Configuration Variables

The following environment variables are available to tune your configuration (particularly useful with the docker container):

Variable	Value	Default	Purpose
Required Variables
APP_KEY	(value from artisan key:generate)	not defined	This is used to encrypt data used internally. It should only need to be set once for the life of the application
APP_URL	http[s]://URL	not defined	The URL used to get to your PLA instance, eg: https://demo.phpldapadmin.org
LDAP_HOST	hostname to your LDAP server	not defined	A resolvable hostname to your LDAP server
Other Optional Variables
APP_TIMEZONE	An applicable timezone	UTC	This is used to timezone used, mostly for, logging. eg: Australia/Melbourne
CACHE_DRIVER	preferred caching driver	file	You can use memcached here, memcached is included in the image
LDAP_CACHE	true/false	false	We use internal caching to reduce the impact to your LDAP server, this enables that caching
LDAP_BASE_DN	Base DN	undefined	Base DN to your LDAP server, if unset, PLA will try to work it out
LDAP_LOGIN_ATTR	LDAP Attribute	uid	Attribute used to login
LDAP_LOGIN_ATTR_DESC	Description of login attribute	User ID	Shown in the login box, this is a friendly description for the login attribute
LDAP_LOGIN_OBJECTCLASS	comma delimited list of objectclasses	posixAccount	Objectclass that must be on the user's DN to login. This is a comma delimited list, but any match is sufficient to login, eg: posixAccount,inetOrgPerson
LDAP_NAME	text	LDAP Server	Free form text name for your ldap server
LDAP_PORT	int	389	TCP port used to query ldap server
LDAP_PASSWORD	text	undefined	Password to ldap server
LDAP_USERNAME	dn	undefined	Authentication DN to connect to ldap server
MEMCACHED_START	TRUE or FALSE	[undefined] (false)	Whether to start memcached when the container starts. You'll need to set this to true, if your CACHE_DRIVER is set to memcached