How to install Soffid LDAP

Installation

Prerequisites

To install Soffid LDAP, you must install Docker. Despite Docker desktop can be used for testing purposes, Docker container runtime usage is recommended.

Installation

To start Soffid LDAP, execute:

docker volume create ldapconf
docker volume creade ldapdata
docker run --name soffidldap -p 1389:389 -v ldapconf:/etc/ldap/slapd.d -v ldapdata:/var/lib/ldap -d -e SOFFID_SERVER=https://<SYNCSERVERNAME>:760 -e SOFFID_AGENT=<SOFFID_AGENT> -e USER=<ADMIN_USERNAME> -e PASSWORD=<ADMIN_PASSWORD> -e DN=<YOUR_BASE_DN> soffidldap

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Image

Now, you can connect to the LDAP Server using the user name and password used to create the docker instance.

Docker commands

Stop the service

docker stop soffidldap

Start the service

docker start soffidldap

Remove the service

docker rm soffidldap

Docker Volumes

The initial configuration files are located in the ldapconf volume, usually in /var/lib/docker/volumes/ldapconf/_data
The initial data files are located in the ldapdata volume, usually in /var/lib/docker/volumes/ldapdata/_data