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OpenLDAP

Open Source Directory Services
OpenLDAP is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) developed by the OpenLDAP Project, a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and open source LDAP suite of applications and development tools.
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This appliance includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core, and on top of that:
- OpenLDAP configurations:
- Installed and maintained through package management system (slapd ldap-utils packages)
- Set LDAP domain and admin password on firstboot (convenience, security).
- TLS support for ldaps out of the box (security).
- Includes Users/Groups OU and default PosixGroup (convenience).
- Includes phpLDAPadmin for web based LDAP administration, with SSL
support out of the box.
- Installed from upstream source code to /var/www/phpldapadmin
- Webmin modules for configuring Apache2, PHP, MySQL and Postfix.
See the OpenLDAP docs for further details.
Usage details & Logging in for Administration
- OpenLDAP: default domain example.com
No default passwords: For security reasons there are no default passwords. All passwords are set at system initialization time.
Ignore SSL browser warning: browsers don't like self-signed SSL certificates, but this is the only kind that can be generated automatically. If you have a domain configured, then via Confconsole Advanced menu, you can generate free Let's Encypt SSL/TLS certificates.
Web - point your browser at either:
- http://12.34.56.789/ - not encrypted so no browser warning
- https://12.34.56.789/ - encrypted with self-signed SSL certificate
Note: some appliances auto direct http to https.
Username for database administration:
- Adminer; login as MySQL username adminer:
https://12.34.56.789:12322/ - Adminer database management web app
- MySQL command line tool; log in as root (no password required):
$ mysql --user root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql>
Username for OS system administration:
Login as root except on AWS marketplace which uses username admin.
- Point your browser to:
- https://12.34.56.789:12321/ - System control panel
- https://12.34.56.789:12320/ - Web based command line terminal
- Login with SSH client:
ssh root@12.34.56.789
Special case for AWS marketplace:
ssh admin@12.34.56.789
* Replace 12.34.56.789 with a valid IP or hostname.