ApacheDS v1.0 Basic User's Guide

About this guide

Getting started. Learn how to download and install ApacheDS 1.0 on different platforms, connect to it with various clients (graphical tools among others), manipulate the data within your directory and integrate ApacheDS with other software. The same sample data, provided as a download, is used through the whole guide.

Audience

This guide is primarly for people new to ApacheDS. If you plan to use the server as is, maybe even for your first LDAP experience, you'll find all information necessary to do so. Only basic configuration tasks are covered. Learn more about the options you have (and many other things) in the "Advanced User's Guide".

Table of contents

1. How to begin
   1. What Apache Directory Server is
   2. Some Background. Directories, directory services and LDAP
   3. About the sample configurations and sample directory data
   4. Installing and starting the server
   5. Basic configuration tasks
2. Handling of data within your directory
   1. Connecting to a server with Apache Directory client tools
      1. LDAP Studio
      2. ApacheDS tools
   2. Connecting with other client tools
      1. Graphical tools
      2. Command line tools
   3. Custom application development
      1. Connecting to ApacheDS with Java components
      2. Other programming languages
   4. LDAP Operations
      1. Overview
      2. Searching
      3. Modification
3. Basic Security
   1. Authentication options
   2. Basic authorization
   3. How to enable SSL
4. Integrate ApacheDS in other programs
   1. Mozilla Thunderbird (E-Mail Client)
   2. Apache Tomcat
   3. Apache HTTP Server