--- title: FreeIPA --- ## Preparation The following placeholders will be used: - `svc_authentik` is the name of the bind account. - `freeipa.company` is the Name of the domain. - `ipa1.freeipa.company` is the Name of the FreeIPA server. ## FreeIPA Setup 1. Log into FreeIPA. 2. Create a user in FreeIPA, matching your naming scheme. Provide a strong password, example generation methods: `pwgen 64 1` or `openssl rand -base64 36`. Once done click `Add and Edit`.  3. In the user management screen, select the Roles tab.  4. Add a role that has privileges to change user passwords, the default `User Administrators` role is sufficient. This is needed to support password resets from within authentik.  5. By default, if an administrator account resets a user's password in FreeIPA the user's password expires after the first use and must be reset again. This is a security feature to ensure password complexity and history policies are enforced. To bypass this feature for a more seamless experience, you can make the following modification on each of your FreeIPA servers: ``` $ ldapmodify -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -W -h ipa1.freeipa.company -p 389 dn: cn=ipa_pwd_extop,cn=plugins,cn=config changetype: modify add: passSyncManagersDNs passSyncManagersDNs: uid=svc_authentik,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=freeipa,dc=company ``` Additional info: [22.1.2. Enabling Password Reset Without Prompting for a Password Change at the Next Login](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/linux_domain_identity_authentication_and_policy_guide/user-authentication#user-passwords-no-expiry) ## authentik Setup In authentik, create a new LDAP Source in Resources -> Sources. Use these settings: - Server URI: `ldaps://ipa1.freeipa.company` You can specify multiple servers by separating URIs with a comma, like `ldap://ipa1.freeipa.company,ldap://ipa2.freeipa.company`. When using a DNS entry with multiple Records, authentik will select a random entry when first connecting. - Bind CN: `uid=svc_authentik,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=freeipa,dc=company` - Bind Password: The password you've given the user above - Base DN: `dc=freeipa,dc=company` - Property mappings: Control/Command-select all Mappings which start with "authentik default LDAP" and "authentik default OpenLDAP" - Group property mappings: Select "authentik default OpenLDAP Mapping: cn" Additional settings: - Group: If selected, all synchronized groups will be given this group as a parent. - Addition User/Group DN: `cn=users,cn=accounts` - Addition Group DN: `cn=groups,cn=accounts` - User object filter: `(objectClass=person)` - Group object filter: `(objectClass=groupofnames)` - Group membership field: `member` - Object uniqueness field: `ipaUniqueID`   After you save the source, you can kick off a synchronization by navigating to the source, clicking on the "Sync" tab, and clicking the "Run sync again" button.  Lastly, verify that the "User database + LDAP password" backend is selected in the "Password Stage" under Flows -> Stages. 