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External SASL Mechanism Handler

The External SASL Mechanism Handler performs all processing related to SASL EXTERNAL authentication.

Parent Component

The External SASL Mechanism Handler component inherits from the SASL Mechanism Handler

Relations From this Component

The following components have a direct AGGREGATION relation FROM External SASL Mechanism Handlers :

Properties

A description of each property follows.


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ certificate-attribute ↓ java-class
↓ certificate-mapper
↓ certificate-validation-policy
↓ enabled

Basic Properties

certificate-attribute

Description
Specifies the name of the attribute to hold user certificates. This property must specify the name of a valid attribute type defined in the server schema.
Default Value
userCertificate
Allowed Values
The name of an attribute type defined in the server schema.
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

certificate-mapper

Description
Specifies the name of the certificate mapper that should be used to match client certificates to user entries.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
The DN of any Certificate Mapper. The referenced certificate mapper must be enabled when the External SASL Mechanism Handler is enabled.
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

certificate-validation-policy

Description
Indicates whether to attempt to validate the peer certificate against a certificate held in the user's entry.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
always - Always require the peer certificate to be present in the user's entry.

ifpresent - If the user's entry contains one or more certificates, require that one of them match the peer certificate.

never - Do not look for the peer certificate to be present in the user's entry.


Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the SASL mechanism handler is enabled for use.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No


Advanced Properties

java-class

Description
Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the SASL mechanism handler implementation.
Default Value
org.opends.server.extensions.ExternalSASLMechanismHandler
Allowed Values
A java class that implements or extends the class(es) :
org.opends.server.api.SASLMechanismHandler
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
The External SASL Mechanism Handler must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to this setting to take effect
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No