Nexus and OpenLDAP authentication

Question

I´m trying to configure my Nexus instance, 2.11, to integrate with LDAP, OpenLDAP, with SSL.

It appears to work with the settings bellow:

Connection
Protocol: ldaps
Hostname: mydomain.local
Port: 636
Search Base: dc=mydomain,dc=local


Authentication
Auth. Method: Simple Authentication
SASL Realm:
Username: dc=admi,dc=mydomain,dc=local
Password: MySuperSecretPassword

When I click on Check Authentication it returns:

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LDAP connection and authentication test completed Successfully.

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Then in sections:

User element Mapping
Base DN: ou=users
User subtree: (but it doesn´t appear to affect something)
Object class: inetOrgPerson
User filter:
User UD Attribute: uid
Real Name Attribute: cn
E-Mail Attribute: mail
Password Attribute:

Group Element Mapping

Then clicking on Check User Mapping, it return all the users on LDAP directory.
It´s good, but... When I´m trying to Log-In with any user, it returns:

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Incorrect username, password or no permission to use Nexus User Interface. Try again. Please login before attempting further requests.

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I´d try to mapp a user from LDAP, in User Manegement interface, and give this user a Nexus Administrator Rule, I tried to put all roles to this user, but always get the same error above.
Is there any other configuration nedded to make it work?

Thanks!

Answer 1

In the administration sidebar, click 'server'

Enable "OSS LDAP Authentication Realm" in the security realm.

There is a feature request to make this more visible.

https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-4062