LDAP
Install OpenLDAP Server
Source: linuxbabe.com
- Install Stand-Alone LDAP Daemon:
sudo apt install slapd ldap-utils
- Set a password for the admin entry in the LDAP directory
- Check out status of slapd
systemctl status slapd
- Basic Post-Installation Configuration:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure slapd
Omit LDAP server configuration: NO DNS domain name: Enter your domain name: testlab.com Organization name: TestLab Administrator password: Enter the same password set during installation Database backend: MDB: BDB (Berkeley Database) is slow and cumbersome. It is deprecated and support will be dropped in future OpenLDAP releases. HDB (Hierarchical Database) is a variant of the BDB backend and will also be deprecated. MDB reads are 5-20x faster than BDB. Writes are 2-5x faster. And it consumes 1/4 as much RAM as BDB. Do you want the database to be removed when slapd is purged? No Move old database? Yes Allow LDAPv2 protocol? No The latest version of LDAP is LDAP v.3, developed in 1997. LDAPv2 is obsolete.
- Configuring the LDAP Clients:
sudo nano /etc/ldap/ldap.conf
Need to specify two parameters:
Base DN URI of our OpenLDAP server
Copy and paste the following text at the end of the file:
BASE dc=testlab,dc=com URI ldap://localhost
- If you used a subdomain when configuring OpenLDAP server, then you need to add the subdomain here like so
BASE dc=subdomain,dc=testlab,dc=com ldap://localhost
- Testing OpenLDAP Server:
ldapsearch -x
Indicates that OpenLDAP server is working:
Result: 0 Success
If you get the following line, then it’s not working:
result: 32 No such object
phpLDAPadmin
sudo apt install phpldapadmin sudo nano /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php