The Apache Directory team has just announced the release of ApacheDS 2.0.0-M16, the sixteenth milestone towards a 2.0 version. ApacheDS is an extensible and embeddable directory server entirely written in Java, which has been certified LDAPv3 compatible by the Open Group. Besides LDAP it supports Kerberos 5 and the Change Password Protocol. It has been designed to introduce triggers, stored procedures, queues and views to the world of LDAP which has lacked these rich constructs.
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Install Apache Directory Server
Step 1: Install JVM v7
Step 2: Download and Install Apache DS
32bit
64bit
– Then reboot machine after install
Step 3: Start Apache DS
Step 4: Configure Apache DS
– To configure Apache DS, edit the config.ldif file
Step 5: Test Connection using Apache Directory Studio
– Launch Apache Directory Studio, click LDAP > New Connection…
– Enter Connection Name; Hostname; Port will be 10389 (Port 389 is a privileged port and will be rejected if the server was started using the apacheds user account)
– Under Authentication, enter following
Bind DN or user: uid=admin,ou=system (This is default)
Bind password: secret (This is default)
– Click Finish