The 389 Directory Server is an open source enterprise-class server developed by Redhat Community. In this how-to i am gonna to explain about setup LDAP server on CentOS 6.4.
Prerequisites
- The LDAP server should contain the valid FQDN. Add the ldap server details to your DNS server.
- Adjust the firewall to allow ldap ports.
In this how-to my testbox details are given below.
Operating System : CentOS 6.4 Host name : ldap.unixmen.com IP Address : 192.168.1.200/24.
Change the values according to your scenario.
Add the following lines in “/etc/sysconfig/iptables” to open ldap ports.
[root@ldap ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 389 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 636 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 9830 -j ACCEPT
Restart firewall.
[root@ldap ~]# /etc/init.d/iptables restart iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ] iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ] iptables: Applying firewall rules: [ OK ]
Performance and Security tuning for LDAP server
Open “/etc/sysctl.conf” file and add the lines.
[root@ldap ~]# vi /etc/sysctl.conf net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 300 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000 fs.file-max = 64000
Open “/etc/security/limits.conf” and these lines as shown below
[root@ldap ~]# vi /etc/security/limits.conf * soft nofile 8192 * hard nofile 8192
Open “/etc/profile” file and add the lines
[root@ldap ~]# vi /etc/profile ulimit -n 8192
Add the lines at “/etc/pam.d/login” file.
[root@ldap ~]# vi /etc/pam.d/login session required /lib/security/pam_limits.s
Now Restart the server.
Create a LDAP user account.
[root@ldap ~]# useradd directoryadmin [root@ldap ~]# passwd directoryadmin Changing password for user directoryadmin. New password: BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word BAD PASSWORD: is too simple Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Download and install EPEL Repository.
[root@ldap ~]# wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm [root@ldap ~]# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
Now install directory server
[root@ldap ~]# yum install -y 389-ds openldap-clients
Configure LDAP server
[root@ldap ~]# setup-ds-admin.pl ============================================================================== This program will set up the 389 Directory and Administration Servers. It is recommended that you have "root" privilege to set up the software. Tips for using this program: - Press "Enter" to choose the default and go to the next screen - Type "Control-B" then "Enter" to go back to the previous screen - Type "Control-C" to cancel the setup program Would you like to continue with set up? [yes]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================== Your system has been scanned for potential problems, missing patches, etc. The following output is a report of the items found that need to be addressed before running this software in a production environment. 389 Directory Server system tuning analysis version 23-FEBRUARY-2012. NOTICE : System is i686-unknown-linux2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.i686 (1 processor). WARNING: 622MB of physical memory is available on the system. 1024MB is recommended for best performance on large production system. WARNING : The warning messages above should be reviewed before proceeding. Would you like to continue? [no]: yes ## Type Yes and Press Enter ## ============================================================================== Choose a setup type: 1. Express Allows you to quickly set up the servers using the most common options and pre-defined defaults. Useful for quick evaluation of the products. 2. Typical Allows you to specify common defaults and options. 3. Custom Allows you to specify more advanced options. This is recommended for experienced server administrators only. To accept the default shown in brackets, press the Enter key. Choose a setup type [2]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================== Enter the fully qualified domain name of the computer on which you're setting up server software. Using the form <hostname>.<domainname> Example: eros.example.com. To accept the default shown in brackets, press the Enter key. Warning: This step may take a few minutes if your DNS servers can not be reached or if DNS is not configured correctly. If you would rather not wait, hit Ctrl-C and run this program again with the following command line option to specify the hostname: General.FullMachineName=your.hostname.domain.name Computer name [ldap.unixmen.com]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================== The servers must run as a specific user in a specific group. It is strongly recommended that this user should have no privileges on the computer (i.e. a non-root user). The setup procedure will give this user/group some permissions in specific paths/files to perform server-specific operations. If you have not yet created a user and group for the servers, create this user and group using your native operating system utilities. System User [nobody]: directoryadmin ## Enter your LDAP user account here ## System Group [nobody]: directoryadmin ============================================================================== Server information is stored in the configuration directory server. This information is used by the console and administration server to configure and manage your servers. If you have already set up a configuration directory server, you should register any servers you set up or create with the configuration server. To do so, the following information about the configuration server is required: the fully qualified host name of the form <hostname>.<domainname>(e.g. hostname.example.com), the port number (default 389), the suffix, the DN and password of a user having permission to write the configuration information, usually the configuration directory administrator, and if you are using security (TLS/SSL). If you are using TLS/SSL, specify the TLS/SSL (LDAPS) port number (default 636) instead of the regular LDAP port number, and provide the CA certificate (in PEM/ASCII format). If you do not yet have a configuration directory server, enter 'No' to be prompted to set up one. Do you want to register this software with an existing configuration directory server? [no]: no ## Type no and Press Enter ## ============================================================================== Please enter the administrator ID for the configuration directory server. This is the ID typically used to log in to the console. You will also be prompted for the password. Configuration directory server administrator ID [admin]: ## Press Enter ## Password: Password (confirm): ============================================================================== The information stored in the configuration directory server can be separated into different Administration Domains. If you are managing multiple software releases at the same time, or managing information about multiple domains, you may use the Administration Domain to keep them separate. If you are not using administrative domains, press Enter to select the default. Otherwise, enter some descriptive, unique name for the administration domain, such as the name of the organization responsible for managing the domain. Administration Domain [unixmen.com]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================== The standard directory server network port number is 389. However, if you are not logged as the superuser, or port 389 is in use, the default value will be a random unused port number greater than 1024. If you want to use port 389, make sure that you are logged in as the superuser, that port 389 is not in use. Directory server network port [389]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================== Each instance of a directory server requires a unique identifier. This identifier is used to name the various instance specific files and directories in the file system, as well as for other uses as a server instance identifier. Directory server identifier [ldap]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================== The suffix is the root of your directory tree. The suffix must be a valid DN. It is recommended that you use the dc=domaincomponent suffix convention. For example, if your domain is example.com, you should use dc=example,dc=com for your suffix. Setup will create this initial suffix for you, but you may have more than one suffix. Use the directory server utilities to create additional suffixes. Suffix [dc=unixmen, dc=com]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================= Certain directory server operations require an administrative user. This user is referred to as the Directory Manager and typically has a bind Distinguished Name (DN) of cn=Directory Manager. You will also be prompted for the password for this user. The password must be at least 8 characters long, and contain no spaces. Press Control-B or type the word "back", then Enter to back up and start over. Directory Manager DN [cn=Directory Manager]: ## Press Enter ## Password: ## Enter the password ## Password (confirm): ============================================================================== The Administration Server is separate from any of your web or application servers since it listens to a different port and access to it is restricted. Pick a port number between 1024 and 65535 to run your Administration Server on. You should NOT use a port number which you plan to run a web or application server on, rather, select a number which you will remember and which will not be used for anything else. Administration port [9830]: ## Press Enter ## ============================================================================== The interactive phase is complete. The script will now set up your servers. Enter No or go Back if you want to change something. Are you ready to set up your servers? [yes]: ## Press Enter ## Creating directory server . . . Your new DS instance 'ldap' was successfully created. Creating the configuration directory server . . . Beginning Admin Server creation . . . Creating Admin Server files and directories . . . Updating adm.conf . . . Updating admpw . . . Registering admin server with the configuration directory server . . . Updating adm.conf with information from configuration directory server . . . Updating the configuration for the httpd engine . . . Starting admin server . . . output: Starting dirsrv-admin: output: [ OK ] The admin server was successfully started. Admin server was successfully created, configured, and started. Exiting . . . Log file is '/tmp/setupLrIiwf.log'
Make the LDAP server to start automatically on every reboot.
[root@ldap ~]# chkconfig dirsrv on
Test your LDAP Server now for any errors.
[root@ldap ~]# ldapsearch -x -b "dc=unixmen,dc=com" # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <dc=unixmen,dc=com> with scope subtree # filter: (objectclass=*) # requesting: ALL # # unixmen.com dn: dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: domain dc: unixmen # Directory Administrators, unixmen.com dn: cn=Directory Administrators,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: groupofuniquenames cn: Directory Administrators uniqueMember: cn=Directory Manager # Groups, unixmen.com dn: ou=Groups,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalunit ou: Groups # People, unixmen.com dn: ou=People,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalunit ou: People # Special Users, unixmen.com dn: ou=Special Users,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: Special Users description: Special Administrative Accounts # Accounting Managers, Groups, unixmen.com dn: cn=Accounting Managers,ou=Groups,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: groupOfUniqueNames cn: Accounting Managers ou: groups description: People who can manage accounting entries uniqueMember: cn=Directory Manager # HR Managers, Groups, unixmen.com dn: cn=HR Managers,ou=Groups,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: groupOfUniqueNames cn: HR Managers ou: groups description: People who can manage HR entries uniqueMember: cn=Directory Manager # QA Managers, Groups, unixmen.com dn: cn=QA Managers,ou=Groups,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: groupOfUniqueNames cn: QA Managers ou: groups description: People who can manage QA entries uniqueMember: cn=Directory Manager # PD Managers, Groups, unixmen.com dn: cn=PD Managers,ou=Groups,dc=unixmen,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: groupOfUniqueNames cn: PD Managers ou: groups description: People who can manage engineer entries uniqueMember: cn=Directory Manager # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 10 # numEntries: 9
The output will look something like above. If you have got result as 2 as shown in the result above, then you’re done.
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