
GLAuth
Lightweight LDAP server written in Go, with user directories held in flat files, S3, SQL databases or another LDAP server.
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GLAuth is an LDAP server. Systems that authenticate against LDAP can use it as their directory. It is written in Go and runs as one process, started with a configuration file. The user directory can stay in that file or sit in another backend: flat files, S3, ownCloud, a SQL database or another LDAP server. An optional web UI shows statistics and application health on the same address as a REST API. The project distributes a standalone executable, a container image and a Helm chart.
Worth knowing
The quickstart configuration is meant for trying the server out, and the docs say to set up TLS before production use. The README places the single-server setup, driven by a configuration file, in production when it is deployed with Puppet, Chef or Ansible, and calls GLAuth an alternative to OpenLDAP and Active Directory for development or a homelab.
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- 2026-11-03: links, Maintainer, Maintained by, License model
glauth.github.io/ - 2026-11-03: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth - 2026-11-03: links
glauth.github.io/docs/ - 2026-11-03: First release
api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/commits/975d1d3b13e808cc667d507a2d367f1ab86ce057 - 2026-11-03: Categories, Runs as
github.com/glauth/glauth/blob/GLAuth-v2.5.4/README.md - 2026-11-03: Runtime, Install with
glauth.github.io/docs/quickstart.html - 2026-11-03: Install with
glauth.github.io/docs/containerization.html - 2026-11-03: Install with
glauth.github.io/docs/kubernetes.html - 2026-11-03: Content API, Admin interface
glauth.github.io/docs/web-ui.html - 2026-11-03: License
github.com/glauth/glauth/blob/GLAuth-v2.5.4/LICENSE - 2026-11-03: Current major version
github.com/glauth/glauth/releases/tag/GLAuth-v2.5.4 - 2026-11-03: Last release
api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/releases/latest - 2026-11-03: Contributors
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