoswald' => {
                               'cipuxFirstname' => ['Xavier'],
                               'cipuxLastname' =>  ['Oswald'],
                            },
          );

Return values

    %ret = (
              'ckuelker' => {
                               'cipuxFirstname' => ['Christian'],
                               'cipuxLastname' =>  ['Kuelker'],
                            }

set_value

Sets a value for a given object in the LDAP database.

 my $rslt = set_value( {
     obj=>$obj,
     attr_ar=>$attr_ar,
     changes=>$changes,
     scope=>$scope,
     escope=>$escope,
     type=>$type
 } ;
     obj:      object
     attr_ar:  reference to an array of LDAP attributes and values
     changes:
     scope:    'one|all'        set/modify value
     escope:   'one|all|none'   erase scope
     type:

Modify Syntax

        my $msg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
                                   changes => [
                                       # add sn=Baggins
                                     add     => [ sn => 'Baggins' ],
                                       # delete all fax numbers
                                     delete  => [ faxNumber => []],
                                       # delete phone number 911
                                     delete  => [ telephoneNumber => ['911']],
                                       # change email address
                                     replace => [ mail => '[email protected]']
                                   ]
                                 );

add_node

Adds an LDAP node to the LDAP database.

 my $rslt = $cipux->add_node({obj=>$obj, type=>$type, attr_hr=>$attr_hr});
 obj :    The object to be added
 type:    kind of object to be added
 attr_hr: Hash reference with 'ldap_attribute=>value' structure
 $rslt:   is the reslult from Net::LDAP add

delete_node

Deletes an LDAP node from the LDAP database.

 my $rslt = $cipux->delete_node( { obj=>$obj, type=>$type } );
 obj :    The object to be added
 type:    kind of object to be added
 $rslt:   is the result from Net::LDAP delete

rename_node

Rename an LDAP node of the LDAP database.

 my $rslt = $cipux->rename_node({obj=>$obj, type=>$type, value=>$value });
 obj :    The object to be added
 type:    kind of object to be added
 value:   The new name
 $rslt:   is the result from Net::LDAP rename

_ldap_start

Binds to the LDAP server.

 my %access        = ();
 $access_cfg{ident $self}->{uri}      = 'ldap://localhost';
 $access_cfg{ident $self}->{bind_dn}  = 'cn=admin,dc=nodomain';
 $access_cfg{ident $self}->{password} = 'secret';
 my $ldap = $cipux->_ldap_start();
 $ldap:   is the LDAP Perl object returned from Net::LDAP.

_ldap_start

Unbinds from the LDAP server.

 my $msg = $cipux->_ldap_end( { ldap=>$ldap} );
 $msg:   is the message returned from Net::LDAP.

list_storage_type

Lists all CipUX LDAP nodes entities, sorted.

 my $list_ar = $cipux->list_type( { ldap=>$ldap} );
 $list_ar:   reference to an array of sorted CipUX LDAP entities.

_ldap_struct

Parses cipux-storage.perl with for object, type, filter of a given scope. It also performs some simple validation of that file.

 my $ldap_structure_hr = $cipux->_ldap_struct( {
     obj=>$obj,
     type=>$type,
     scope=>$scope,
     filter=>$filter
 });
 $ldap_structure_hr: returns a structure hash reference

oid_number_supremum

Searches the storage database for uidNumber and gidNumber. It returns the one number above the largest number or the minimum number in the number range for users and groups.

To perform the search it uses get_value (the storage layer itself).

get_sid

Retrieve sambaSID and return it if successful

Configuration files

cipux-access.ini

The CipUX access configuration has the following entries:

 [ldap]
 uri      = ldaps://ldap
 bind_dn  = cn=cipuxroot,dc=nodomain
 base_dn  = ou=CipUX,dc=nodomain
 password = secret
 system   = debian
 customer =

cipux_storage.perl

The storage structure configuration might look like this:

    $cfg = {
        'structure' => {
                all_group_node => {
                    desc         => 'access to all CN group objects',
                    struc_rdn    => 'ou=Group',
                    dn_attr      => 'cn',
                    filter       => '(cn=?)',
                },
                all_user_node => {
                    desc         => 'access to all system UID objects',
                    struc_rdn    => 'ou=User',
                    dn_attr      => 'uid',
                    filter       => '(uid=?)',
                },
                course_group_node => {
                    desc         => 'access to all system GID objects',
                    struc_rdn    => 'ou=Group',
                    dn_attr      => 'cn',
                    filter       => '&(cn=?)(groupType=public)',
                },
            },
}

DIAGNOSTICS

TODO

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

See cipux-access.ini and cipux-storage.perl man page for details on configuration. CipUX::Storage do not use the environment for configuration.

DEPENDENCIES

 Carp
 Class::Std
 CipUX
 Data::Dumper
 English
 Net::LDAP
 Log::Log4perl
 Readonly
 utf8
 version

INCOMPATIBILITIES

Not known.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Not known.

AUTHOR

Christian Kuelker <[email protected]>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007 - 2009 by Christian Kuelker

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