On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:17 AM, Ned Twigg <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a small company that's moving from cloud services to internal > services, so we're getting our first-ever LDAP server up to manage these > accounts. > > We're using ApacheDS, but I really wish we could use Google Apps to manage > our internal authentication requests. We're an Eclipse/OSGi/Java dev shop, > so I figure we could probably hack around a little to make a plugin for > ApacheDS to set it up as a front for our Google Apps domain. > > I've got a couple questions: > 1) Do you think this is possible? > what kind of authentication mechanism you are planning to use OAuth?, SAML? you can use the embedded http service component of ApacheDS > 2) If so, any recommendations on where we should start? Which extension > points we should learn about? > there are no extension points to http service of ApacheDS right now, I am no OSGi expert but feel free to shoot any questions you have about the http service, I will answer them > 3) Is anybody interested in doing this project under sponsorship from us? > We're very small, but we do have some revenue, and it'd be worth $500 or so > to us for it to just be done. Googling around there are other people who > have the same request: > > https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/apps/6rOyXD5g1aA > > http://superuser.com/questions/438629/using-apacheds-for-single-sign-on-for-google-apps > https://www.jfrog.com/jira/browse/RTFACT-5491 > > If it's possible, it seems that ApacheDS is a good candidate to bridge the > gap for companies that don't want to maintain their own LDAP database. > > looks like a cool thing to have > Thanks for your time! > > Ned Twigg > Lead Software Architect, DiffPlug LLC > 949-264-3433 > 340 S Lemon Ave #3433, Walnut, CA 91789 > -- Kiran Ayyagari http://keydap.com
