ASP.NET Core 5, JWT tokenand Novell AD library

Question

I want to know wheather it is a valid solution to use JWT token and the Novel AD authentication an authorization library in an ASP.NET Core 5 Web API in a Linux server? Are there any examples on it, please?

Answer 1

Yes you can use Novell for Authentication. For authenticating your users you can use Ldap using Novell.Directory.Ldap Package.

In .csprog file:

<PackageReference Include="Novell.Directory.Ldap.NETStandard" Version="2.3.8" />

In the configuration:

"Ldap": {
"url": "[Ldap URL]",
"domain": "[Domain Name]"
}

Code:

using Novell.Directory.Ldap;

public bool LoginLdap(string username, string password)

{
LdapConnection connection = new LdapConnection();
var loggedIn = false;
try
{
     connection.Connect(_config["Ldap:url"], LdapConnection.DEFAULT_PORT);
     connection.Bind(LdapConnection.Ldap_V3, _config["Ldap:domain"] + @"\" + username, password);
     loggedIn = true;
}
catch 
{
     loggedIn = false;
}
connection.Disconnect();
return loggedIn;
}