Lesson7.Hosting OpenLDAP

Lesson 7. Hosting OpenLDAP

Time

This lesson takes approximately 2 hours to complete.

Goals

Understand the four roles of an Open Directory server and its functionality in standalone and Master mode Identify the OpenLDAP primary configuration files Use Server Admin to configure the maximum number of results returned by an Open Directory server Configure Mac OS X Server to host an LDAP directory domain Use the slapd process tools to manipulate data stored in the LDAP database on a Mac OS X Server computer Use Open Directory's Archive and Restore features on Mac OS X Server to back up and restore an Open Directory server Secure Open Directory connections between Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server

Using Open Directory services on Mac OS X Server enables system administrators to easily provide directory services. In previous lessons, you learned to connect Mac OS X computers as clients of a Mac OS X server, an Active Directory domain, and third-party directory services. Now you'll find out how to configure Mac OS X Server to be that directory service by hosting a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory domain, importing and managing the directory data on the server, and tuning the server for performance and security.