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News from the Blog 2022-01-22

News for the Blog

It has been 9 years since I created the blog, and some articles have old content that still get many visitors. To make sure they get the clear picture and not obsolete information, all the articles of the taxonomy POST, will include the Date and Time when the article was first published.

I also removed the annoying link “Leave a comment” on top. I think it influences some people to leave comments before actually having read the article.

It is still possible to add comments, but they are on the bottom of the page. I believe it makes more sense this way. This is the way.

Technically that involved modifying the files of my template:

functions.php
content.php

My Books

Automating and Provisioning to Amazon AWS using boto3 Amazon’s SDK for Python 3

I finished my book about Automating and Provisioning to Amazon AWS using boto3 Amazon’s SDK for Python 3.

It’s 128 pages in Full size DIN-A4 DRM-Free, and comes with a link to code samples of a real project CLI Menu based.

Docker Combat Guide

I have updated my book Docker Combat Guide and I added a completely new section, including source code, to work with Docker’s Python SDK.

I show the Docker SDK by showing the code of an actual CLI program I wrote in Python 3.

Here you can see a video that demonstrates how I launched a project with three Docker Containers via Docker compose. The Containers have Python, Flask webserver, and redis as bridge between the two Python Containers.

All the source code are downloadable with the book.

Watch at 1080p at Full Screen for better experience

My Classes

In January I resumed the coding classes. I have new students, and few spots free in my agenda, as some of my students graduated and others have been hired as Software Developers. I can not be more proud. :)

Free Training

Symfony is one of the most popular PHP Frameworks.

You can learn it with these free videos:

https://symfonycasts.com/screencast/symfony/

Software Licenses I Purchased

Before leaving 2021, I registered WinRAR for Windows.

WinRAR is a compressing Software that has been with us for 19 years.

I’m pretty sure I registered it in the past, but these holidays I was out only with two Window laptops and I had to do some work for the university and WinRAR came it handy, so I decided to register it again.

I create Software and Books, and I earn my life with this, so it makes a lot of sense to pay others for their good work crafting Software.

Books I Purchased

I bought this book and by the moment is really good. I wanted to buy some updated books as all my Linux books have some years already. Also I keep my skills sharp by reading reading reading.

Hardware I purchased

So I bought a cheap car power inverter.

The ones I saw in Amazon were €120+ and they were not very good rated, so I opted to buy a cheap one in the supermarket and keep it on the car just in case one day I need it. (My new Asus Zenbook laptop has 18 hours of autonomy and I don’t charge it for days, but you never know)

For those that don’t know, a power inverter allows you to get a 220V (120V in US) plug, from the connection of the lighter from your car. Also you can get the energy from an external car battery. This comes in really handy to charge the laptop, cameras, your drone… if you are in the nature and you don’t have any plug near.

I bought one years ago to power up Raspberry Pi’s when I was doing Research for a project I was studying to launch.

Fun

Many friends are using Starlink as a substitute of fiber for their rural homes, and they are super happy with it.

One of them send me a very fun article.

It is in Italian, but you can google translate it.

https://leganerd.com/2022/01/10/starlink-ha-un-piccolo-e-adorabile-problema-con-i-gatti/

Anyways you can get the idea of what’s going on in the picture :)

So tell me… so your speed with Starlink drops 80% in winter uh… aha…

Random news about Software

I tried the voice recognition in Slack huddle, and it works pretty well. Also Zoom has this feature and they are great. Specially when you are in a group call, or in a class.

My health

I was experimenting some problems, so I scheduled an appointment to get blood analysis and to be checked. Just in case.

TL;TR I could have died.

The doctors saw my analysis and sent me to the hospital urgently, where they found something that was going to be lethal. For hours they were checking me and doing several more analysis and tests to discard false positives, etc… and they precisely found the issue and provided urgent treatment and confirmed that I could have died at any moment.

Basically I dodged a bullet.

I was doing certain healthy things that helped me in a situation that could have been deadly or extremely dangerous to my health.

With the treatment and my strict discipline, I reverted the situation really quick and now I have more health and more energy than before. I feel rejuvenated.

I’m feeling lucky that with my work, the classes, the books I wrote, etc… I didn’t have to worry about the expensive medicines, the transport, etc… It was a bad moment, during Christmas, with so many people on holidays, pharmacies and GPs closed, so I had to spend more time looking for, traveling, and to pay more than it would had been strictly necessary. Despite all the time I used to my health, I managed to finish my university duties on time, and I didn’t miss my duties at work after the hospital, neither I had to cancel any programming classes or mentoring sessions. Nobody out of my closest circle knew what was going on, with the exception of my boss, which I kept informed in real time, just in case there was any problem, as I didn’t want to let down the company and have my duties at work to be unattended if something major happened.

I was not afraid to die. Unfortunately I’ve lost very significant people since I was a child. Relatives, very appreciated bosses and colleagues which I considered my friends, and great friends of different circles. Illnesses, accidents, and a friend of mine committed suicide years ago, and some of my partners attempted it (before we know each other). When you see people that are so good leaving, this brings a sadness that cannot be explained with words. I have had a tough life.

We have a limited time, and he have freedom to make choices. Some people choose to be miserable, to mistreat others, to lie, to cheat, to be unfaithful, to lack ethic and integrity. Those are their choices. Their wasted time will not come back.

Some of my friends are doctors. I admire them. They save lives and improve the quality of life of people with health problems.

I like being an Engineer cause I can create things, I can build instead of destroy, I can help to improve the world, and I can help users to have a good time and to avoid the frustration of services being down. I chose to do a positive work. So many times I’ve been offered much bigger salaries to do something I didn’t like, or by companies that I don’t admire, and I refused. Cause I wanted to make a better world. I know many people don’t think like that, and they only take take take. They are even unable to understand my choices, even to believe that I’m like that. But it’s enough that I know what I’m doing, and that it makes sense for me, and that I know that I’m doing well. And then, one day, you realize, that doing well, being fair and nice even if other people stabbed you in the back, you got to know fantastic people like you, and people that adore you and love to have you in their life, in their companies… So I’m really fortunate. To all the good-hearted people around, that give without expect anything in return, that try to make the world a better place, thank you.

LDAPGUI a LDAP GUI program in Python and Tkinter

I wanted to automate certain operations that we do very often, and so I decided to do a PoC of how handy will it be to create GUI applications that can automate tasks.

As locating information in several repositories of information (ldap, databases, websites, etc…) can be tedious I decided to create a small program that queries LDAP for the information I’m interested, in this case a Location. This small program can very easily escalated to launch the VPN, to query a Database after querying LDAP if no results are found, etc…

I share with you the basic application as you may find interesting to create GUI applications in Python, compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac.

I’m super Linux fan but this is important, as many multinationals still use Windows or Mac even for Engineers and SRE positions.

With the article I provide a Dockerfile and a docker-compose.yml file that will launch an OpenLDAP Docker Container preloaded with very basic information and a PHPLDAPMIN Container.

Installation of the dependencies

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python3.8 python3-tk
pip install ldap3

Windows and Mac:

Install Python3.6 or greater and from command line.

For Mac install pip if you don’t have it.

pip install ldap3

Python Code

#!/bin/env python3

import tkinter as tk
from ldap3 import Server, Connection, MODIFY_ADD, MODIFY_REPLACE, ALL_ATTRIBUTES, ObjectDef, Reader
from ldap3.utils.dn import safe_rdn
from lib.fileutils import FileUtils

# sudo apt-get install python3.8 python3-tk
# pip install ldap3


class LDAPGUI:

    s_config_file = "config.cfg"

    s_ldap_server = "ldapslave01"
    s_connection = "uid=%USERNAME%, cn=users, cn=accounts, dc=demo1, dc=carlesmateo, dc=com"
    s_username = "carlesmateo"
    s_password = "Secret123"
    s_query = "location=%LOCATION%,dc=demo1,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com"

    i_window_width = 610
    i_window_height = 650
    i_frame_width = i_window_width-5
    i_frame_height = 30
    i_frame_results_height = 400

    # Graphical objects
    o_window = None
    o_entry_ldap = None
    o_entry_connection = None
    o_entry_results = None
    o_entry_username = None
    o_entry_location = None
    o_button_search = None

    def __init__(self, o_fileutils):
        self.o_fileutils = o_fileutils

    def replace_connection_with_username(self):
        s_connection_raw = self.o_entry_username.get()
        s_connection = self.s_connection.replace("%USERNAME%", s_connection_raw)
        return s_connection

    def replace_query_with_location(self):
        s_query_raw = self.o_entry_location.get()
        s_query = self.s_query.replace("%LOCATION%", s_query_raw)
        return s_query

    def clear_results(self):
        self.o_entry_results.delete("1.0", tk.END)

    def enable_button(self):
        self.o_button_search["state"] = tk.NORMAL

    def disable_button(self):
        self.o_button_search["state"] = tk.DISABLED

    def ldap_run_query(self):

        self.disable_button()
        self.clear_results()

        s_ldap_server = self.o_entry_ldap.get()
        self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Connecting to: " + s_ldap_server + "...\n")
        try:

            o_server = Server(s_ldap_server)
            o_conn = Connection(o_server,
                                self.replace_connection_with_username(),
                                self.s_password,
                                auto_bind=False)
            o_conn.bind()

            if isinstance(o_conn.last_error, str):
                s_last_error = o_conn.last_error
                self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Last error: " + s_last_error + "\n")

            if isinstance(o_conn.result, str):
                s_conn_result = o_conn.result
                self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Connection result: " + s_conn_result + "\n")

            s_query = self.replace_query_with_location()
            self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Performing Query: " + s_query + "\n")

            obj_location = ObjectDef('organizationalUnit', o_conn)
            r = Reader(o_conn, obj_location, s_query)
            r.search()
            self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Results: \n" + str(r) + "\n")
            #print(r)

            #print(0, o_conn.extend.standard.who_am_i())
            # https://github.com/cannatag/ldap3/blob/master/tut1.py
            # https://github.com/cannatag/ldap3/blob/master/tut2.py

        except:
            self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "There has been a problem" + "\n")

            if isinstance(o_conn.last_error, str):
                s_last_error = o_conn.last_error
                self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Last error: " + s_last_error + "\n")

        try:
            self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Closing connection\n")
            o_conn.unbind()
        except:
            self.o_entry_results.insert(tk.END, "Problem closing connection" + "\n")

        self.enable_button()

    def create_frame_location(self, o_window, i_width, i_height):
        o_frame = tk.Frame(master=o_window, width=i_width, height=i_height)
        o_frame.pack()

        o_lbl_location = tk.Label(master=o_frame,
                                  text="Location:",
                                  width=10,
                                  height=1)
        o_lbl_location.place(x=0, y=0)

        o_entry = tk.Entry(master=o_frame, fg="yellow", bg="blue", width=50)
        o_entry.insert(tk.END, "")
        o_entry.place(x=100, y=0)

        return o_frame, o_entry

    def create_frame_results(self, o_window, i_width, i_height):
        o_frame = tk.Frame(master=o_window, width=i_width, height=i_height)
        o_frame.pack()

        o_entry = tk.Text(master=o_frame, fg="grey", bg="white", width=75, height=20)
        o_entry.insert(tk.END, "")
        o_entry.place(x=0, y=0)

        return o_frame, o_entry

    def create_frame_username(self, o_window, i_width, i_height, s_username):
        o_frame = tk.Frame(master=o_window, width=i_width, height=i_height)
        o_frame.pack()

        o_lbl_location = tk.Label(master=o_frame,
                                  text="Username:",
                                  width=10,
                                  height=1)
        o_lbl_location.place(x=0, y=0)

        o_entry_username = tk.Entry(master=o_frame, fg="yellow", bg="blue", width=50)
        o_entry_username.insert(tk.END, s_username)
        o_entry_username.place(x=100, y=0)

        return o_frame, o_entry_username

    def create_frame_ldapserver(self, o_window, i_width, i_height, s_server):
        o_frame = tk.Frame(master=o_window, width=i_width, height=i_height)
        o_frame.pack()

        o_lbl_ldapserver = tk.Label(master=o_frame,
                                    text="LDAP Server:",
                                    width=10,
                                    height=1)
        o_lbl_ldapserver.place(x=0, y=0)
        # We don't need to pack the label, as it is inside a Frame, packet
        # o_lbl_ldapserver.pack()

        o_entry = tk.Entry(master=o_frame, fg="yellow", bg="blue", width=50)
        o_entry.insert(tk.END, s_server)
        o_entry.place(x=100, y=0)

        return o_frame, o_entry

    def create_frame_connection(self, o_window, i_width, i_height, s_connection):
        o_frame = tk.Frame(master=o_window, width=i_width, height=i_height)
        o_frame.pack()

        o_lbl_connection = tk.Label(master=o_frame,
                                    text="Connection:",
                                    width=10,
                                    height=1)
        o_lbl_connection.place(x=0, y=0)
        # We don't need to pack the label, as it is inside a Frame, packet
        # o_lbl_ldapserver.pack()

        o_entry_connection = tk.Entry(master=o_frame, fg="yellow", bg="blue", width=50)
        o_entry_connection.insert(tk.END, s_connection)
        o_entry_connection.place(x=100, y=0)

        return o_frame, o_entry_connection

    def create_frame_query(self, o_window, i_width, i_height, s_query):
        o_frame = tk.Frame(master=o_window, width=i_width, height=i_height)
        o_frame.pack()

        o_lbl_query = tk.Label(master=o_frame,
                                    text="Connection:",
                                    width=10,
                                    height=1)
        o_lbl_query.place(x=0, y=0)

        o_entry_query = tk.Entry(master=o_frame, fg="yellow", bg="blue", width=50)
        o_entry_query.insert(tk.END, s_query)
        o_entry_query.place(x=100, y=0)

        return o_frame, o_entry_query

    def create_button(self):
        o_button = tk.Button(
            text="Search",
            width=25,
            height=1,
            bg="blue",
            fg="yellow",
            command=self.ldap_run_query
        )

        o_button.pack()

        return o_button

    def render_screen(self):
        o_window = tk.Tk()
        o_window.title("LDAPGUI by Carles Mateo")
        self.o_window = o_window
        self.o_window.geometry(str(self.i_window_width) + 'x' + str(self.i_window_height))

        o_frame_ldap, o_entry_ldap = self.create_frame_ldapserver(o_window=o_window,
                                                                  i_width=self.i_frame_width,
                                                                  i_height=self.i_frame_height,
                                                                  s_server=self.s_ldap_server)
        self.o_entry_ldap = o_entry_ldap
        o_frame_connection, o_entry_connection = self.create_frame_connection(o_window=o_window,
                                                                              i_width=self.i_frame_width,
                                                                              i_height=self.i_frame_height,
                                                                              s_connection=self.s_connection)
        self.o_entry_connection = o_entry_connection

        o_frame_user, o_entry_user = self.create_frame_username(o_window=o_window,
                                                                i_width=self.i_frame_width,
                                                                i_height=self.i_frame_height,
                                                                s_username=self.s_username)
        self.o_entry_username = o_entry_user

        o_frame_query, o_entry_query = self.create_frame_query(o_window=o_window,
                                                               i_width=self.i_frame_width,
                                                               i_height=self.i_frame_height,
                                                               s_query=self.s_query)
        self.o_entry_query = o_entry_query


        o_frame_location, o_entry_location = self.create_frame_location(o_window=o_window,
                                                                        i_width=self.i_frame_width,
                                                                        i_height=self.i_frame_height)

        self.o_entry_location = o_entry_location

        o_button_search = self.create_button()
        self.o_button_search = o_button_search

        o_frame_results, o_entry_results = self.create_frame_results(o_window=o_window,
                                                                     i_width=self.i_frame_width,
                                                                     i_height=self.i_frame_results_height)
        self.o_entry_results = o_entry_results

        o_window.mainloop()

    def load_config_values(self):
        b_success, d_s_config = self.o_fileutils.read_config_file_values(self.s_config_file)
        if b_success is True:
            if 'server' in d_s_config:
                self.s_ldap_server = d_s_config['server']
            if 'connection' in d_s_config:
                self.s_connection = d_s_config['connection']
            if 'username' in d_s_config:
                self.s_username = d_s_config['username']
            if 'password' in d_s_config:
                self.s_password = d_s_config['password']
            if 'query' in d_s_config:
                self.s_query = d_s_config['query']


def main():
    o_fileutils = FileUtils()

    o_ldapgui = LDAPGUI(o_fileutils=o_fileutils)
    o_ldapgui.load_config_values()

    o_ldapgui.render_screen()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Dockerfile

FROM osixia/openldap

# Note: Docker compose will generate the Docker Image.
# Run:  sudo docker-compose up -d

LABEL maintainer="Carles Mateo"

ENV LDAP_ORGANISATION="Carles Mateo Test Org" \
    LDAP_DOMAIN="carlesmateo.com"

COPY bootstrap.ldif /container/service/slapd/assets/config/bootstrap/ldif/50-bootstrap.ldif

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.3'
services:
  ldap_server:
      build:
        context: .
        dockerfile: Dockerfile
      environment:
        LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD: test1234
        LDAP_BASE_DN: dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
      ports:
        - 389:389
      volumes:
        - ldap_data:/var/lib/ldap
        - ldap_config:/etc/ldap/slapd.d
  ldap_server_admin:
      image: osixia/phpldapadmin:0.7.2
      ports:
        - 8090:80
      environment:
        PHPLDAPADMIN_LDAP_HOSTS: ldap_server
        PHPLDAPADMIN_HTTPS: 'false'
volumes:
  ldap_data:
  ldap_config:

config.cfg

# Config File for LDAPGUI by Carles Mateo
# https://blog.carlesmateo.com
#

# Configuration for working with the prepared Docker
server=127.0.0.1:389
connection=cn=%USERNAME%,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
username=admin_gh
password=admin_gh_pass
query=cn=%LOCATION%,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com

# Carles other tests
#server=ldapslave.carlesmateo.com
#connection=uid=%USERNAME%, cn=users, cn=accounts, dc=demo1, dc=carlesmateo, dc=com
#username=carlesmateo
#password=Secret123
#query=location=%LOCATION%,dc=demo1,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com

bootstrap.ldif

In order to bootstrap the Data on the LDAP Server I use a bootstrap.ldif file copied into the Server.

Credits, I learned this trick in this page: https://medium.com/better-programming/ldap-docker-image-with-populated-users-3a5b4d090aa4

dn: cn=developer,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: Engineer
cn: developer
givenname: developer
sn: Developer
displayname: Developer User
mail: developer@carlesmateo.com
userpassword: developer_pass

dn: cn=maintainer,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: Engineer
cn: maintainer
givenname: maintainer
sn: Maintainer
displayname: Maintainer User
mail: maintainer@carlesmateo.com
userpassword: maintainer_pass

dn: cn=admin,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: Engineer
cn: admin
givenname: admin
sn: Admin
displayname: Admin
mail: admin@carlesmateo.com
userpassword: admin_pass

dn: ou=Groups,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: Groups

dn: ou=Users,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: Users

dn: cn=Admins,ou=Groups,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
changetype: add
cn: Admins
objectclass: groupOfUniqueNames
uniqueMember: cn=admin,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com

dn: cn=Maintaners,ou=Groups,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
changetype: add
cn: Maintaners
objectclass: groupOfUniqueNames
uniqueMember: cn=maintainer,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com
uniqueMember: cn=developer,dc=carlesmateo,dc=com

lib/fileutils.py

You can download this file from the lib folder in my project CTOP.py

More information about programming with tkinter:

https://realpython.com/python-gui-tkinter/#getting-user-input-with-entry-widgets

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_gui_programming.htm

https://effbot.org/tkinterbook/entry.htm

About LDAP:

https://ldap3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/