Apache Directory Server

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ApacheDS
Basic data

developer Apache Software Foundation
Publishing year 2005
Current  version 2.0.0.AM26
( March 7, 2020 )
operating system Multiplatform
programming language Java
category Directory service
License Apache License v2.0
https://directory.apache.org/apacheds/

Apache Directory Server or ApacheDS is an open source and free directory service server from the Apache Software Foundation and compatible with LDAPv3 .

history

In October 2002 Alex Karasulu started the LDAPd project at SourceForge.net . LDAPd was written in Java with the Avalon Framework and should be embeddable and compatible with the LDAP standard. In October 2003, Alex donated the source code to the Apache Software Foundation and was accepted into the Apache Incubator. In October 2004 the Apache Top Level Project Directory was set up after the successful incubation phase. This renamed LDAPd to Apache Directory Server. In October 2006 the LDAPv3 certified version 1.0 was published.

Original goals

  • Provide a point of contact for the open source community
  • Promote a language-independent environment for both client-side and server-side purposes.
  • The platform for all directory and name requirements on any platform or language
    • Client APIs
    • Clients e.g. B. Apache Directory Studio
    • JNDI provider in Java and other namespaces.
    • In the future, LDAP validation and stress test tool
  • Deploy server with embeddable configuration
  • Make the server available as a Unix or Windows service
  • provide an embeddable / integrable directory service for other Apache products httpd , Slide , Tomcat , James and Geronimo .

Features and functions

  • LDAPv3 compliant
  • X500 authorization
  • integrated Kerberos server
  • Multi-master replication
  • Support of password rules
  • LDIF -based configuration

commitment

The directory service can be used as a metadirectory in the area of ​​identity management, for example RDS from IBM.

Individual proof

  1. ↑ directory.apache.org . (accessed on March 28, 2020).
  2. ↑ 1.1 - What Apache DS is - Apache Directory. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  3. ^ Proposal for an Apache Directory Project - Apache Directory. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Welcome to ApacheDS - Apache Directory. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Kurt D. Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org>: The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Content Synchronization operation. Retrieved March 28, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ Identity Management | Kenoxa - Identity & Access Management Architects. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ IBM Knowledge Center. Retrieved March 28, 2020 (American English).