Custom Schemas in Ladle

If you need to use LDAP classes other the standard ones, you'll need to define and include a custom schema. As of version 2.0 of apacheDS, this is done via ldif files. You can create the appropriate schema elements in a stand-alone ldif file and specify that be loaded prior to any data files.

For an example of how this should look, please refer to spec/ladle/animals-custom-schema.ldif.

CN=other,OU=schema is a good place to put your own custom attributes and object types. There is a "test branch" starting with 2.25 which can be used for self-generated oids, if you're making things up yourself

• check this stackoverflow question for more info.

Configure ladle to use the custom schema

Put the ldif somewhere in your project, then configure the Ladle::Server instance to point to it:

Ladle::Server.new(
  :custom_schemas => "path/to/schema.ldif",
  :ldif => "path/to/data-that-uses-the-schema.ldif",
  :domain => "dc=example,dc=com"
)

You may also combine the custom schema declarations in the data LDIF (the file named by the :ldif option). If you do this, you can skip the :custom_schemas option entirely. The separate :custom_schemas option is nice if you use the same schema but different data in different tests, or if you use an externally- provided schema. If your tests aren't that complicated, then combining them into one file has no downsides.