Configuring An Openldap Server; Base Configuration Of Openldap - Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 User Manual

Configuring an openLDAP Server

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6.2 Configuring an openLDAP Server

6.2.1 Base Configuration of openLDAP

A RedHat Enterprise Linux Server is taken as a basis. The services required were selected during system instal-
lation (openLDAP Server packages).
Set up openLDAP as a system service.
After installation is complete the configuration files are located at /etc/openldap.
Open the file slapd.conf and edit the following entries to create the base structure of the domain:
database bdb
suffix "dc=<MY-DOMAIN>,dc=<COM>"
rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=<MY-DOMAIN>,dc=<COM>"
rootpw secret
directory /usr/local/var/openldap-data
For example edit the lines to:
database bdb
suffix "dc=testdomain2,dc=local"
rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=testdomain2,dc=local"
rootpw testen
directory /usr/local/var/openldap-data
To apply the changes just restart LDAP using the command:
# service ldap restart
In order to connect to the domain it is necessary to set up a base structure. This is done by using the ldapadd
command and an ldif configuration file. Because there is no sample configuration file in /etc/openldap/ you must
create one from scratch.
Create a new file named <my-name>.ldif, e.g. in this example testdomain2.ldif, open it with an editor of your choice
and create the following content:
dn: dc=<MY-DOMAIN>,dc=<COM>
objectclass: dcObject
objectclass: organization
o: <EXAMPLE ORGANISATION>
dc: <MY-DOMAIN>
dn: cn=<ACCOUNTNAME>,dc=<MY-DOMAIN>,dc=<COM>
objectclass: organizationalRole
cn: <ACCOUNTNAME>
Or as in the example:
dn: dc=testdomain2,dc=local
objectclass: dcObject
objectclass: organization
o: TestOrganization
dc: testdomain2
dn: cn=Manager,dc=testdomain2,dc=local
objectclass: organizationalRole
cn: Manager
The first part will create the base domain structure and the second part an administrator account.
After the file is saved the structure can be created by ldapadd using the following command:
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