LDAP Testing with Java: ApacheDS vs Embedded-LDAP-JUnit

When writing applications that interchange information with LDAP directory services there is always the need to write integration tests for these components and services. Therefore we need a the possibility to start-up an embedded LDAP server, fill it with test-data and control its life-cycle during the test-phases. In the following tutorial I’d like to demonstrate two candidates that fulfil this purpose, the ApacheDS test integrations and a small library named embedded-ldap-junit. ...

July 4, 2016 · 5 min · 942 words · Micha Kops

Creating a LDAP server for your development environment in 5 minutes

I am currently working on a plugin that needs to receive some information from an LDAP/Active Directory using JNDI. That’s why I needed to set up a directory server in a short time and I didn’t want to waste much effort for here. Luckily for me the Apache Directory Studio saved my day and allowed me to set up everything I needed in a few minutes. Short and sweet: In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to configure everything you need in your Eclipse IDE and finally how to query the created LDAP server with a tiny java client using JNDI. ...

June 13, 2011 · 5 min · 914 words · Micha Kops