Mastering OpenLDAP: Configuring, Securing and Integrating Directory Services: If you want to go beyond the fundamentals of OpenLDAP, this is the guide you need. Starting with the basics of installation, it progresses to sophisticated aspects of the server for web applications and services.

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Installing and configuring the OpenLDAP server
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Creating custom LDAP schemas to model your own information
Integrating OpenLDAP with web applications

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This book is the ideal introduction to using OpenLDAP for Application Developers and will also benefit System Administrators running OpenLDAP. It prepares the reader to build a directory using OpenLDAP, and then employ this directory in the context of the network, taking a practical approach that emphasizes how to get things done. On occasion, it delves into theoretical aspects of LDAP, but only where understanding the theory helps to answer practical questions. The reader requires no knowledge of OpenLDAP, but even readers already familiar with the technology will find new things and techniques. This book is organized into three major sections: the first section covers the basics of LDAP directory services and the OpenLDAP server; the second focuses on building directory services with OpenLDAP; in the third section of the book, we look at how OpenLDAP is integrated with other applications and services on the network. This book not only demystifies OpenLDAP, but gives System Administrators and Application Developers a solid understanding of how to make use of OpenLDAP's directory services.The OpenLDAP directory server is a mature product that has been around (in one form or another) since 1995. It is an open-source server that provides network clients with directory services. All major Linux distributions include the OpenLDAP server, and many major applications, both open-source and proprietary, are directory aware and can make use of the services provided by OpenLDAP.The OpenLDAP directory server can be used to store organizational information in a centralized location, and make this information available to authorized applications. Client applications connect to OpenLDAP using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and can then search the directory and (if they have appropriate access) modify and manipulate records. LDAP servers are most frequently used to provide network-based authentication services for users; but there are many other uses for an LDAP server, including using the directory as an address book, a DNS database, an organizational tool, or even as a network object store for applications.

Who is this book for?

The target audience will require basic Linux system administration knowledge, but no prior knowledge of LDAP or OpenLDAP is assumed. If you are web savvy and are interested in using OpenLDAP for web applications and services like client interaction then this is the book for you.

What you will learn

Installing binary OpenLDAP packages and building from source
Configuring and verifying the LDAP server
Building an initial directory tree in an LDIF file
Loading, modifying, and searching directory records
Setting passwords and authenticating against the directory
Configuring Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Configuring multiple database back ends
Securing network-based directory connections with SSL and TLS
Advanced configurations and performance tuning settings
Creating and implementing LDAP schemas
Creating custom schemas and sophisticated ACLs
Using OpenLDAP as a proxy for other LDAP servers
Adding caching with the Proxy Cache overlay
Using the transparency overlay to create a hybrid cache
Installing and configuring a web-base LDAP administration suite
Keeping multiple directory servers synchronized with SyncRepl
Using OpenLDAP for Apache authentication
Chapter 1 constitutes the first section. In it we look at general concepts of directory servers and LDAP, cover the history of LDAP and the lineage of the OpenLDAP server, and finish up with a technical overview of OpenLDAP.The second section (comprising Chapters 2-7) focuses on building directory services with OpenLDAP. In this section, we take a close look at the OpenLDAP server. We begin in Chapter 2 with the process of installing OpenLDAP on a GNU/Linux server. Once we have the server installed, we do the basic post-installation configuration necessary to have the server running.In Chapter 3, we cover basic use of the OpenLDAP server. We use the OpenLDAP command-line tools to add records to our new directory, search the directory, and modify records. This chapter introduces many of the key concepts involved in working with LDAP data.Chapter 4 covers security, including handling authentication to the directory, configuring Access Control Lists (ACLs), and securing network-based directory connections with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS).In Chapter 5, we look at advanced configuration of the OpenLDAP server. Here, we take a close look at the various back-end database options and also look at performance tuning settings, as well as the recently introduced technology of directory overlays.The focus of Chapter 6 is extending the directory structure by creating and implementing LDAP schemas. Schemas provide a procedure for defining new attributes and structures to extend the directory and provide records tailor-made to your needs.Chapter 7 focuses on directory replication and different ways of getting directory servers to interoperate over a network. OpenLDAP can replicate its directory contents from a master server to any number of subordinate servers. In this chapter, we set up a replication process between two servers. In the third section of the book, we look at how OpenLDAP is integrated with other applications and services on the network. In Chapter 8, we look at configuring other tools to interoperate with OpenLDAP. We begin with the Apache Web server, using LDAP as a source of authentication and authorization. Next, we install phpLDAPadmin, a web-based program for managing directory servers. Then we look at the main features, and do some custom tuning.The appendices include a step-by-step guide to building OpenLDAP from source (Appendix A), a guide to using LDAP URLs (Appendix B), and a compendium of useful LDAP client commands (Appendix C).

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Aamir Rashid Sep 10, 2014

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J. Linoff Nov 14, 2011

This is a very well written technical book and it is well organized. The author does a great job of emphasizing important concepts and explains details that others authors sometimes leave out like the differences between Apache 2.0 and 2.2 configuration options. I also found the tips very helpful.I am a careful reader and really appreciated the attention to details. I found that I was able to follow the concepts at every step but, in some cases, I had to go over the material carefully. If you prefer to skim books your mileage may varyThe content was especially relevant to me because I am using OpenLDAP on Ubuntu with phpLDAPadmin. However, even if you are not using Ubuntu or Debian, you will still find this book invaluable. It covers all of the important concepts and describes the flows needed to put them to work. Most folks can figure out that they need to replace 'apt-get install ...' with 'yum install' so this will not be a handicap if you are using other distributions like Fedora, CentOS, Redhat or SUSE.I only found two mistakes. Both were minor PHP syntax errors. The first was on page 408 where the statement "'Last Name' = 'Butcher'" in the first example should have been "'Last Name' => 'Butcher'" and the second was on page 410 in the example second up from the bottom where there is an extra parenthesis, the statement "(,array('dc=example.com...'" should be ",array('dc=example.com...'"Some of the highlights for me were how to synchronize multiple directories (Chapter 7) and how to configure phpLDAPadmin (Chapter 8).If you are a newbie be prepared for chapters 3 and 4. They are very long but the material is well organized and important.I strongly recommend this book for anyone involved in LDAP administration on a linux system.I am rating this book five stars because this book delivers exactly what is promised.

Tripurari Sharma Jul 12, 2015

Excellent book

Helder Pereira Oct 16, 2014

O livro cobre praticamente todas as vertentes em relação a configuração de uma base LDAP, utilizando exemplo claro e ao mesmo tempo simulando cenários complexos como a configuração Multimaster e a construção de policys. Infelizmente a abordagem ainda é voltada para o padrão de configuração slapd.conf porém mesmo dada as devidas diferenças o material como um todo compensa isso.

Firstclass Oct 04, 2013

Outstanding book.Best I have seen on this subject so far, crystal clear and explains everything I needed.Now I have a loadbalanced OpenLDAP deployment with TLS, Kerberos and GSSAPI working nicely.

Mastering OpenLDAP: Configuring, Securing and Integrating Directory Services: If you want to go beyond the fundamentals of OpenLDAP, this is the guide you need. Starting with the basics of installation, it progresses to sophisticated aspects of the server for web applications and services.

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