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# Configure LDAP Provider for Spring Security

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

In Mule 4, you can either use a Spring Security LDAP provider to perform component authorization, or
use it as a Mule security provider via the Spring module. Before you configure the LDAP provider,
obtain the Spring JAR files and declare Spring beans.

## Obtain JAR Files

The Mule software distribution provides the Spring JAR files you need in the
`<distribution>/lib/opt` directory:

- `spring-ldap-core-2.3.2.RELEASE.jar`

- `spring-security-config-4.2.6.RELEASE.jar`

- `spring-security-core-4.2.6.RELEASE.jar`

- `spring-security-ldap-4.2.6.RELEASE.jar`

- `spring-security-web-4.2.6.RELEASE.jar`

## Declare Spring Beans

The
[DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource](https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/4.0.x/apidocs/org/springframework/security/ldap/DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource.html)
class is the access point for obtaining an LDAP context.  
You must declare the Spring bean for `DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource` in a separate `beans.xml`
file in your resources folder.

For example, you must set up an LDAP context source for use by the Spring Security authentication
provider to search and authenticate your users. Also, you need to define an `authentication-manager`
interface with an embedded `ldap-authentication-provider` class as in the following code sample:

```xml
	<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	  xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
	  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	  xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
	  xmlns:ss="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
	  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
	  ...
	  http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-4.2.xsd">

		<bean id="ldapContextSource" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource">
	        <constructor-arg value="ldap://localhost:389"/>
	        <property name="userDn" value="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org"/>
	        <property name="password" value="admin"/>
	    </bean>

	    <ss:authentication-manager alias="ldapAuthManager">
			<ss:ldap-authentication-provider
				server-ref="ldapContextSource"
				user-search-base="DC=example,DC=org"
				user-search-filter="(uid={0})"
				group-search-base="DC=example,DC=org"
				group-search-filter="({0})"
				group-role-attribute="ou"
			/>
	    </ss:authentication-manager>

	</beans>
```

## Configure the Mule Security Provider

The `SpringSecurityProviderAdapter` delegates to an `AuthenticationProvider` such as the
`LdapAuthenticationProvider`. To configure the Mule security provider review the following example
configuration that shows how you can achieve in Mule connector-level security and other security
features that require one or more security providers.

```xml
	<spring:config name="Spring_Config" files="beans.xml" />

	<spring:security-manager>
 		<spring:delegate-security-provider name="ldap-provider" delegate-ref="ldapAuthManager" />
	</spring:security-manager>
```

The following example configuration references a basic HTTP security filter:

```xml
	<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_config" doc:name="HTTP Listener config">
		<http:listener-connection host="0.0.0.0" port="8081" />
	</http:listener-config>

	<spring:config name="Spring_Config"  files="beans.xml" />

	<spring:security-manager>
		<spring:delegate-security-provider name="ldap-provider" delegate-ref="ldapAuthManager" />
	</spring:security-manager>

	<flow name="secureFlow">
		<http:listener doc:name="Listener" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/test" />

		<http:basic-security-filter doc:name="Basic security filter" securityProviders="#[['ldap-provider']]" realm="mule-realm"/>

		<ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message">
			<ee:message>
				<ee:set-payload><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
					output application/json
					---
					{
						"status": "ok"
					}]]></ee:set-payload>
			</ee:message>
		</ee:transform>
	</flow>
```

## Configure the Component Authorization

To configure the component authorization, declare the `authorization-filter` field as follows:

```xml
	<spring:authorization-filter requiredAuthorities="ROLE_TESTERS" />
```

## See also

- [Spring Module](https://docs.mulesoft.com/spring-module/latest/)

- [Component Authorization Using Spring Security](https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.6/component-authorization-using-spring-security)

- [LDAP Spring Security](https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/3.1.x/reference/ldap.html)

- [Spring Security Reference](https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/4.0.1.RELEASE/reference/html/)