How To Install openldap-servers on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap-servers on CentOS 7. openldap-servers is LDAP server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap-servers on CentOS 7.

What is openldap-servers

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. This package contains the slapd server and related files.

We can use yum or dnf to install openldap-servers on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openldap-servers.

Install openldap-servers on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install openldap-servers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openldap-servers

Install openldap-servers 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.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install openldap-servers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openldap-servers

How To Uninstall openldap-servers on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the openldap-servers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openldap-servers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap-servers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.