LDAP-REST(1)

💖 NAME 💖

ldap-rest — ok bestie, the name is literally ldap-rest, that's it, that's the whole name, slay ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ldap-rest — Lightweight LDAP directory manager 👑

🎀 Usage:

ldap-rest [OPTIONS]

🌸 Description:

ngl, this starts the ldap-rest server, which serves up a REST API and a web interface for managing LDAP directories. All the config vibes come through either environment variables or command-line arguments — pick your fighter 💅

⭐ Main options:

• --help, -h — shows this help message, no thoughts, just help 🫶
• --port PORT — the server port (default: 8080) 🔥
• --ldap-url URL — the LDAP server URL, where the directory actually lives
• --ldap-dn DN — the LDAP bind DN
• --ldap-pwd PASSWORD — the LDAP bind password (keep it secret, keep it safe 🙈)
• --ldap-base BASE — the LDAP base DN
• --plugin PLUGIN — load a plugin, and heads up because you can specify this one multiple times (stack them like charms on a bracelet 🍓)
• --api-prefix PREFIX — the API prefix (default: /api) ✨
• --log-level LEVEL — the log level, and the valid ones are error, warn, info, debug 💀

See plugin documentation for additional options. (The plugins have their own lore, bestie — go read their docs, iykyk 📖)

🌈 Environment Variables:

Okay so this is the iconic part — every single command-line option can also be set via environment variables. You do it by prefixing with DM_ and writing it in uppercase with underscores. Example: --ldap-url becomes DM_LDAP_URL 🧚

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✨ EXAMPLES ✨

# Start server with default configuration npx ldap-rest

# Start with specific LDAP server npx ldap-rest --ldap-url ldap://localhost:389

# Load specific plugins npx ldap-rest --plugin ldapGroups --plugin ldapOrganization

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💅✨ This was ldap-rest version 0.6.0, dated August 2026, served fresh out of the LDAP-REST(1) manual. Go forth and manage those directories, main character 💖🦋👑