Apache Directory Server is an open-source LDAP server developed by Apache Software Foundation. It is used to manage various directory-based identities, including user accounts, groups, and more.
Alpine Linux is a lightweight and secure distribution commonly used for embedded systems and containerization.
In this tutorial, we'll walk through the installation of Apache Directory Server on Alpine Linux Latest.
Apache Directory Server requires Java to run. Therefore, we need to install OpenJDK 8.
To install OpenJDK 8, run the following command:
sudo apk add openjdk8
First, visit the Apache Directory Server download page: http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/downloads.html
Under the Latest Stable Release section, select the binary file for the latest release. For example, "apacheds-2.0.0.AM26.tar.gz".
After downloading the file, navigate to the directory where you saved the file and extract it using the following command:
tar xfz apacheds-2.0.0.AM26.tar.gz
Next, we need to move the extracted directory to our desired location. In this example, we'll move it to /opt directory.
sudo mv apacheds-2.0.0.AM26 /opt
For security purposes, we should create a dedicated user for running Apache Directory Server.
To create a new user, use the following command:
sudo adduser apacheds
Provide a password and any additional information required.
Navigate to the directory where Apache Directory Server was extracted in Step 2.
cd /opt/apacheds-2.0.0.AM26
In this directory, navigate to the instances directory and create a new instance of the server using the following command:
sudo ./bin/apacheds create <instance_name>
Replace <instance_name> with your desired instance name.
After creating the instance, navigate to its configuration directory:
cd instances/<instance_name>/conf
Open the file wrapper.conf in your text editor of choice.
Find the following line:
#wrapper.java.command=/path/to/my/java
And replace it with:
wrapper.java.command=/usr/bin/java
Save and close the file.
Use the following command to start Apache Directory Server:
sudo /opt/apacheds-2.0.0.AM26/bin/apacheds start <instance_name>
Replace <instance_name> with the instance name you created in Step 4.
To verify that Apache Directory Server is running correctly, use the following command:
sudo /opt/apacheds-2.0.0.AM26/bin/apacheds status <instance_name>
This should output the current status of the server.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Apache Directory Server on Alpine Linux. You can now use this server to manage user accounts, groups, and other directory-based identities.
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