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1. Install OpenLdap on Ubuntu.

   Note
   These instructions are based on Ubuntu 18.04.

2. In a terminal window, issue the following commands:

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   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

3. In a terminal window, then issue the following command.

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   sudo apt install slapd ldap-utils

4. Modify the default Directory Information Tree (DIT) suffix by changing the DIT to fit your company's network needs. For example,  dc=<org name>, dc=org. To do so, issue the following command.

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   sudo dpkg-reconfigure slapd

5. Enter the administrator's password.

6. Add initial data to the LDAP database from a file and create a single entry. In a terminal window, issue the following command.

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   vi ldap_data.ldif

   The following information is returned.

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   dn: ou=People,dc=<org name>,dc=org objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: People dn: ou=Groups,dc=<org name>,dc=org objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: Groups dn: cn=DEPARTMENT,ou=Groups,dc=<org name>,dc=org objectClass: posixGroup cn: SUBGROUP gidNumber: 5000 dn: uid=nciadevtest,ou=People,dc=<org name>,dc=org objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: shadowAccount uid: nciadevtest sn: Last name givenName: First name cn: nciadevtest displayName: Name uidNumber: 10000 gidNumber: 5000 userPassword: password gecos: Whole Name loginShell: /bin/bash homeDirectory: USERDIRECTORY

   Note
   In this .ldif file, we created two organizationalUnit values, People and Groups.

7. Add the entities for these OU values. One entity must be nciadevtest for NBIA. The uid and cn must be this name. NBIA uses cn to as the default authentication. Some software applications use uid to authenticate.

8. Add the following entities to the LDAP server.
   

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   ldapadd -x -D cn=admin,dc=smab,dc=org -W -f ldap_data.ldif

9. Use this command to search the existing records. You can use the network loop IP address to test or use the real IP address.
   

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   ldapsearch -x -LLL -h 127.0.0.1 -p 389 -D cn=admin,dc=<org name>,dc=org -w <password>-b dc=<org name>,dc=org 'uid=nciadevtest' cn givenName gidNumber Result: dn: uid=nciadevtest,ou=People,dc=<org name>,dc=org givenName: First Name cn: nciadevtest gidNumber: 5000 ldapsearch -x -LLL -h 69.71.4.10 -p 389 -D cn=admin,dc=<org name>,dc=org -w <password> -b dc=<org name>,dc=org 'cn=nciadevtest' uid givenName gidNumber Result: dn: uid=nciadevtest,ou=People,dc=<org name>,dc=org uid: nciadevtest givenName: First Name gidNumber: 5000

10. Add the records. The LDAP server configuration looks similar to the following.

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    Title Value Base DN <org name>,dc=org Bind Admin admin,dc=<org name>,dc=org Bind Password <password> User name for NBIA nciadevtest

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