Installing LDAP Account Manager (LAM) on Fedora CoreOS Latest

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) is a web-based LDAP management tool designed to make LDAP directory management easy for even non-technical users. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install LDAP Account Manager on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

First, ensure that your system is up to date by running the following command:

sudo dnf update -y

Next, install the required packages for LAM using the following command:

sudo dnf install -y php php-mbstring php-ldap php-xml httpd mod_ssl openssl

Step 2: Download and Extract LAM

Download the latest LAM version from the official website:

wget https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/lam/LAM/LAM%206.8/LAM-6.8.tar.bz2

Extract it to your Apache Document Root using the following command:

sudo tar xvjf LAM-6.8.tar.bz2 -C /var/www/html/

Step 3: Configure Apache

Create a new Apache configuration file for LAM:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/lam.conf

Add the following contents to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName lam.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/lam

    <Directory /var/www/html/lam>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName lam.example.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/lam
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/lam_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/lam_access.log combined

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/server.key
    SSLCACertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt

    <Directory /var/www/html/lam>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Ensure that you replace the ServerName with the domain or IP address of your server.

Step 4: Configure LAM

Copy the LAM configuration file and edit it to match your LDAP setup:

sudo cp /var/www/html/lam/config/config.cfg.sample /var/www/html/lam/config/config.cfg
sudo nano /var/www/html/lam/config/config.cfg

You will need to update the following settings:

• server – the LDAP server hostname or IP address
• port – the LDAP server port (default is 389 for LDAP and 636 for LDAPS)
• rootdn – the root DN of your LDAP directory
• adminusername – the LDAP administrator username
• adminpassword – the LDAP administrator password

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Secure LAM

Generate a new SSL certificate:

sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/pki/tls/private/server.key -out /etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crt

Restart Apache to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

You can now access the LAM web interface by navigating to https://lam.example.com in your web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed LDAP Account Manager (LAM) on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can now use LAM to manage your LDAP directory with ease.

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