OpenLDAP is an open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) that allows users to store and retrieve information about network resources. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of OpenLDAP on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to have root access to your server and make sure your system is up-to-date by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo zypper update
The first step is to install the required packages for OpenLDAP. OpenLDAP itself can be installed with the following command:
sudo zypper install openldap2
In addition to OpenLDAP, we need some tools that are required to manage our directory, such as ldapsearch, ldapmodify, and ldapadd. These tools can be installed with the following command:
sudo zypper install openldap2-client
Once the packages have been installed, we need to configure OpenLDAP. The main configuration file for OpenLDAP is /etc/openldap/slapd.conf. However, the recommended approach is to use the new cn=config backend, which allows you to configure OpenLDAP dynamically.
To enable cn=config, first create the directory /etc/openldap/slap.d:
sudo mkdir /etc/openldap/slapd.d
Then, copy the default configuration files to this directory:
sudo cp /usr/share/openldap-servers/slapd.ldif /etc/openldap/slapd.d/
sudo cp /usr/share/openldap-servers/DB_CONFIG.example /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG
sudo chown ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG
After configuration, we can start OpenLDAP by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start slapd.service
To enable OpenLDAP to start automatically at boot time, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable slapd.service
To verify that OpenLDAP is running, you can run the following command:
sudo systemctl status slapd.service
If OpenLDAP is running, you should see a message similar to the following:
slapd.service - OpenLDAP Server Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/slapd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-06-25 15:43:35 CDT; 39s ago
In this tutorial, we have walked you through the process of installing OpenLDAP on OpenSUSE Latest. With OpenLDAP installed, you can now start to manage your directory to store and retrieve information about network resources.
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