Course Outline

OpenLDAP Overview

  • Comparison with web and relational databases
  • Entry structure and tree structure
  • Simple searches and RootDSE
  • Attributes syntaxes and object classes
  • LDAP operations and LDIF
  • Command-line tools and GUI tools (phpLDAPadmin)

Basic Configuration and Maintenance

  • Installation from source and packages
  • Server structure: front-end, overlays, back-ends
  • Static and dynamic configuration
  • Monitoring with cn=monitor
  • Backup, restore, and backend conversion
  • Upgrading OpenLDAP

Authentication and Authorization using LDAP

  • Bind methods and password security
  • Group representation in LDAP
  • Integrating with services (e.g., Apache)
  • System user management with NSS and PAM

SSL/TLS

  • Certificate hierarchies
  • TLS with OpenLDAP: server and client certificates

Access Control

  • Basic ACLs, limits, and policy
  • Testing ACLs

Distributed Directories

  • Replication, chaining, and referrals
  • Master-slave and mirror mode configurations

Extending the Schema

  • Simple schema design and OIDs
  • Schema definition files
  • Designing the Directory Information Tree

Working with Existing Applications and Services

  • Directory synchronization and transformation tools
  • LDAP proxies, firewalls, and entry mapping

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Basic familiarity with Linux system administration
  • Comfort using the command line
  • No previous knowledge of LDAP is required

Audience

  • System administrators
  • Network engineers
  • IT professionals responsible for identity and access management
 21 Hours

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