A unit test to try binding to your ldap

ldapBindTest.java

package ca.triumf.mis.ldap;

import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;
import javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext;
import junit.framework.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 *
 * @author bleathem
 */
public class LdapSearchTest {

    @Test
    public void testBind() {
        //config
        String userDn = "myusername";
        String userPassword = "mypassword";
        String host = "host.domain.tld";
        boolean useSsl = true;
        String port = useSsl ? "636" : "389";
        
        // setup the environment
        Hashtable<String, String> env = new Hashtable<String,String>();
        env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");
        env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, String.format("ldap://%s:%s", host, port));
        env.put("com.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool", "true");
        if (useSsl) {
            env.put(Context.SECURITY_PROTOCOL, "ssl");
        }
    	env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple");
    	env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, userDn);
    	env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, userPassword);
        DirContext context = null;
        
        // do the ldap bind (validate username and password
        boolean loggedIn;
        try {
            context = new InitialDirContext(env);
            loggedIn = true;
        } catch (NamingException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(LdapSearchTest.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            loggedIn = false;
        }
        Assert.assertEquals(true, loggedIn);
    }
}