To not persist LDAP accounts passwords locally

[behdadkh]

So we are about to integrate Superset with our org LDAP for authentication and role mapping.

While testing the integration locally, I noticed that Superset persist the LDAP accounts password in ab_user table! even though the value is encrypted, I assume this is a big NO for any organization to have a copy of its employees credentials sitting somewhere.

First, I'd like to verify if my assumption on Superset LDAP integration is correct.

And, what are my alternatives? is there any way to prevent Superset from persisting any account information locally and fully rely on LDAP as its source of truth?

Thanks!

[dosubot[bot]]

سلام @behdadkh,

من اینجا هستم تا کمکتون کنم در انتظار یک مدیر انسان برای رفع این مشکل.

To prevent Superset from persisting LDAP account passwords locally and fully rely on LDAP for authentication and role mapping, you can configure Superset to use LDAP without storing any account information locally. Here’s how you can achieve this:

1. Install the required package:
   Ensure you have the python-ldap package installed.

   pip install python-ldap

2. Configure LDAP authentication in superset_config.py:

   from flask_appbuilder.security.manager import AUTH_LDAP
   
   # Set the authentication type to LDAP
   AUTH_TYPE = AUTH_LDAP
   
   # The LDAP server
   AUTH_LDAP_SERVER = "ldap://your-ldap-server"
   
   # The LDAP search base
   AUTH_LDAP_SEARCH = "ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
   
   # The LDAP search filter
   AUTH_LDAP_SEARCH_FILTER = "(uid=%s)"
   
   # The LDAP bind user and password
   AUTH_LDAP_BIND_USER = "cn=binduser,dc=example,dc=com"
   AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = "bindpassword"
   
   # The LDAP UID field
   AUTH_LDAP_UID_FIELD = "uid"
   
   # The LDAP first name and last name fields
   AUTH_LDAP_FIRSTNAME_FIELD = "givenName"
   AUTH_LDAP_LASTNAME_FIELD = "sn"
   
   # Enable user self-registration
   AUTH_USER_REGISTRATION = True
   
   # The default user self-registration role
   AUTH_USER_REGISTRATION_ROLE = "Public"
   
   # Map LDAP groups to Superset roles
   AUTH_ROLES_MAPPING = {
       "cn=superset_users,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com": ["Gamma", "Alpha"],
       "cn=superset_admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com": ["Admin"],
   }
   
   # Sync roles at login
   AUTH_ROLES_SYNC_AT_LOGIN = True

This configuration ensures that Superset uses LDAP for authentication and role mapping without storing any account information locally. User roles are synced at each login, and no passwords are stored in the ab_user table ^[1].

Additionally, ensure that your Superset instance is configured to handle user session management and authentication tokens securely when using LDAP as the authentication backend ^[1].

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[behdadkh]

@dosu This answer is not correct.

[dosubot[bot]]

To prevent Superset from persisting LDAP account passwords locally and fully rely on LDAP for authentication, you need to configure Superset to use LDAP without storing any account information locally. Here’s how you can achieve this:

1. Install the required package:
   Ensure you have the python-ldap package installed.

   pip install python-ldap

2. Configure LDAP authentication in superset_config.py:

   from flask_appbuilder.security.manager import AUTH_LDAP
   
   # Set the authentication type to LDAP
   AUTH_TYPE = AUTH_LDAP
   
   # The LDAP server
   AUTH_LDAP_SERVER = "ldap://your-ldap-server"

This configuration ensures that Superset uses LDAP for authentication without storing any account information locally. However, note that some user information might still be stored locally in Superset, such as user roles and other metadata ^[1].

To continue talking to Dosu, mention @dosu.