java-tutorials/spring-security-mvc-ldap/README.md

## Spring Security with LDAP Example Project


### Relevant Article: 
- [Spring Security - security none, filters none, access permitAll](http://www.baeldung.com/security-none-filters-none-access-permitAll)
- [Spring Security Basic Authentication](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-security-basic-authentication)


### Notes
- the project uses Spring Boot - simply run 'SampleLDAPApplication.java' to start up Spring Boot with a Tomcat container and embedded LDAP server.
- Once started, open 'http://localhost:8080'
- This will display the publicly available Home Page
- Navigate to 'Secure Page' to trigger authentication
- Username: 'baeldung', password: 'password'
- This will authenticate you, and display your allocated roles (as defined in the 'users.ldif' file)