diff --git a/clients/rancher/auth/auth.go b/clients/rancher/auth/auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38e4dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/rancher/auth/auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package auth
+
+import (
+	"github.com/rancher/shepherd/clients/rancher/auth/openldap"
+	management "github.com/rancher/shepherd/clients/rancher/generated/management/v3"
+	"github.com/rancher/shepherd/pkg/session"
+)
+
+type Client struct {
+	OLDAP *openldap.OLDAPClient
+}
+
+// NewAuth constructs the Auth Provider Struct
+func NewClient(mgmt *management.Client, session *session.Session) (*Client, error) {
+	oLDAP, err := openldap.NewOLDAP(mgmt, session)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &Client{
+		OLDAP: oLDAP,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/clients/rancher/auth/authprovider.go b/clients/rancher/auth/authprovider.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efd10f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/rancher/auth/authprovider.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package auth
+
+type Provider string
+
+const (
+	LocalAuth    Provider = "local"
+	OpenLDAPAuth Provider = "openLdap"
+)
+
+// String stringer for the AuthProvider
+func (a Provider) String() string {
+	return string(a)
+}
diff --git a/clients/rancher/auth/openldap/config.go b/clients/rancher/auth/openldap/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5e14bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/rancher/auth/openldap/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package openldap
+
+const (
+	ConfigurationFileKey = "openLDAP"
+)
+
+// Config represents the OpenLDAP authentication configuration structure
+// used for configuring LDAP connection parameters, user search settings,
+// and group membership configuration.
+type Config struct {
+	Hostname       string          `json:"hostname"       yaml:"hostname"`
+	IP             string          `json:"IP"             yaml:"IP"`
+	ServiceAccount *ServiceAccount `json:"serviceAccount" yaml:"serviceAccount"`
+	Groups         *Groups         `json:"groups"          yaml:"groups"`
+	Users          *Users          `json:"users"          yaml:"users"`
+	AccessMode     string          `json:"accessMode"     yaml:"accessMode"     default:"unrestricted"`
+}
+
+type ServiceAccount struct {
+	DistinguishedName string `json:"distinguishedName" yaml:"distinguishedName"`
+	Password          string `json:"password"          yaml:"password"`
+}
+
+// Users represents  LDAP Groups, used in test scenarios for validating Groups search.
+type Groups struct {
+	ObjectClass                  string `json:"objectClass"            yaml:"objectClass"`
+	MemberMappingAttribute       string `json:"memberMappingAttribute" yaml:"memberMappingAttribute"`
+	NestedGroupMembershipEnabled bool   `json:"nestedGroupMembershipEnabled,omitempty" yaml:"nestedGroupMembershipEnabled,omitempty"`
+	SearchDirectGroupMemberships bool   `json:"searchDirectGroupMemberships,omitempty" yaml:"searchDirectGroupMemberships,omitempty"`
+	SearchBase                   string `json:"searchBase" yaml:"searchBase"`
+}
+
+// Users represents  LDAP users, used in test scenarios for validating users search.
+
+type Users struct {
+	Admin      *User  `json:"admin"      yaml:"admin"`
+	SearchBase string `json:"searchBase" yaml:"searchBase"`
+}
+
+// User represents an LDAP user with authentication credentials, used in test scenarios for validating user authentication.
+type User struct {
+	Password string `json:"password,omitempty" yaml:"password,omitempty"`
+	Username string `json:"username,omitempty" yaml:"username,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/clients/rancher/auth/openldap/openldap.go b/clients/rancher/auth/openldap/openldap.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d24b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/rancher/auth/openldap/openldap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package openldap
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	apisv3 "github.com/rancher/rancher/pkg/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
+
+	management "github.com/rancher/shepherd/clients/rancher/generated/management/v3"
+	"github.com/rancher/shepherd/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/rancher/shepherd/pkg/session"
+)
+
+type OLDAPOperations interface {
+	Enable() error
+	Disable() error
+	Update(existing, updates *management.AuthConfig) (*management.AuthConfig, error)
+}
+
+const (
+	resourceType = "openldap"
+	schemaType   = "openLdapConfigs"
+)
+
+type OLDAPClient struct {
+	client  *management.Client
+	session *session.Session
+
+	Config *Config
+}
+
+// NewOLDAP constructs OLDAP struct after it reads Open LDAP from the configuration file
+func NewOLDAP(client *management.Client, session *session.Session) (*OLDAPClient, error) {
+	ldapConfig := new(Config)
+	config.LoadConfig(ConfigurationFileKey, ldapConfig)
+
+	return &OLDAPClient{
+		client:  client,
+		session: session,
+		Config:  ldapConfig,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Enable is a method of OLDAP, makes a request to the action with the given
+// configuration values
+func (o *OLDAPClient) Enable() error {
+	var jsonResp map[string]interface{}
+
+	url := o.newActionURL("testAndApply")
+	enableActionInput, err := o.newEnableInputFromConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = o.client.Ops.DoModify("POST", url, enableActionInput, &jsonResp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	o.session.RegisterCleanupFunc(func() error {
+		return o.Disable()
+	})
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Update is a method of OLDAP, makes an update with the given configuration values
+func (o *OLDAPClient) Update(
+	existing, updates *management.AuthConfig,
+) (*management.AuthConfig, error) {
+	return o.client.AuthConfig.Update(existing, updates)
+}
+
+// Disable is a method of OLDAP, makes a request to disable Open LDAP
+func (o *OLDAPClient) Disable() error {
+	var jsonResp map[string]any
+
+	url := o.newActionURL("disable")
+	disableActionInput := o.newDisableInput()
+
+	return o.client.Ops.DoModify("POST", url, &disableActionInput, &jsonResp)
+}
+
+func (o *OLDAPClient) newActionURL(action string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%v/%v/%v?action=%v",
+		o.client.Opts.URL,
+		schemaType,
+		resourceType,
+		action,
+	)
+}
+
+func (o *OLDAPClient) newEnableInputFromConfig() (*apisv3.LdapTestAndApplyInput, error) {
+	var resource apisv3.LdapTestAndApplyInput
+
+	var server string
+	if o.Config.Hostname == "" && o.Config.IP == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open LDAP Hostname and IP are empty, please provide one of them")
+	}
+	server = o.Config.Hostname
+	if server == "" {
+		server = o.Config.IP
+	}
+
+	resource.Enabled = true
+	resource.AccessMode = o.Config.AccessMode
+
+	resource.UserSearchBase = o.Config.Users.SearchBase
+	resource.GroupSearchBase = o.Config.Groups.SearchBase
+
+	if o.Config.Users.Admin.Username == "" || o.Config.Users.Admin.Password == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("admin username or password are empty, please provide them")
+	}
+
+	resource.Username = o.Config.Users.Admin.Username
+	resource.Password = o.Config.Users.Admin.Password
+
+	resource.Servers = []string{server}
+
+	resource.ServiceAccountDistinguishedName = o.Config.ServiceAccount.DistinguishedName
+	resource.ServiceAccountPassword = o.Config.ServiceAccount.Password
+
+	resource.GroupMemberUserAttribute = o.Config.Groups.MemberMappingAttribute
+	resource.NestedGroupMembershipEnabled = o.Config.Groups.NestedGroupMembershipEnabled
+	resource.GroupObjectClass = o.Config.Groups.ObjectClass
+
+	return &resource, nil
+}
+
+func (o *OLDAPClient) newDisableInput() []byte {
+	return []byte(`{"action": "disable"}`)
+}
diff --git a/clients/rancher/client.go b/clients/rancher/client.go
index 0000ac5..7cf660c 100644
--- a/clients/rancher/client.go
+++ b/clients/rancher/client.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/rancher/shepherd/clients/rancher/auth"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rancher/norman/httperror"
 	frameworkDynamic "github.com/rancher/shepherd/clients/dynamic"
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ type Client struct {
 	// CLI is the client used to interact with the Rancher CLI
 	CLI *ranchercli.Client
 	// Session is the session object used by the client to track all the resources being created by the client.
+	Auth *auth.Client
+	// Session is the session object used by the client to track all the resources being created by the client.
 	Session *session.Session
 	// Flags is the environment flags used by the client to test selectively against a rancher instance.
 	Flags      *environmentflag.EnvironmentFlags
@@ -136,6 +140,12 @@ func newClient(c *Client, bearerToken string, config *Config, session *session.S
 	}
 
 	c.WranglerContext = wranglerContext
+	auth, err := auth.NewClient(c.Management, session)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	c.Auth = auth
 
 	splitBearerKey := strings.Split(bearerToken, ":")
 	token, err := c.Management.Token.ByID(splitBearerKey[0])
@@ -220,7 +230,7 @@ func (c *Client) doAction(endpoint, action string, body []byte, output interface
 // AsUser accepts a user object, and then creates a token for said `user`. Then it instantiates and returns a Client using the token created.
 // This function uses the login action, and user must have a correct username and password combination.
 func (c *Client) AsUser(user *management.User) (*Client, error) {
-	returnedToken, err := c.login(user)
+	returnedToken, err := c.login(user, auth.LocalAuth)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -228,15 +238,15 @@ func (c *Client) AsUser(user *management.User) (*Client, error) {
 	return NewClient(returnedToken.Token, c.Session)
 }
 
-// AsUserForConfig accepts a Config and a user object, and then creates a token for said `user`. Then it instantiates and returns a Client using the token created.
+// AsAuthUser accepts a user object, and then creates a token for said `user`. Then it instantiates and returns a Client using the token created.
 // This function uses the login action, and user must have a correct username and password combination.
-func (c *Client) AsUserForConfig(rancherConfig *Config, user *management.User) (*Client, error) {
-	returnedToken, err := c.login(user)
+func (c *Client) AsAuthUser(user *management.User, authProvider auth.Provider) (*Client, error) {
+	returnedToken, err := c.login(user, authProvider)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return NewClientForConfig(returnedToken.Token, rancherConfig, c.Session)
+	return NewClientForConfig(returnedToken.Token, c.RancherConfig, c.Session)
 }
 
 // ReLogin reinstantiates a Client to update its API schema. This function would be used for a non admin user that needs to be
@@ -369,7 +379,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetManagementWatchInterface(schemaType string, opts metav1.List
 }
 
 // login uses the local authentication provider to authenticate a user and return the subsequent token.
-func (c *Client) login(user *management.User) (*management.Token, error) {
+func (c *Client) login(user *management.User, provider auth.Provider) (*management.Token, error) {
 	token := &management.Token{}
 	bodyContent, err := json.Marshal(struct {
 		Username string `json:"username"`
@@ -381,7 +391,8 @@ func (c *Client) login(user *management.User) (*management.Token, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	err = c.doAction("/v3-public/localProviders/local", "login", bodyContent, token)
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("/v3-public/%vProviders/%v", provider.String(), strings.ToLower(provider.String()))
+	err = c.doAction(endpoint, "login", bodyContent, token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/users/users.go b/extensions/users/users.go
index ebd4e8d..9efe444 100644
--- a/extensions/users/users.go
+++ b/extensions/users/users.go
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ func UserConfig() (user *management.User) {
 	return
 }
 
+// RefreshGroupMembership is helper function that sends a POST request to user action refresh auth provider access
+func RefreshGroupMembership(client *rancher.Client) error {
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%v/v3/%v?action=%v", client.RancherConfig.Host, "users", "refreshauthprovideraccess")
+
+	var jsonResp map[string]any
+
+	bodyContent := []byte(`{}`)
+
+	err := client.Management.Ops.DoModify("POST", endpoint, &bodyContent, &jsonResp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // CreateUserWithRole is helper function that creates a user with a role or multiple roles
 func CreateUserWithRole(rancherClient *rancher.Client, user *management.User, roles ...string) (*management.User, error) {
 	createdUser, err := rancherClient.Management.User.Create(user)
@@ -76,9 +92,7 @@ func CreateUserWithRole(rancherClient *rancher.Client, user *management.User, ro
 // AddProjectMember is a helper function that adds a project role to `user`. It uses the watch.WatchWait to ensure BackingNamespaceCreated is true.
 // If a list of ResourceAttributes is given, then the function blocks until all
 // attributes are allowed by SelfSubjectAccessReviews OR the function times out.
-func AddProjectMember(rancherClient *rancher.Client, project *management.Project,
-	user *management.User, projectRole string, attrs []*authzv1.ResourceAttributes,
-) error {
+func AddProjectMember(rancherClient *rancher.Client, project *management.Project, user *management.User, projectRole string, attrs []*authzv1.ResourceAttributes) error {
 	role := &management.ProjectRoleTemplateBinding{
 		ProjectID:       project.ID,
 		UserPrincipalID: user.PrincipalIDs[0],
@@ -186,9 +200,7 @@ func RemoveProjectMember(rancherClient *rancher.Client, user *management.User) e
 // AddClusterRoleToUser is a helper function that adds a cluster role to `user`.
 // If a list of ResourceAttributes is given, then the function blocks until all
 // attributes are allowed by SelfSubjectAccessReviews OR the function times out.
-func AddClusterRoleToUser(rancherClient *rancher.Client, cluster *management.Cluster,
-	user *management.User, clusterRole string, attrs []*authzv1.ResourceAttributes,
-) error {
+func AddClusterRoleToUser(rancherClient *rancher.Client, cluster *management.Cluster, user *management.User, clusterRole string, attrs []*authzv1.ResourceAttributes) error {
 	role := &management.ClusterRoleTemplateBinding{
 		ClusterID:       cluster.Resource.ID,
 		UserPrincipalID: user.PrincipalIDs[0],