Building OpenLDAP Server on Linux

Prerequisites

Configure the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to include Java libraries:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386:$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/server:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

or create symbolic links:

cd /usr/lib
ln -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so
ln -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/libverify.so
ln -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so

Install the following RPM packages:

Get the source code from CVS. First login as anonymous with password OpenLDAP:

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.openldap.org:/repo/OpenLDAP login

Then checkout the files:

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.openldap.org:/repo/OpenLDAP -z 3 checkout -P -r <tag> openldap

Currently the supported tags are:

We will refer the OpenLDAP's source directory as OPENLDAP_SRC.

Alternatively, download the source RPM (openldap-x.x.x.src.rpm) from Fedora, install it the execute:

cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
rpm -bb openldap.spec

Apply the appropriate patch:

cd JAVA_BACKEND_HOME
ant -Dopenldap.src=... -Dopenldap.version=... patch

The "openldap.src" should point to OPENLDAP_SRC. The "openldap.version" should be the version number, e.g. 2.2.26.

Go to OpenLDAP's source directory.

cd OPENLDAP_SRC

To configure static compilation:

./configure --enable-java [other options]

To configure Java Backend as a module:

./configure --enable-java=mod --enable-modules [other options]

Build OpenLDAP:

make depend
make

Run the following command to install OpenLDAP:

make install

By default the slapd will be installed under /usr/local/libexec directory, and the slapd.conf will be installed under /usr/local/etc/openldap.

To run slapd:

cd /usr/local/libexec
./slapd -d 65535