DseLDIF - file /etc/dirsrv/*/dse.ldif

class insights.parsers.dse_ldif.DseLDIF(context)[source]

Bases: Parser, list

Parse the attributes out of the filtered lines of the /etc/dirsrv/*/dse.ldif file into a list of records. Each record will be stored as a defaultdict(list), take attribute name as the dict key, and wrap the attribute’s values into a list as the dict value.

The dse.ldif files are in the LDIF format (see man 5 ldif). Due to the file content are filtered, there are some differences between the formal LDIF format and this parser.

LDIF contains multi-row records where each record is identified by a dn: line (“dn” as in “distinguished name”) and the record’s other lines are attributes. Attributes may also have base64-encoded values, multiline values, and file-stored values.

LDIF supports multiline values via continuing lines, one can break and continue a line or fold a line by indenting the continued portion of the line by one space.

Since the content to be handled here is filtered content, the LDIF’s continuing lines will be broken and no more trustable. When parsing, this parser will drop the lines startswith one space. This is acceptable for the current usage of the filter content. We can see to workaround this if continuing line requirement comes in the future.

In the parsing process, line for dn: attribute will be recognized as the start of a record, the following lines will be included in this same record.

Therefor, “dn:” is a default filter for the content collection. And a suggested way for filter adding is using the attribute key with “:” to minimize the collected data, eg. add_filter(Specs.dse_ldif, 'nsSSL3:').

Sample input data:

dn: cn=config
nsslapd-return-default-opattr: namingContexts
nsslapd-return-default-opattr: supportedControl
nsslapd-securePort: 636
nsslapd-security: on

dn: cn=encryption,cn=config
sslVersionMin: SSLv3
sslVersionMax: TLS1.1
nsSSL3: on

Examples

>>> type(dse_ldif)
<class 'insights.parsers.dse_ldif.DseLDIF'>
>>> len(dse_ldif)
2
>>> dse_ldif[0]["nsslapd-return-default-opattr"]
['namingContexts', 'supportedControl']
>>> dse_ldif[0]["nsslapd-security"]
['on']
>>> "sslVersionMin" in dse_ldif[1]
True
>>> dse_ldif[1]["nsSSL3"][0]
'on'
parse_content(content)[source]

This method must be implemented by classes based on this class.