Workaround · Permissions & security · Blocks work
Fake GitLab OAuth page tied to LDAP used to avoid paid tier
1 source thread · first seen 2023-03
Summary
After the vendor raised the price, a team dropped the paid plan and had a developer build a stand-in GitLab auth page connected to LDAP so the open core edition could authenticate against their directory.
- Affects
- team using LDAP auth
- Workaround
- Built a dummy GitLab OAuth page backed by LDAP and switched to the open core version
Evidence
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“So one Rails dev added a dummy "gitlab" oauth page for auth that's connected to our LDAP and we just switched to open core version”