Installation manual

Chapter 10. LDAP support

A Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server directory provides the

ability to share user and group configuration information.

The following LDAP servers are supported for use with Host On-Demand:

IBM LDAP Directory Server V2.1, V3.1.1,

and V3.2.1

Windows NT and AIX

Netscape Directory Server V3.1 and V4.0 Windows NT and AIX

IBM LDAP Directory Server running on

OS/390 Version 2, Release 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,

and 12

Legacy OS/390 and z/OS

Installing LDAP support

1. Decide which LDAP Directory server you are going to use and if necessary

install it. For more information on IBM’s LDAP Directory solution and to

download a complimentary evaluation kit, go to

http://www.software.ibm.com/network/directory/.

2. Install the Host On-Demand schema extension files. (The schema extension files

are not required for IBM LDAP Version 3.x.)

3. Ask your LDAP administrator for a suffix which Host On-Demand will use to

store configuration information. Make a note of the distinguished name (DN) of

this suffix; you will need this information to complete the LDAP setup.

4. Ask your LDAP administrator for an administrator DN and password for Host

On-Demand; these will be used to authenticate to the LDAP server. The

administrator DN must have create, modify and delete privileges for the suffix

mentioned in the previous step. Make a note of the DN and password; you will

need this information to complete the LDAP setup.

5. Enable LDAP on the Directory tab in the administration window.

6. Migrate configuration information to the LDAP directory server (optional).

Installing the schema extensions

The Host On-Demand extensions to the LDAP directory schema are provided in

several files that are located in the LDAP subdirectory of the publish directory (for

example, C:\hostondemand\HOD\ldap) . These files contain extensions to the LDAP

schema and are stored in the standard slapd format. The schema extensions must

be in effect before Host On-Demand can store configuration information in an

LDAP server. Contact your LDAP administrator to have these schema extensions

installed.

Your LDAP administrator may have already installed these schema extensions

for use by another IBM product. If so, skip these steps. If you are using the IBM

SecureWay Directory Server Version 3.1.1 or 3.2.1, the schema is pre-installed, so

you can skip these steps also.

To install the Host On-Demand schema extensions on a Netscape LDAP Directory

server: