How to Install OpenDJ on POP! OS Latest

OpenDJ is an open-source LDAP server that allows you to store and manage identity, and access data. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of OpenDJ on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of POP! OS Latest with regular user/sudo access
• A stable internet connection
• Java must be installed on the system. If you haven't installed Java, enter the following command:

sudo apt install default-jdk

Download and Install OpenDJ

1. Go to the OpenDJ download page at https://opendj.forgerock.org/downloads.html and click the "Download Now" button.

2. Select the version of OpenDJ you want to download. In this tutorial, we'll use OpenDJ 4.0.0.

3. In the next page, select the download option for POP! OS Latest.

4. Once downloaded, navigate to the folder where the downloaded file is located and extract it using the following command:

   tar -xvf OpenDJ-4.0.0.zip
   

5. Once extracted, navigate to the OpenDJ directory:

   cd OpenDJ-4.0.0/
   

6. Run the setup script to install OpenDJ:

   ./setup -i
   

7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

   Installing OpenDJ Server...
   
   Select the preferred language for the installation: [1] English; [2] French; [3] German; [4] Simplified Chinese; [5] Japanese [1]: 1
   Please enter the path to an ADMINISTRATIVE user directory (existing or not):
   [/opt/opendj/admin-users]:
   Please enter the password for the initial administrative user:
   
   Confirm password for the initial administrative user:
   
   Do you want to automatically create the instance: 'instance1'? [Y/N]:
   Y
   Please enter the port number for the Admin Express web application [default is 4444]:
   
   Starting Directory Server instance...
   
   Starting Admin Server instance...
   
   Please wait while the server is initialized...
   
   Server initialization completed:
   - Started: SPDY(s)
   - Started: LDAPS(s)
   - Started: StartTLS
   - Started: TLS
   - Started: Secure REST
   - Started: REST
   - Started: HTTP Listener
   - Started: JMX
   - Started: Jeux
   - Started: JMX RMI Connector
   - Started: Kerberos
   - Started: ChangePassword extended operation
   - Started: Password Modify extended operation
   - Started: LDAP Ping Handler
   - Started: PLAIN
   - Started: Digest-MD5
   - Started: CRAM-MD5
   - Started: SASL Plain
   - Started: SASL DigestMD5
   - Started: SASL CRAM-MD5
   - Started: SASL EXTERNAL
   - Started: SASL GSSAPI
   - Started: SASL DIGEST-MD5
   - Started: SASL ANONYMOUS
   - Started: Endpoints with address ::1
   - Started: Endpoints with address 127.0.0.1
   - Started: Endpoints with hostname <your_computer_name>
   
   To see basic server configuration status and configuration:
        /opt/opendj/bin/status
        /opt/opendj/bin/status -V
   To see basic server administration usage:
        ./manage --help
   
   To get started, you may want to try using the control-panel:
        /opt/opendj/bin/control-panel
       
   

Start and Stop OpenDJ

To start OpenDJ, enter the following command in the terminal:

cd /opt/opendj/
bin/start-ds

To stop OpenDJ, press ctrl + C in the terminal. You can also use the stop-ds command to stop OpenDJ.

cd /opt/opendj/
bin/stop-ds

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install OpenDJ on POP! OS Latest. You can now use OpenDJ to store and manage identity, and access data.

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