OpenLDAP Server on Debian

This will be based on this article at HowToForge.

Starting from a fresh (template) Debian install, we'll have to use one Bridged adapter on this VM since it has to be accessible from outside the hypervisor's sub-networks.

> nano /etc/network/interfaces
...
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
#dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8
   address 192.168.1.XXX
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   broadcast 192.168.1.255
   network 192.168.1.0
...

> apt-get update  
> apt-get install slapd ldap-utils

Configure LDAP:

> nano /etc/ldap/ldap.conf

#
# LDAP Defaults
#

# See ldap.conf(5) for details
# This file should be world readable but not world writable.

BASE    dc=home,dc=be
URI     ldap://192.168.1.201 ldap://192.168.1.201:666

#SIZELIMIT      12
#TIMELIMIT      15
#DEREF          never

# TLS certificates (needed for GnuTLS)
TLS_CACERT      /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

We need an Apache server, php and MySQL installed to run phpLDAPadmin Web GUI:

> apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql
> apt-get install phpldapadmin

Then we configure phpLDAPadmin:

> nano /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php

[line 286] $servers->setValue('server','name','Home LDAP Server');
[line 300] $servers->setValue('server','base',array('dc=home,dc=be'));
[line 326] $servers->setValue('login','bind_id','cn=admin,dc=home,dc=be');

Now we should be able to access the phpLDAPadmin Web GUI at http://192.168.1.201/phpldapadmin