[Freeipa-users] json api docs

[Dmitri Pal]

On 09/12/2014 09:36 AM, Tamas Papp wrote:
>
> On 09/12/2014 02:47 PM, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> On 09/11/2014 02:06 AM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>>> On 09/10/2014 07:10 PM, Tamas Papp wrote:
>>>> hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Is there an offficial API documentation available?
>>>
>>> Unfortunately not much. You can search archives and find some 
>>> recommendations
>>> that helped people in the past.
>>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-users/2013-January/msg00109.html 
>>>
>>>
>>> We also have a ticket
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3129
>>
>> We also have a ticket
>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4233
>> targeted on FreeIPA 4.1 to see the actual JSON queries that "ipa" 
>> command sends. It would make it easier to see how we use the API.
>
> Actually what is the recommended way to use ipa as a simple ldap 
> backend for a service without kerberos?


You have seen other answers but I think a fair question to ask here is 
what does the service do and what kind of ldap info it needs?
Is it read only or read write?

> In fact the service does not need kerberos and things like that, but I 
> like the helper tools of ipa, like ipa command, web UI, easy 
> replication etc.
>
> Can I make trouble by writing the directory directly though ldap 
> (add/delete/modify users + groups).
>
> 10x
> tamas
>


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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IdM portfolio
Red Hat, Inc.