Mediawiki Active Directory Authentication

By makeaweli

- 1 minutes read - 103 words

Installing LDAP_Authentication AD authentication extension for mediawiki was a nightmare.

Installing LDAP_Authentication Extension

cd into the wiki’s extensions directory.

Clone the extension’s git master:

<br /> git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/LdapAuthentication.git<br />

MySQL Configuration

Normally you need to run the update.php script after installing an extension. However, this extension errors out.

After reading the source, all it does is create a new database table. So just copy and paste the .sql file in the extension’s directory into a mysql console.

Extension Configuration

As with all things openldap adapted to work with AD, configuration was a major PITA.

Open up LocalSettings.php and paste in the following: