LDAP

LDAP, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is an open protocol for storing a hierarchical directory structure. It's most commonly used for managing technology assets and users and groups.

Concepts

• Attributes are key-value pairs.
• Schemas define attributes.
• Entries are collections of attributes. Their objectClasses define their attributes.
• LDIF is a text-based format for representing LDAP data.
• DITs define the structure of the LDAP tree. The placement of entities within the tree define the type of entity they represent (e.g. a machine vs a person) and where they are in the organisation (e.g. departments).
• RDN uniquely identifies an entry within a DIT.

Schema

Attributes

Object classes

Schemes and default ports

• ldap:// on 389
• ldaps:// on 636
• ldapi:// occurs over IPC, skipping network sockets

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Backlinks

• 2024-02-05 (internal) (Private)
• LDAP directory (internal) (Private)