Optimized RBAC via LDAP

cli/generate_users.py

@@ -7,26 +7,44 @@ import glob
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 
+def represent_str(dumper, data):
+    """
+    Custom YAML string representer that forces double quotes around any string
+    containing a Jinja2 placeholder ({{ ... }}).
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, str) and '{{' in data:
+        return dumper.represent_scalar(
+            'tag:yaml.org,2002:str',
+            data,
+            style='"'
+        )
+    return dumper.represent_scalar(
+        'tag:yaml.org,2002:str',
+        data
+    )
+
+
 def build_users(defs, primary_domain, start_id, become_pwd):
     """
-    Build user entries with auto-incremented uid/gid, default username/email, and optional description.
+    Construct user entries with auto-incremented UID/GID, default username/email,
+    and optional description.
 
     Args:
-        defs (OrderedDict): Keys are user IDs, values are dicts with optional overrides.
-        primary_domain (str): e.g., 'example.com'.
-        start_id (int): Starting uid/gid (e.g., 1001).
-        become_pwd (str): Password string for all users.
+        defs (OrderedDict): Mapping of user keys to their override settings.
+        primary_domain (str): The primary domain for email addresses (e.g. 'example.com').
+        start_id (int): Starting number for UID/GID allocation (e.g. 1001).
+        become_pwd (str): Default password string for users without an override.
 
     Returns:
-        OrderedDict: Merged user definitions with full fields.
+        OrderedDict: Complete user definitions with all required fields filled in.
 
     Raises:
-        ValueError: If duplicate override uids/gids or conflicts in generated values.
+        ValueError: If there are duplicate UIDs, usernames, or emails.
     """
     users = OrderedDict()
     used_uids = set()
 
-    # Pre-collect any provided uids/gids and check for duplicates
+    # Collect any preset UIDs to avoid collisions
     for key, overrides in defs.items():
         if 'uid' in overrides:
             uid = overrides['uid']
@@ -34,29 +52,30 @@ def build_users(defs, primary_domain, start_id, become_pwd):
                 raise ValueError(f"Duplicate uid {uid} for user '{key}'")
             used_uids.add(uid)
 
-    next_free = start_id
-    def allocate_free_id():
-        nonlocal next_free
-        # find next free id not in used_uids
-        while next_free in used_uids:
-            next_free += 1
-        free = next_free
-        used_uids.add(free)
-        next_free += 1
-        return free
+    next_uid = start_id
+    def allocate_uid():
+        nonlocal next_uid
+        # Find the next free UID not already used
+        while next_uid in used_uids:
+            next_uid += 1
+        free_uid = next_uid
+        used_uids.add(free_uid)
+        next_uid += 1
+        return free_uid
 
-    # Build entries
+    # Build each user entry
     for key, overrides in defs.items():
         username = overrides.get('username', key)
         email = overrides.get('email', f"{username}@{primary_domain}")
         description = overrides.get('description')
         roles = overrides.get('roles', [])
         password = overrides.get('password', become_pwd)
-        # UID assignment
+
+        # Determine UID and GID
         if 'uid' in overrides:
             uid = overrides['uid']
         else:
-            uid = allocate_free_id()
+            uid = allocate_uid()
         gid = overrides.get('gid', uid)
 
         entry = {
@@ -72,41 +91,37 @@ def build_users(defs, primary_domain, start_id, become_pwd):
 
         users[key] = entry
 
-    # Validate uniqueness of username, email, and gid
+    # Ensure uniqueness of usernames and emails
     seen_usernames = set()
     seen_emails = set()
-    seen_gids = set()
+
     for key, entry in users.items():
         un = entry['username']
         em = entry['email']
-        gd = entry['gid']
         if un in seen_usernames:
             raise ValueError(f"Duplicate username '{un}' in merged users")
         if em in seen_emails:
             raise ValueError(f"Duplicate email '{em}' in merged users")
         seen_usernames.add(un)
         seen_emails.add(em)
-        seen_gids.add(gd)
 
     return users
 
 
-def load_user_defs(roles_dir):
+def load_user_defs(roles_directory):
     """
-    Scan all roles/*/meta/users.yml files and extract 'users:' sections.
-
-    Raises an exception if conflicting definitions are found.
+    Scan all roles/*/meta/users.yml files and merge any 'users:' sections.
 
     Args:
-        roles_dir (str): Path to the directory containing role subdirectories.
+        roles_directory (str): Path to the directory containing role subdirectories.
 
     Returns:
-        OrderedDict: Merged user definitions.
+        OrderedDict: Merged user definitions from all roles.
 
     Raises:
-        ValueError: On invalid format or conflicting field values.
+        ValueError: On invalid format or conflicting override values.
     """
-    pattern = os.path.join(roles_dir, '*/meta/users.yml')
+    pattern = os.path.join(roles_directory, '*/meta/users.yml')
     files = sorted(glob.glob(pattern))
     merged = OrderedDict()
 
@@ -128,8 +143,7 @@ def load_user_defs(roles_dir):
                 for field, value in overrides.items():
                     if field in existing and existing[field] != value:
                         raise ValueError(
-                            f"Conflict for user '{key}': field '{field}' has existing value "
-                            f"'{existing[field]}', tried to set '{value}' in {filepath}"
+                            f"Conflict for user '{key}': field '{field}' has existing value '{existing[field]}', tried to set '{value}' in {filepath}"
                         )
                 existing.update(overrides)
 
@@ -138,7 +152,7 @@ def load_user_defs(roles_dir):
 
 def dictify(data):
     """
-    Recursively convert OrderedDict to regular dict before YAML dump.
+    Recursively convert OrderedDict to regular dict for YAML dumping.
     """
     if isinstance(data, OrderedDict):
         return {k: dictify(v) for k, v in data.items()}
@@ -151,7 +165,7 @@ def dictify(data):
 
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description='Generate a users.yml by merging all roles/*/meta/users.yml users sections.'
+        description='Generate a users.yml by merging all roles/*/meta/users.yml definitions.'
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--roles-dir', '-r', required=True,
@@ -163,7 +177,7 @@ def parse_args():
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--start-id', '-s', type=int, default=1001,
-        help='Starting uid/gid number (default: 1001).'
+        help='Starting UID/GID number (default: 1001).'
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--extra-users', '-e',
@@ -179,42 +193,41 @@ def main():
     become_pwd = '{{ lookup("password", "/dev/null length=42 chars=ascii_letters,digits") }}'
 
     try:
-        user_defs = load_user_defs(args.roles_dir)
+        definitions = load_user_defs(args.roles_dir)
     except ValueError as e:
         print(f"Error merging user definitions: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    # Add extra users if any
+    # Add extra users if specified
     if args.extra_users:
         for name in args.extra_users.split(','):
-            user = name.strip()
-            if not user:
+            user_key = name.strip()
+            if not user_key:
                 continue
-            if user in user_defs:
-                print(f"Warning: extra user '{user}' already defined; skipping.", file=sys.stderr)
+            if user_key in definitions:
+                print(f"Warning: extra user '{user_key}' already defined; skipping.", file=sys.stderr)
             else:
-                user_defs[user] = {}
+                definitions[user_key] = {}
 
     try:
         users = build_users(
-            defs=user_defs,
-            primary_domain=primary_domain,
-            start_id=args.start_id,
-            become_pwd=become_pwd
+            definitions,
+            primary_domain,
+            args.start_id,
+            become_pwd
         )
     except ValueError as e:
         print(f"Error building user entries: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    # Convert OrderedDict into plain dict for YAML
     default_users = {'default_users': users}
     plain_data = dictify(default_users)
 
-    # Ensure strings are represented without Python-specific tags
-    yaml.SafeDumper.add_representer(
-        str,
-        lambda dumper, data: dumper.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', data)
-    )
+    # Register custom string representer
+    yaml.SafeDumper.add_representer(str, represent_str)
 
+    # Dump the YAML file
     with open(args.output, 'w') as f:
         yaml.safe_dump(
             plain_data,

group_vars/all/13_ldap.yml

@@ -90,3 +90,8 @@ ldap:
     users:
       login:            "(&{{ _ldap_filters_users_all }}({{_ldap_user_id}}=%{{_ldap_user_id}}))"
       all:              "{{ _ldap_filters_users_all }}"
+  rbac:
+    flavors:
+      # Valid values posixGroup, groupOfNames
+      - groupOfNames
+      # - posixGroup

main.py

@@ -147,9 +147,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     log_file = None
     if log_enabled:
-        log_file_path = os.path.join(script_dir, 'logfile.log')
+        log_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, 'logs')
+        os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
+        timestamp = datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%S')
+        log_file_path = os.path.join(log_dir, f'{timestamp}.log')
         log_file = open(log_file_path, 'a', encoding='utf-8')
 
+
     try:
         if log_enabled:
             # Use a pseudo-terminal to preserve color formatting

roles/docker-espocrm/meta/users.yml

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ users:
   contact:
     description:          "General contact account"
     username:             "contact"
-    mailu_token_enabled:  true
+    roles:
+      - mail-bot

roles/docker-espocrm/vars/configuration.yml

@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ csp:
 domains:
   aliases:
     - "crm.{{ primary_domain }}"
+email:
+  from_name: "Customer Relationship Management ({{ primary_domain }})"

roles/docker-espocrm/vars/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 application_id: "espocrm"
 # EspoCRM uses MySQL/MariaDB
 database_type: "mariadb"
-email:
-  from_name: "Customer Relationship Management ({{ primary_domain }})"

roles/docker-ldap/docs/Administration.md

@@ -46,10 +46,23 @@ docker exec -it ldap bash -c "ldapsearch -LLL -o ldif-wrap=no -x -D \"\$LDAP_ADM
 ### Delete Groups and Subgroup
 To delete the group inclusive all subgroups use:
 ```bash
+docker exec -it ldap bash -c "ldapsearch -LLL -o ldif-wrap=no -x -D \"\$LDAP_ADMIN_DN\" -w \"\$LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD\" -b \"ou=applications,ou=groups,\$LDAP_ROOT\" dn | sed -n 's/^dn: //p' | tac | while read -r dn; do echo \"Deleting \$dn\"; ldapdelete -x -D \"\$LDAP_ADMIN_DN\" -w \"\$LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD\" \"\$dn\"; done"
+
+# Works
 docker exec -it ldap \
   ldapdelete -x \
     -D "$LDAP_ADMIN_DN" \
     -w "$LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD" \
     -r \
-    "ou=groups,dc=veen,dc=world"
+    "ou=groups,$LDAP_ROOT"
+```
+
+## Import RBAC
+```bash
+docker exec -i ldap \
+  ldapadd -x \
+    -D "$LDAP_ADMIN_DN" \
+    -w "$LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD" \
+    -c \
+    -f "/tmp/ldif/data/01_rbac_roles.ldif"
 ```

roles/docker-ldap/filter_plugins/build_ldap_role_entries.py

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+def build_ldap_role_entries(applications, users, ldap):
+    """
+    Builds structured LDAP role entries using the global `ldap` configuration.
+    Supports objectClasses: posixGroup (adds gidNumber, memberUid), groupOfNames (adds member).
+    """
+
+    result = {}
+
+    for application_id, application_config in applications.items():
+        base_roles = application_config.get("rbac", {}).get("roles", {})
+        roles = {
+            **base_roles,
+            "administrator": {
+                "description": "Has full administrative access: manage themes, plugins, settings, and users"
+            }
+        }
+
+        group_id = application_config.get("group_id")
+        user_dn_base = ldap["dn"]["ou"]["users"]
+        ldap_user_attr = ldap["attributes"]["user_id"]
+        role_dn_base = ldap["dn"]["ou"]["roles"]
+        flavors = ldap.get("rbac", {}).get("flavors", [])
+
+        for role_name, role_conf in roles.items():
+            group_cn = f"{application_id}-{role_name}"
+            dn = f"cn={group_cn},{role_dn_base}"
+
+            entry = {
+                "dn": dn,
+                "cn": group_cn,
+                "description": role_conf.get("description", ""),
+                "objectClass": ["top"] + flavors,
+            }
+
+            # Initialize member lists
+            member_dns = []
+            member_uids = []
+
+            for username, user_config in users.items():
+                if role_name in user_config.get("roles", []):
+                    user_dn = f"{ldap_user_attr}={username},{user_dn_base}"
+                    member_dns.append(user_dn)
+                    member_uids.append(username)
+
+            # Add gidNumber for posixGroup
+            if "posixGroup" in flavors:
+                entry["gidNumber"] = group_id
+                if member_uids:
+                    entry["memberUid"] = member_uids
+
+            # Add members for groupOfNames
+            if "groupOfNames" in flavors and member_dns:
+                entry["member"] = member_dns
+
+            result[dn] = entry
+
+    return result
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    def filters(self):
+        return {
+            "build_ldap_role_entries": build_ldap_role_entries
+        }

roles/docker-ldap/handlers/main.yml

@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@
   listen:
     - "Import data LDIF files"
     - "Import all LDIF files"
-  loop: "{{ lookup('fileglob', role_path ~ '/templates/ldif/data/*.j2', wantlist=True) }}"
+  loop: "{{ query('fileglob', role_path ~ '/templates/ldif/data/*.j2') | sort }}"

roles/docker-ldap/tasks/add_user_objects.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     attributes:
       objectClass: "{{ missing_auxiliary }}"
     state: present
+  async: 60
+  poll: 0
   loop: "{{ ldap_users_with_classes.results }}"
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item.dn }}"

roles/docker-ldap/tasks/create_ldif_files.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-# In own task file for easier looping
-
 - name: "Create LDIF files at {{ ldif_host_path }}{{ folder }}"
   template:
     src: "{{ item }}"
     dest: "{{ ldif_host_path }}{{ folder }}/{{ item | basename | regex_replace('\\.j2$', '') }}"
     mode: '770'
-  loop: "{{ lookup('fileglob', role_path ~ '/templates/ldif/' ~ folder ~ '/*.j2', wantlist=True) }}"
+  loop: >-
+    {{
+      lookup('fileglob', role_path ~ '/templates/ldif/' ~ folder ~ '/*.j2', wantlist=True)
+      | sort
+    }}
   notify: "Import {{ folder }} LDIF files"

roles/docker-ldap/tasks/main.yml

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
       uidNumber:     "{{ item.value.uid | int }}"
       gidNumber:     "{{ item.value.gid | int }}"
     state: present            # ↳ creates but never updates
+  async: 60
+  poll: 0
   loop: "{{ users | dict2items }}"
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item.key }}"
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@
       objectClass: "{{ ldap.user_objects.structural }}"
       mail:        "{{ item.value.email }}"
     state: exact
+  async: 60
+  poll: 0
   loop: "{{ users | dict2items }}"
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item.key }}"

roles/docker-ldap/templates/ldif/data/01_application_roles.ldif.j2

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{%- for application_id, application_config in applications.items() %}
-  {%- set base_roles = application_config.rbac.roles | default({}) %}
-  {%- set roles = base_roles | combine({
-        'administrator': {
-          'description': 'Has full administrative access: manage themes, plugins, settings, and users'
-        }
-      }) 
-  %}
-
-  {%- for role_name, role_conf in roles.items() %}
-dn: cn={{ application_id }}-{{ role_name }},{{ ldap.dn.ou.roles }}
-objectClass: top
-objectClass: organizationalRole
-objectClass: posixGroup
-gidNumber: {{ application_config['group_id'] }}
-cn: {{ application_id }}-{{ role_name }}
-description: {{ role_conf.description }}
-
-    {%- for username, user_config in users.items() %}
-      {%- set user_roles = user_config.roles | default([]) %}
-      {%- if role_name in user_roles %}
-dn: cn={{ application_id }}-{{ role_name }},{{ ldap.dn.ou.roles }}
-changetype: modify
-add: roleOccupant
-roleOccupant: {{ ldap.attributes.user_id }}={{ username }},{{ ldap.dn.ou.users }}
-
-      {%- endif %}
-    {%- endfor %}
-  {%- endfor %}
-{%- endfor %}

roles/docker-ldap/templates/ldif/data/01_rbac.ldif.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{% for dn, entry in (applications | build_ldap_role_entries(users, ldap)).items() %}
+
+dn: {{ dn }}
+{% for oc in entry.objectClass %}
+objectClass: {{ oc }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% if entry.gidNumber is defined %}
+gidNumber: {{ entry.gidNumber }}
+{% endif %}
+cn: {{ entry.cn }}
+description: {{ entry.description }}
+{% if entry.memberUid is defined %}
+{% for uid in entry.memberUid %}
+memberUid: {{ uid }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if entry.member is defined %}
+{% for m in entry.member %}
+member: {{ m }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% endfor %}

roles/docker-listmonk/meta/users.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ users:
     username:               "administrator"
   bounce:
     username:               "bounce"
-    mailu_token_enabled:    true
+    roles:
+      - mail-bot
   newsletter:
     username:               "newsletter"
-    mailu_token_enabled:    true
+    roles:
+      - mail-bot

roles/docker-mailu/tasks/create-mailu-user.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
       "Duplicate entry"   not in mailu_user_result.stderr
     )
   changed_when: mailu_user_result.rc == 0
+  when: "'mail-bot' in item.value.roles or 'administrator' in item.value.roles"
 
 - name: "Change password for user '{{ mailu_user_key }};{{ mailu_user_name }}@{{ mailu_domain }}'"
   command: >
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@
       {{ mailu_user_name }} {{ mailu_domain }} '{{ mailu_password }}'
   args:
     chdir: "{{ mailu_compose_dir }}"
+  when: "'mail-bot' in item.value.roles or 'administrator' in item.value.roles"
 
 - name: "Create Mailu API Token for {{ mailu_user_name }}"
   include_tasks: create-mailu-token.yml
-  when: mailu_token_enabled
+  when: "{{ 'mail-bot' in item.value.roles }}"

roles/docker-mailu/tasks/main.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     mailu_user_key:           "{{ item.key }}"
     mailu_user_name:          "{{ item.value.username }}"
     mailu_password:           "{{ item.value.password }}"
-    mailu_token_enabled:      "{{ item.value.mailu_token_enabled | default(false)}}"
     mailu_token_ip:           "{{ item.value.ip | default('') }}"
   loop:                       "{{ users | dict2items }}"
   loop_control:

roles/docker-mailu/vars/configuration.yml

@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@ csp:
     script-src:
       unsafe-inline:        true
       unsafe-eval:          true
+rbac:
+  roles:
+    mail-bot:
+      description: "Has an token to send and recieve emails"
     

roles/docker-nextcloud/meta/users.yml

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ users:
     username:               "administrator"
   no-reply:
     username:               "no-reply"
-    mailu_token_enabled:    true
+    roles:
+      - mail-bot

roles/docker-portfolio/templates/config.yaml.j2

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ accounts:
       iframe: {{ applications | is_feature_enabled('portfolio_iframe','pixelfed') }}
 {% endif %}
 {% if service_provider.contact.peertube  is defined and service_provider.contact.peertube  != "" %}
-    - name: Peertube
+    - name: Videos
       description: Discover {{ 'our' if service_provider.type == 'legal' else 'my' }} videos on Peertube.
       icon:
         class: fa-solid fa-video

tests/unit/roles/docker-ldap/test_build_ldap_role_entries.py

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import unittest
+import sys
+import os
+import importlib.util
+
+# Dynamisch den Filter-Plugin Pfad hinzufügen
+current_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+filter_plugin_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(current_dir, "../../../../roles/docker-ldap/filter_plugins"))
+
+# Modul dynamisch laden
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("build_ldap_role_entries", os.path.join(filter_plugin_path, "build_ldap_role_entries.py"))
+ble_module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(ble_module)
+
+build_ldap_role_entries = ble_module.build_ldap_role_entries
+
+
+class TestBuildLdapRoleEntries(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.applications = {
+            "app1": {
+                "group_id": 10000,
+                "rbac": {
+                    "roles": {
+                        "editor": {"description": "Can edit content"},
+                        "viewer": {"description": "Can view content"}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.users = {
+            "alice": {
+                "roles": ["editor", "administrator"]
+            },
+            "bob": {
+                "roles": ["viewer"]
+            },
+            "carol": {
+                "roles": []
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.ldap = {
+            "dn": {
+                "ou": {
+                    "users": "ou=users,dc=example,dc=org",
+                    "roles": "ou=roles,dc=example,dc=org"
+                }
+            },
+            "attributes": {
+                "user_id": "uid"
+            },
+            "rbac": {
+                "flavors": ["posixGroup", "groupOfNames"]
+            }
+        }
+
+    def test_entries_structure(self):
+        entries = build_ldap_role_entries(self.applications, self.users, self.ldap)
+        expected_dns = {
+            "cn=app1-editor,ou=roles,dc=example,dc=org",
+            "cn=app1-viewer,ou=roles,dc=example,dc=org",
+            "cn=app1-administrator,ou=roles,dc=example,dc=org"
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(set(entries.keys()), expected_dns)
+
+    def test_posix_group_members(self):
+        entries = build_ldap_role_entries(self.applications, self.users, self.ldap)
+        editor = entries["cn=app1-editor,ou=roles,dc=example,dc=org"]
+        self.assertEqual(editor["gidNumber"], 10000)
+        self.assertIn("memberUid", editor)
+        self.assertIn("alice", editor["memberUid"])
+
+    def test_group_of_names_members(self):
+        entries = build_ldap_role_entries(self.applications, self.users, self.ldap)
+        viewer = entries["cn=app1-viewer,ou=roles,dc=example,dc=org"]
+        expected_dn = "uid=bob,ou=users,dc=example,dc=org"
+        self.assertIn("member", viewer)
+        self.assertIn(expected_dn, viewer["member"])
+
+    def test_administrator_auto_included(self):
+        entries = build_ldap_role_entries(self.applications, self.users, self.ldap)
+        admin = entries["cn=app1-administrator,ou=roles,dc=example,dc=org"]
+        self.assertEqual(admin["description"], "Has full administrative access: manage themes, plugins, settings, and users")
+        self.assertIn("alice", admin.get("memberUid", []))
+
+    def test_empty_roles_are_skipped(self):
+        entries = build_ldap_role_entries(self.applications, self.users, self.ldap)
+        for entry in entries.values():
+            if entry["cn"].endswith("-viewer"):
+                self.assertNotIn("carol", entry.get("memberUid", []))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()