Graphite

LDAP authentication appears to do nothing

Asked by Randy Rue

I am trying to replace our very old graphite-web server (v0.9.12) with a new one running 1.1.10-5.

On the old server, users login using LDAP credentials so they can save graphs. Users logging in for the first time are added automatically.

The same settings in local_settings.py on the new server don't work. Attempts to log in return an error "Authentication attempt failed, please make sure you entered your login and password correctly"

I've tried dialing up logging in apache and in both places in local_settings.py (DEBUG=TRUE as well as the section importing the ldap module and setting logging verbosity to 65535).

In every case the only thing that logs anywhere is a POST in apache's access log. tcpdump shows no outgoing traffic to our ldap servers during an attempt. It appears that the request isn't making it as far as the ldap libraries.

Grateful for any guidance....

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vytlac (vytlacfoto) said : 		#1

I faced a similar issue when setting up Graphite for a monitoring dashboard. While the fix was mostly on the configuration side, I also made use of some visualizations for a report, and ended up printing one of the final graphs on canvas using this site: https://vytlacfoto.sk/tlac_obrazov_na_platno_fotoplatno/. It was actually a nice way to present data visually in the office. Hope your issue gets resolved soon — Graphite can be tricky at first!

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