SLAPD.BACKENDS(5)
NAME
slapd.backends - backends for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
DESCRIPTION
The slapd(8) daemon can use a variety of different backends for serving
LDAP requests. Backends may be compiled statically into slapd, or when
module support is enabled, they may be dynamically loaded. Multiple
instances of a backend can be configured, to serve separate databases
from the same slapd server.
Configuration options for each backend are documented separately in the corresponding slapd-<backend>(5) manual pages.
- bdb This is the recommended primary backend for a normal slapd data
- base. It takes care to configure it properly. It uses the transactional database interface of the Oracle Berkeley DB (BDB) package to store data.
- config This backend is used to manage the configuration of slapd at
- run-time. Unlike other backends, only a single instance of the config backend may be defined. It also instantiates itself automatically, so it is always present even if not explicitly defined in the slapd.conf(5) file.
- dnssrv This backend is experimental. It serves up referrals based upon
- SRV resource records held in the Domain Name System.
- hdb This is a variant of the bdb backend that uses a hierarchical
- database layout. This layout stores entry DNs more efficiently than the bdb backend, using less space and requiring less work to create, delete, and rename entries. It is also one of the few backends to support subtree renames.
- ldap This backend acts as a proxy to forward incoming requests to
- another LDAP server.
- ldif This database uses the filesystem to build the tree structure of
- the database, using plain ascii files to store data. Its usage should be limited to very simple databases, where performance is not a requirement. This backend also supports subtree renames.
- meta This backend performs basic LDAP proxying with respect to a set
- of remote LDAP servers. It is an enhancement of the ldap backend.
- monitor
- This backend provides information about the running status of the slapd daemon. Only a single instance of the monitor backend may be defined.
- ndb This backend is experimental. It uses the transactional data
- base interface of the MySQL Cluster Engine (NDB) to store data.
- null Operations in this backend succeed but do nothing.
- passwd This backend is provided for demonstration purposes only. It
- serves up user account information from the system passwd(5) file.
- perl This backend embeds a perl(1) interpreter into slapd. It runs
- Perl subroutines to implement LDAP operations.
- relay This backend is experimental. It redirects LDAP operations to
- another database in the same server, based on the naming context of the request. Its use requires the rwm overlay (see slapo-rwm(5) for details) to rewrite the naming context of the request. It is primarily intended to implement virtual views on databases that actually store data.
- shell This backend executes external programs to implement LDAP opera
- tions. It is primarily intended to be used in prototypes.
- sql This backend is experimental. It services LDAP requests from an
- SQL database.
FILES
- /etc/ldap/slapd.conf
- default slapd configuration file
- /etc/ldap/slapd.d
- default slapd configuration directory
SEE ALSO
ldap(3), slapd-bdb(5), slapd-config(5), slapd-dnssrv(5), slapd-hdb(5),
slapd-ldap(5), slapd-ldif(5), slapd-meta(5), slapd-monitor(5),
slapd-null(5), slapd-passwd(5), slapd-perl(5), slapd-relay(5),
slapd-shell(5), slapd-sql(5), slapd.conf(5), slapd.overlays(5),
slapd(8). "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
<http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.