Linking Neo4j to an LDAP directory

I will start this paragraph with a piece of advice. If you are using a cluster, connecting each node to the same LDAP directory is the way to go as users are local to a node and are not propagated.

So, let's connect. We will use a Docker container based on an OpenLdap image.

Starting the directory 

Let's prepare the folder where the configuration will be. In a shell, execute the following in your home folder:

mkdir data/ldap/environment -p
mkdir data/ldap/db -p

In this first new folder, create a file named users.ldif with the following content:

dn: dc=learningneo4j,dc=com
dc: learningneo4j
description: Directory of all the readers
objectClass: top
objectClass: dcObject
objectClass: organization
o: Readers Directory

dn: ou=users,dc=learningneo4j,dc=com
ou: users
objectClass: organizationalRole
cn: users

# =============================================================== ROLES
dn: ou=ldapreaders,dc=learningneo4j,dc=com
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalRole...