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H1: A Quick-Start Guide to Running slapd
.{{EX:cd ldap}}
+ {{B: Configure the software}}.
-. You will have to edit two files to configure things for your site.
+. You will need to run the configure script to configure slapd.
-.{{EX:vi Make-common}}
-.{{EX:vi include/ldapconfig.h.edit}}
+.{{EX:./configure}}
-. Read the comments in Make-common and configure things
-appropriately. If you have the Berkeley DB package installed, or the
-GDBM package, you should set the LDBMBACKEND variable
-accordingly. Otherwise, the defaults should be OK to get you started.
+. Configure accepts many command line options that enable or disable
+optional features in slapd. Usually the defaults are okay, but you
+may want to change them. To get a complete list of options that configure
+accepts, use the --help option.
-. In the include/ldapconfig.h.edit file, be sure to set the DEFAULT_BASE
-and LDAPHOST variables to something appropriate for your site.
-Other than that, the defaults should work OK.
+.{{EX:./configure --help}}
-+ {{B:Install the software}}.
-. From the top level LDAP source directory, type:
+. Once OpenLDAP has been configured, it needs to be compiled.
+You'll need to make dependencies and then compile the software.
+For example:
-.{{EX: su}}
-.{{EX: make install}}
+.{{EX:make depend}}
+.{{EX:make}}
-. Examine the output of this command carefully to ensure everything is
-installed properly.
+. Once OpenLDAP is compiled you need to install it. By default OpenLDAP
+is installed into /usr/local. This is typically done as root.
+.{{EX:su root}}
+.{{EX:make install}}
-+ {{B:Make a configuration file}}.
-. Create a file called myslapd.conf and
-enter the following lines into it. See Section 5 for more details on this
-file.
++ {{B:Edit the configuration file}}.
+. Use this section as a brief guide. For more details on the configuration
+file, see chapter 5.
-.{{EX:referral ldap://ldap.openldap.org}}
-.{{EX:database ldbm}}
-.{{EX:suffix "o=<YOUR ORGANIZATION>, c=US"}}
-.{{EX:rootdn "cn=<YOUR NAME>, o=<YOUR ORGANIZATION>, c=US"}}
-.{{EX:rootpw secret}}
+. Now we need to edit the default configuration file that was installed
+earlier. By default the configuration file for slapd is located at
+{{FILE:/usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf}}. If you specified the --prefix
+option when you ran configure, then replace {{FILE:/usr/local}} with the
+value you gave as the prefix.
-.Be sure to replace "<YOUR ORGANIZATION>" with the name of your
-organization and "<YOUR NAME>" with your name. If you are not in
-the US, replace "US" with your two-letter country code. The rootdn
-and rootpw lines are only required if later you want to easily add or
-modify entries via LDAP.
+. For example, if you ran configure as
+.{{EX:./configure --prefix=/opt/ldap}}
+. You would find your configuration file in {{FILE:/opt/ldap/etc/openldap/slapd.conf}}.
+
+. Now look in the configuration file for a line that begins with
+.{{EX:database ldbm}}
+
+. This marks the begining of the database configuration for slapd. Everything
+you will need to change for this example is located after the line begining with
+.{{EX:database ldbm}}
+
+. Listed below are the default settings for the database in {{FILE:slapd.conf}}.
+Lines that begin with a # are considered to be comments by slapd, they have
+been removed from the listing below to save space.
+
+.{{EX:suffix "dc=my-domain, dc=com"}}
+.{{EX:rootdn "cn=Manager, dc=my-domain, dc=com"}}
+.{{EX:rootpw secret}}
+.{{EX:directory /usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm}}
+
+. Now we need to replace all of the references to my-domain with the correct
+value. For example, if your domain is example.net we might use the following.
+
+.{{EX:suffix "dc=example, dc=net"}}
+.{{EX:rootdn "cn=Manager, dc=example, dc=net"}}
+.{{EX:rootpw secret}}
+.{{EX:directory /usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm}}
+ {{B:Create a database}}.
. This is a two-step process. Step A is to create
to contain. Use the following example as a guide, or see Section 7.3 for
more details.
-.{{EX:dn: o=<YOUR ORGANIZATION>, c=US}}
-.{{EX:o: <YOUR ORGANIZATION>}}
+.{{EX:dn: dc=example, dc=net}}
+.{{EX:objectclass: dcObject}}
.{{EX:objectclass: organization}}
+.{{EX:o: Example Net Inc.}}
+.{{EX:dc: example}}
.
-.{{EX:dn: cn=<YOUR NAME>, o=<YOUR ORGANIZATION>, c=US}}
-.{{EX:cn: <YOUR NAME>}}
-.{{EX:sn: <YOUR LAST NAME>}}
-.{{EX:mail: <YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS>}}
+.{{EX:dn: cn=Bob Smith, dc=example, dc=net}}
.{{EX:objectclass: person}}
+.{{EX:cn: Bob Smith}}
+.{{EX:sn: Smith}}
+
+.Remember to replace dc=example,dc=net with the correct values for your
+site, and to put your name instead of Bob's.
.You can include additional entries and attributes in this file if you want,
or add them later via LDAP.
.Step B is to run this file through a tool to create the slapd database.
-.{{EX:$(ETCDIR)/ldif2ldbm -f myslapd.conf -i myldif}}
+.First we'll need to start slapd.
+To do this just run slapd.
+.{{EX:/usr/local/libexec/slapd}}
+
+.At this point the LDAP server is up and running, but there isn't any data
+in the directory.
+You can check to see if the server is running and your naming context
+(the {{EX:suffix}} you specified above) by searching it with
+{{I:ldapsearch}}(1).
+By default ldapsearch is installed as {{FILE:/usr/local/bin/ldapsearch}}.
-.Where myslapd.conf is the configuration file you made in step 6, and
-myldif is the file you made in step 7A above. By default, the database
-files will be created in /usr/tmp. You may specify an alternate directory
-via the directory option in the slapd.conf file.
+.{{EX:ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base '(objectclass=*)' namingContexts
+
+This should return:
+
+.{{EX:dn:}}
+.{{EX:namingContexts: dc=example, dc=net}}
+
+.We can use {{I:ldapadd}}(1) to populate the directory.
+Again remember to replace dc=example,dc=net with the correct values for your
+site. By default ldapadd is installed as {{FILE:/usr/local/bin/ldapadd}}.
+
+.{{EX:ldapadd -x -D"cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=net" -w secret -f myldif}}
+
+.Where myldif is the file you made in step 7A above. By default, the database
+files will be created in {{FILE:/usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm}}.
+You may specify an alternate directory via the directory option in the
+{{FILE:slapd.conf}} file.
+ {{B:See if it works}}.
+. Now we're ready to try everything out.
+
. You can use any LDAP client to do this, but our
-example uses the ldapsearch tool.
+example uses the ldapsearch tool. Remember to replace dc=example,dc=net with
+the correct values for your site.
-.{{EX:ldapsearch -h 127.0.0.1 -b 'o=<YOUR ORGANIZATION>, c=US' 'objectclass=*'}}
+.{{EX:ldapsearch -x -b 'dc=example,dc=net' '(objectclass=*)'}}
. This command will search for and retrieve every entry in the database.
Note the use of single quotes around the filter, which prevents the "*"
from being interpreted by the shell.
-. You are now ready to add more entries (e.g., using {{I:ldapadd}}(3) or
+. You are now ready to add more entries (e.g., using {{I:ldapadd}}(1) or
another LDAP client), experiment with various configuration options,
backend arrangements, etc. Note that by default, the {{I:slapd}} database
grants {{EX:READ}} access to everybody. So if you want to add or modify
config file (see Section 5.2.2), or change the default access control
(see Section 5.3).
-
The following sections provide more detailed information on making,
installing, and running slapd.
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