UBUNTU: Installing the openLDAP Server

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In this video we show how easy it is to install the openLDAP Server on Ubuntu 11.04. I would be cautious of the Ubuntu documentation as it seems a little old for what actually is needed in 11.04. Essentially when you install the ldap server the database will be configured and your admin user. You only have to add you OUs and users.

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[jeslev4]

nice video man, but I got a question, when I installed slapd and ldap-utils, reading the olcDatabase{1}hdb.ldif it says dc=example,dc=com . The name of my server doesn't appear, should I change it? or do i have to configure something else before install it?

[theurbanpenguin]

@jeslev4 you could keep it to example, but you can add you own ldap domain here. It does not have to map to your DNS domain.

[jeslev4]

@theurbanpenguin Thank you for answering me, I'm in a project in my school to create a database in ldap, I'm a noob with this stuff. So if I add my own ldap domain, do I have to add this domain to /etc/hosts ? Or just in olcDatabase{1}hdb.ldif file?. I would appreciate your support

[theurbanpenguin]

@jeslev4 The ldap domain is totally seperate from anything else. You can keep it as example if you want. But if you have a name you want to use then set it up os dc=yourname,dc=com . No enttry is required in host or dns. Your ldap clients connect to the dns name or ip address of your ldap server. The name you set is just the name of the ldap directory, a single server can host many ldap directories

[kirenakarada]

i didn't get the gui prompt when installing slapd.. am i missing something?

[fooey88]

are you saying "yewbuntu" ? ;)