Ldap – Setting up OpenAM to use OpenLDAP as DataStore

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I am at the moment trying to configure an OpenAM installation to use an OpenLDAP as DataStore; is it possible to do it? I have seen some tips about configuring OpenLDAP (as in this tutorial) but this is not possible for me because LDAP is out of my control (it's customers').

How can – If possible – configure OpenAM to use OpenLDAP as DataStore without modifying OpenLDAP installation?

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No, if you can't modify the OpenLDAP schema, you are out of luck. But if you have a good reason to use this LDAP server for this purpose, talk to the admin and ask him to add the necessary schemas. If you don't have that reason, you shouldn't even try anyway.

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When using -x, you will also need -D, to specify your bind DN, and you will need to provide the password via either -W (to prompt for the password) or -y file to read the password from file.

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OpenLDAP rely on ODBC for connecting to the MySQL, you should configure in /etc/odbc.ini something like:

[database-reference]
driver = MySQL
Database = database_name
Server = 127.0.0.1
User = username
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Change the Server attribute.

As a side note: since ODBC configuration may vary on different distributions, take always a look at the documentation shipped with your OpenLDAP and odbc package available in /usr/share/doc/*

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