ASP.NET Core 2.0 LDAP Active Directory Authentication

Question

I have found a lot of information from the past saying that LDAP authentication isn\'t enabled yet but you can get around that using third party packages. However, it seems

Answer 1

Thanks to Win's Answer for pointing out that I needed to use Windows Compatibility Pack, I was able to figure this out.

The first thing I had to do was install the Nuget package

Install-Package Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility 

At the time, I needed a preview version, so I appended -Version 2.0.0-preview1-26216-02 on the end of this command

Then, add using statements for System.DirectoryServices and System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

Then, just plug this logic into my HandleAuthenticateAsync method:

const string LDAP_PATH = "EX://exldap.example.com:5555";
const string LDAP_DOMAIN = "exldap.example.com:5555";

using (var context = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, LDAP_DOMAIN, "service_acct_user", "service_acct_pswd")) {
    if (context.ValidateCredentials(username, password)) {
        using (var de = new DirectoryEntry(LDAP_PATH))
        using (var ds = new DirectorySearcher(de)) {
            // other logic to verify user has correct permissions

            // User authenticated and authorized
            var identities = new List { new ClaimsIdentity("custom auth type") };
            var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(new ClaimsPrincipal(identities), Options.Scheme);
            return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Success(ticket));
        }
    }
}

// User not authenticated
return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail("Invalid auth key."));