How To Install openldap on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap
on CentOS 7.
What is openldap
OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. LDAP is a set of protocols for accessing directory services (usually phone book style information, but other information is possible) over the Internet, similar to the way DNS (Domain Name System) information is propagated over the Internet. The openldap package contains configuration files, libraries, and documentation for OpenLDAP.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install openldap
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openldap.
Install openldap on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install openldap
using yum
by running the following command:
Install openldap on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install openldap
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall openldap on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the openldap
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.