URL: http://www.switch.ch/aai/docs/shibboleth/SWITCH/1.1/origin/installationLDAPServer.html
Author: Fabio Poroli, SWITCH
Contact: aai@switch.ch
Version: 1.0 - 20040315

Installation LDAP Server

This guide only gives some tips installing an OpenLDAP server for use with Shibboleth.

1. Get the software (if you have already installed OpenLDAP, you should uninstall it):
   apt-get install slapd
   
   During install select as suffix-style the "custom" entry and input following LDAP data:
   
   o=SWITCH,c=ch


2. Configure LDAP
   
   
1. Copy the additional schema files in the /etc/ldap/schema directory
2. Edit the /etc/ldap/slapd.conf file as follows:
• Include the copied schemas
• Fill the empty "" with the administrator DN like "cn=admin,o=SWITCH,c=ch" (occurrs twice in file)
• Remove Netscape Roaming configuration
3. Restart LDAP
   /etc/init.d/slapd restart4.
   
   
3. Login in LDAP with a LDAP Admin Tool (JXplorer) and select the entry SWITCH.
   Add a new entries with following specs:

• select following object classes: organizationalUnit & top
• input in the RDN field -> ou="Users"
• press "ok" and then "submit"