How to Create an LDAP Sandbox for Pipeline Testing

Use Docker containers, either locally or in the cloud

Many companies use LDAP, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, to store information about employees and to allow employees to access organizational resources depending on what their individual roles are. Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) is the best-known database that uses this protocol.

For a recent data engineering project, a client needed a pipeline created that would batch-add new employees to its on-premise AD and assign these …

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