PingDirectory

Testing proxy transformations

You can test the proxy transformation service by imitating example client requests to search and modify users.

About this task

After setting up the deployment scenario, the PingDirectoryProxy server will respond to requests to the dc=example,dc=com and o=sample base distinguished names (DNs).

Steps

  1. To view a Sample Corporation entry, run ldapsearch.

    Example:

    The following example fetches the user with sampleID=scase under the ou=east,o=sample base DN.

    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapsearch --bindDN "cn=directory manager" \
--bindPassword password --baseDN "ou=east,o=sample" "(sampleID=scase)"

    Result:

    dn: sampleID=scase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: exampleAccount
objectClass: top
description: A customer account migrated from Sample merger
sampleID: scase
userPassword: {SSHA}A5O4RrQHWXc2Ii3btD4exGdP0TVW9VL3CR3ZXA==
exAccountNumber: 234098
givenName: Sterling
cn: Sterling Case
sn: Case
telephoneNumber: +1 804 094 3356
street: 00468 Second Street
mail: sterlingcase@maildomain.com
l: Arlington
st: VA
sampleRegion: east
sampleLinkedAccounts: sampleID=jcase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample

  2. Modify the sampleRegion value by changing it to west.

    Example:

    To modify the value, create an ldapmodify input file, called scase-mod.ldif, with the following contents.

    dn: sampleID=scase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample
changetype: modify
replace: sampleRegion
sampleRegion: west

  3. Use the file as an argument in the ldapmodify command.

    Example:

    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapmodify --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" \
--bindPassword password --filename scase-mod.ldif

    Result:

    Processing MODIFY request for sampleID=scase,ou=People, ou=east,o=sample
MODIFY operation successful for DN sampleID=scase,ou=People, ou=east,o=sample

  4. Search for the scase sampleRegion value under o=sample

    Example:

    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapsearch --bindDN "cn=directory manager" \
--bindPassword password --baseDN "o=sample"  "(sampleID=scase)" \
sampleRegion

    Result:

    dn: sampleID=scase,ou=People,ou=east,o=sample
sampleRegion: west

  5. To search for scase, use uid instead of sampleID, under the dc=example,dc=com base DN.

    Example:

    You can see the Example.com schema version of the entry in the following sample.

    root@proxy-east-01: bin/ldapsearch --bindDN "cn=directory manager" \
--bindPassword password --baseDN "dc=example,dc=com"  "(uid=scase)"

    Result:

    dn: uid=scase,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: exampleAccount
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: top
description: A customer account migrated from Sample merger
uid: scase
userPassword: {SSHA}A5O4RrQHWXc2Ii3btD4exGdP0TVW9VL3CR3ZXA==
exAccountNumber: 234098
givenName: Sterling
cn: Sterling Case
sn: Case
telephoneNumber: +1 804 094 3356
street: 00468 Second Street
mail: sterlingcase@maildomain.com
l: Arlington
st: VA
exSampleRegion: west
exSampleLinkedAccounts: uid=jcase,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com