OpenLDAP Software 2.3 Administrator's Guide

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction to OpenLDAP Directory Services
1.1. What is a directory service?
1.2. What is LDAP?
1.3. How does LDAP work?
1.4. What about X.500?
1.5. What is the difference between LDAPv2 and LDAPv3?
1.6. What is slapd and what can it do?
1.7. What is slurpd and what can it do?

2. A Quick-Start Guide
3. The Big Picture - Configuration Choices
3.1. Local Directory Service
3.2. Local Directory Service with Referrals
3.3. Replicated Directory Service
3.4. Distributed Local Directory Service

4. Building and Installing OpenLDAP Software
4.1. Obtaining and Extracting the Software
4.2. Prerequisite software
4.3. Running configure
4.4. Building the Software
4.5. Testing the Software
4.6. Installing the Software

5. Configuring slapd
5.1. Configuration Layout
5.2. Configuration Directives
5.3. Access Control
5.4. Configuration Example

6. The slapd Configuration File
6.1. Configuration File Format
6.2. Configuration File Directives
6.3. Access Control
6.4. Configuration File Example

7. Running slapd
7.1. Command-Line Options
7.2. Starting slapd
7.3. Stopping slapd

8. Database Creation and Maintenance Tools
8.1. Creating a database over LDAP
8.2. Creating a database off-line
8.3. The LDIF text entry format

9. Schema Specification
9.1. Distributed Schema Files
9.2. Extending Schema

10. Security Considerations
10.1. Network Security
10.2. Data Integrity and Confidentiality Protection
10.3. Authentication Methods

11. Using SASL
11.1. SASL Security Considerations
11.2. SASL Authentication
11.3. SASL Proxy Authorization

12. Using TLS
12.1. TLS Certificates
12.2. TLS Configuration

13. Constructing a Distributed Directory Service
13.1. Subordinate Knowledge Information
13.2. Superior Knowledge Information
13.3. The ManageDsaIT Control

14. Replication with slurpd
14.1. Overview
14.2. Replication Logs
14.3. Command-Line Options
14.4. Configuring slurpd and a slave slapd instance
14.5. Advanced slurpd Operation

15. LDAP Sync Replication
15.1. The LDAP Content Synchronization Protocol
15.2. Syncrepl Details
15.3. Configuring Syncrepl

16. The Proxy Cache Engine
16.1. Overview
16.2. Proxy Cache Configuration

A. Generic configure Instructions
B. OpenLDAP Software Copyright Notices
B.1. OpenLDAP Copyright Notice
B.2. Additional Copyright Notice
B.3. University of Michigan Copyright Notice

C. OpenLDAP Public License