Database Authentication Installation

Introduction

Database authentication requires the addition of two (2) database columns inside your users database table:

• guid
  This is for storing your LDAP users objectguid. It is used for locating and synchronizing your LDAP user.
  
  
• domain
  This is for storing your LDAP users connection name. It is used to identify users from different domains.

Publishing The Required Migration

Publish the migration using the below command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="LdapRecord\Laravel\LdapAuthServiceProvider"

Then run the migration using the below command:

php artisan migrate

Add The Required Trait and Interface

Add the following interface and trait to your User Eloquent model:

• Trait: LdapRecord\Laravel\Auth\AuthenticatesWithLdap
• Interface: LdapRecord\Laravel\Auth\LdapAuthenticatable

// app/User.php

// ...

use LdapRecord\Laravel\Auth\LdapAuthenticatable;
use LdapRecord\Laravel\Auth\AuthenticatesWithLdap;

class User extends Authenticatable implements LdapAuthenticatable
{
    use Notifiable, AuthenticatesWithLdap;

    // ...
}

This trait and interface provide LdapRecord the ability of setting and getting your users domain and guid database columns upon authentication.

Migration Customization

You may change the database column names in the published migration to anything you would like. However, once you have done so, you must override the following methods in your Eloquent User model that are provided by the above-mentioned LdapRecord trait and interface:

// app/User.php

// ...

use LdapRecord\Laravel\Auth\LdapAuthenticatable;
use LdapRecord\Laravel\Auth\AuthenticatesWithLdap;

class User extends Authenticatable implements LdapAuthenticatable
{
    // ...

    public function getLdapDomainColumn(): string
    {
        return 'my_domain_column';
    }

    public function getLdapGuidColumn(): string
    {
        return 'my_guid_column';
    }
}