how to install and configure open ldap?

How to install openldap?
 Openldap installation :-

Purpose: Installing and configuring openldap

STEPS

1)      Packages(rpm) needed

¨       openldap

¨       openldap-clients

¨       openldap-servers

2)      Install the packages

3)      Edit the following in the file called  “/etc/openldap/slapd.conf”

-        database                                           bdb

-        suffix                                                “dc=example,dc=com”

-        rootdn                                              “dn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com”

-        rootpw                                            {SSHA}2k3jk232323kl23kjawe

                                (note: password can generated by this command

                                “slappassword –s any” just copy and paste it)

-        directory                                          /var/lib/ldap

                                                          

4)      mv or cp /etc/openldap/DB_CONFIG.example   /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG

5)      it is time to prepare and upload a base.ldif

6)      cd /usr/share/openldap/migration/

7)      vim migrate_common.pl    //edit following

-       $NAMINGCONTEXT{‘GROUP’} = “ou=group” into “ou=groups”

-        $DEFAULT_MAIL_DOMAIN = “example.com”;

-        $DEFAULT_BASE  = “dc=example,dc=com”;

-        $EXTENDED_SCHEMA = 1;

-        Save it

8)      ./migrate_base.pl > base.ldif

9)      upload it: slapadd –l base.ldif          //now ldap server is ready to use

10)  chown ldap.ldap /var/lib/ldap/*    //except one file(DB_CONFIG) which owned by      root.ldap

11)  start server by service ldap start or /etc/init.d/ldap start

12)  add 2 lines in /etc/openldap/ldap.conf

¨       URI ldap://serverx.example.com

¨       BASE dc=example,dc=com

13)  verify ldapsearch –x          //it will show the list of contents(BASE) which we uploaded

           

         

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