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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions images/base/Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ RUN mkdir /rootfs && curl "$URL" | tar --zstd -x -C /rootfs
FROM scratch
COPY --from=builder /rootfs /

# Install and setup sssd autoconfiguration
# Install and setup sssd autoconfiguration.
# ldap-utils provides ldapsearch, used by the git-identity profile script to
# fetch a user's email from the internal LDAP server on first interactive login.
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y sssd sudo tmux curl gnupg git jq unattended-upgrades && \
apt-get install -y sssd sudo tmux curl gnupg git jq ldap-utils unattended-upgrades && \
pam-auth-update --enable mkhomedir && \
apt-get clean && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
COPY --chmod=0440 sssd.conf /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
COPY --chmod=0440 ldapusers /etc/sudoers.d/ldapusers
COPY --chmod=0644 ldap.conf /etc/ldap/ldap.conf
COPY --chmod=0755 git-identity.sh /etc/profile.d/git-identity.sh

# The following service ensures environment variables set in the OCI metadata
# or container configuration are passed to programs executed by systemd which
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63 changes: 63 additions & 0 deletions images/base/git-identity.sh
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Automatically configures git user.name and user.email from the user's LDAP
# profile on first interactive login to a container. Subsequent logins skip
# this entirely once git config is set.
#
# The name is read from the NSS gecos field (mapped from LDAP cn via sssd.conf).
# The email is read from LDAP via an anonymous ldapsearch (REQUIRE_AUTH_FOR_SEARCH
# is disabled on the internal ldap-gateway, so no bind credentials are needed).

# Only run for interactive shells
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return

# Only if git is available
command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 || return
command -v ldapsearch >/dev/null 2>&1 || return

# Skip if already configured — user-set values always take precedence
[ -n "$(git config --global user.email 2>/dev/null)" ] && [ -n "$(git config --global user.name 2>/dev/null)" ] && return

_GIT_SETUP_USER="${USER:-$(id -un 2>/dev/null)}"
[ -z "$_GIT_SETUP_USER" ] && return
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Can we bailout here as well if user is root? Just to avoid the unnessecary LDAP lookup?

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_GIT_SETUP_USER="${USER:-$(id -un 2>/dev/null)}"
[ -z "$_GIT_SETUP_USER" ] && return
[ "$_GIT_SETUP_USER" = "root" ] && return

[ "$_GIT_SETUP_USER" = "root" ] && return

# Full name from NSS (SSSD reads the LDAP gecos attribute by default via ldap_user_gecos)
_GIT_SETUP_NAME=$(getent passwd "$_GIT_SETUP_USER" 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f5)

# Email from LDAP anonymous query
_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_HOST="${LDAP_URI:-ldaps://ldap1:636}"

# Resolve baseDN the same way SSSD does: rootDSE namingContexts autodiscovery.
# Use LDAP_BASE_DN if explicitly set; otherwise query rootDSE.
# - Single namingContexts entry -> use it directly
# - Multiple namingContexts -> use defaultNamingContext
# - Neither resolvable -> abort
if [ -n "${LDAP_BASE_DN:-}" ]; then
_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_BASE="$LDAP_BASE_DN"
else
_GIT_SETUP_ROOTDSE=$(ldapsearch -x -H "$_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_HOST" -b "" -s base namingContexts defaultNamingContext 2>/dev/null)
_GIT_SETUP_NC_COUNT=$(echo "$_GIT_SETUP_ROOTDSE" | grep -c '^namingContexts:')
if [ "$_GIT_SETUP_NC_COUNT" -eq 1 ]; then
_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_BASE=$(echo "$_GIT_SETUP_ROOTDSE" | awk '/^namingContexts:/{print $2; exit}')
elif [ "$_GIT_SETUP_NC_COUNT" -gt 1 ]; then
_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_BASE=$(echo "$_GIT_SETUP_ROOTDSE" | awk '/^defaultNamingContext:/{print $2; exit}')
fi
unset _GIT_SETUP_ROOTDSE _GIT_SETUP_NC_COUNT
fi
[ -z "${_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_BASE:-}" ] && return

_GIT_SETUP_EMAIL=$(ldapsearch -x \
-H "$_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_HOST" \
-b "$_GIT_SETUP_LDAP_BASE" \
"(uid=${_GIT_SETUP_USER})" mail 2>/dev/null \
| awk '/^mail:/{print $2; exit}')

if [ -n "$_GIT_SETUP_NAME" ]; then
git config --global user.name "$_GIT_SETUP_NAME"
fi

if [ -n "$_GIT_SETUP_EMAIL" ]; then
git config --global user.email "$_GIT_SETUP_EMAIL"
fi

unset _GIT_SETUP_USER _GIT_SETUP_NAME _GIT_SETUP_EMAIL _GIT_SETUP_LDAP_HOST _GIT_SETUP_LDAP_BASE _GIT_SETUP_ROOTDSE _GIT_SETUP_NC_COUNT
5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions images/base/ldap.conf
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# OpenLDAP client configuration for containers.
# Mirrors the TLS check level used by SSSD (ldap_tls_reqcert = allow) so that
# ldapsearch and other ldap-utils tools accept the internal certificate without
# additional flags.
TLS_REQCERT allow
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions images/base/sssd.conf
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ldap_uri = ldaps://ldap1:636, ldaps://ldap2:636
ldap_tls_reqcert = allow

# Map LDAP cn attribute to the NSS gecos field so that tools like getent,
# finger, and the git-identity profile script can read the user's full name.
ldap_user_gecos = cn
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The default value of this setting gecos works for our deployment. I don't want to complicate the sssd config more than nessecary.

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I went ahead and removed these lines


# set a timeout long enough for a push notification to be responded to
ldap_opt_timeout = 60
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