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Posted to dev@directory.apache.org by Brennan Stehling <of...@gmail.com> on 2005/01/25 17:13:38 UTC
what can I do?
I would like to help with this project. I am a Java and .NET
developer with a lot of web experience.
I also know Perl and I have maintained FreeBSD servers for years. I
have a Windows 2000 and MacOS X computer at home as well so I can do
testing on several platforms.
I would hope that this project would be compatible with a Java 1.3.1
environment.
I am very much interested in integrating a DS backend to several other
open source projects like message board, blog, jabber and other
community type sites which need to manage a directory of users.
--
Brennan Stehling
+ http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
Re: what can I do?
Posted by Brennan Stehling <of...@gmail.com>.
I think the best way for me to get started is to put together a series
of unit tests which I can run and experiment with different ways of
interfacing with the Apache DS server. It will also benefit everyone
else on the project.
>From there I should be able to start documentation to help others
learn how to integrate their apps with Apache DS. And I may just do a
couple of integrations for the most popular community projects to kick
it off.
Brennan
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:18:43 -0500, Enrique Rodriguez
<er...@apache.org> wrote:
> Brennan Stehling wrote:
> > I hope we can put some things together. I do not really do a lot of
> > PHP development, but some PHP applications are so popular that it is
> > worth the effort to unify their user management with Apache DS. I
> > have been running POP3, Jabber, phpBB and other types of community
> > software and each has it's own user repository.
>
> I agree. Easy-to-use LDAP+Kerberos should allow a broader community for
> interchangeable webapps and services that can be assembled into virtual
> community sites.
>
> > Once some issues start filling into JIRA I will do what I can to work on them.
>
> Issues that have arisen on the mailing list have so far come from
> developers launching into using ApacheDS in existing products. The
> protocol work I'm doing, since it uses the front- and back-ends has
> picked out a couple bugs but most of the ones on this mailing list have
> come from guys like Mark Swanson who are experimenting with this in
> their products (http://www.scheduleworld.com/).
>
> Something to consider is launching into your own integration effort,
> which may not require any coding, just configuration. For example,
> Postfix has great LDAP support and is reasonably easy to configure. At
> Apache, we've got Tomcat and James. In the broader Java world, Jive
> Messenger (Jabber server) comes to mind. In addition to bug reports and
> fixes, we could also use HOWTO's to get people started and expand the
> user base.
>
> -enrique
>
>
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:30:34 -0500, Enrique Rodriguez
> > <er...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> >>Brennan Stehling wrote:
> >>
> >>>I am very much interested in integrating a DS backend to several other
> >>>open source projects like message board, blog, jabber and other
> >>>community type sites which need to manage a directory of users.
> >>
> >>Awesome, Brennan. This is what got me involved in this project, the
> >>desire to integrate community site components. I came at it from the
> >>Kerberos angle only because Alex was already well along with LDAP.
> >>
> >>-enrique
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
--
Brennan Stehling
+ http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
Re: what can I do?
Posted by Enrique Rodriguez <er...@apache.org>.
Brennan Stehling wrote:
> I hope we can put some things together. I do not really do a lot of
> PHP development, but some PHP applications are so popular that it is
> worth the effort to unify their user management with Apache DS. I
> have been running POP3, Jabber, phpBB and other types of community
> software and each has it's own user repository.
I agree. Easy-to-use LDAP+Kerberos should allow a broader community for
interchangeable webapps and services that can be assembled into virtual
community sites.
> Once some issues start filling into JIRA I will do what I can to work on them.
Issues that have arisen on the mailing list have so far come from
developers launching into using ApacheDS in existing products. The
protocol work I'm doing, since it uses the front- and back-ends has
picked out a couple bugs but most of the ones on this mailing list have
come from guys like Mark Swanson who are experimenting with this in
their products (http://www.scheduleworld.com/).
Something to consider is launching into your own integration effort,
which may not require any coding, just configuration. For example,
Postfix has great LDAP support and is reasonably easy to configure. At
Apache, we've got Tomcat and James. In the broader Java world, Jive
Messenger (Jabber server) comes to mind. In addition to bug reports and
fixes, we could also use HOWTO's to get people started and expand the
user base.
-enrique
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:30:34 -0500, Enrique Rodriguez
> <er...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>>Brennan Stehling wrote:
>>
>>>I am very much interested in integrating a DS backend to several other
>>>open source projects like message board, blog, jabber and other
>>>community type sites which need to manage a directory of users.
>>
>>Awesome, Brennan. This is what got me involved in this project, the
>>desire to integrate community site components. I came at it from the
>>Kerberos angle only because Alex was already well along with LDAP.
>>
>>-enrique
>>
>>
>
>
>
Re: what can I do?
Posted by Brennan Stehling <of...@gmail.com>.
I hope we can put some things together. I do not really do a lot of
PHP development, but some PHP applications are so popular that it is
worth the effort to unify their user management with Apache DS. I
have been running POP3, Jabber, phpBB and other types of community
software and each has it's own user repository.
Once some issues start filling into JIRA I will do what I can to work on them.
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:30:34 -0500, Enrique Rodriguez
<er...@apache.org> wrote:
> Brennan Stehling wrote:
> > I am very much interested in integrating a DS backend to several other
> > open source projects like message board, blog, jabber and other
> > community type sites which need to manage a directory of users.
>
> Awesome, Brennan. This is what got me involved in this project, the
> desire to integrate community site components. I came at it from the
> Kerberos angle only because Alex was already well along with LDAP.
>
> -enrique
>
>
--
Brennan Stehling
+ http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
Re: what can I do?
Posted by Enrique Rodriguez <er...@apache.org>.
Brennan Stehling wrote:
> I am very much interested in integrating a DS backend to several other
> open source projects like message board, blog, jabber and other
> community type sites which need to manage a directory of users.
Awesome, Brennan. This is what got me involved in this project, the
desire to integrate community site components. I came at it from the
Kerberos angle only because Alex was already well along with LDAP.
-enrique