Install openLDAP in ubuntu
openLDAP is an implementation of the LDAP protocol which is widely used.
First download the latest version of openLDAP at [1].
Before installing the LDAP server make sure you have these libraries installed.
sudo apt-get install libdb-dev
sudo apt-get install libltdl-dev
sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev
Then let’s install openLDAP.
- Unpack the distribution and change directory:
tar xfz openldap-VERSION.tgz
cd openldap-VERSION
2. configure the build system.
./configure
To make sure you have sasl support, explicitly request as follow.
./configure --with-cyrus-sasl
3. Build dependencies.
make depend
4. Build the system:
make
5. Test the standalone system.
make test
6. Install openLDAP
su root -c ‘make install’
7. Start LDAP server
su root -c /usr/local/libexec/slapd
8. Test with ldapsearch
ldapsearch -x -b ‘’ -s base ‘(objectclass=*)’ namingContexts
9. Stop the server.
sudo kill -INT `cat /usr/local/var/run/slapd.pid`
[1]https://www.openldap.org/software/download/
Enjoy!