An Approach for Integrating Joomla with LDAP

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content. It is the second most widely used CMS in the world. LDAP is an open standard which is commonly used to provide a central place for storing users and users' data. In this article we propose approach for integrating Joomla, with OpenLDAP, based on usage of the Joomla LDAP Authentication plugin and JMapMyLDAP extension.