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OpenLDAP

OpenLDAP is a free, open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) developed by the OpenLDAP Project. It is released under its own BSD-style license called the OpenLDAP Public License.

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Developer
The OpenLDAP project
License
OpenLDAP Public License
Operating system
Any
Platform
Cross-platform
Release
August 26, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-08-26)
Repository
git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap.git

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OpenLDAP

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples129
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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OpenLDAP

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related to Release summary · 31
OpenLDAP → April, August, BDB, Berkeley Database, Configuration Backend, December, Engine, HA, Internet Protocol, IPv6, June, LDAP, LDAP Load Balancer Daemon, LDAPv3, Meta, Michigan, Monitor, N-way MultiMaster, October, OpenLDAP Software
related to Available backends · 19
OpenLDAP → Berkeley DB, Currently, Data, DNSback-monitor, Dynamic, IPC, LDAP, LDAPback-dnssrv, LDAPback-null, LDIF, LMDB, Locates LDAP, MySQL's NDB, OpenLDAP's Lightning Memory-Mapped Database, Proxy, SQL, The, Unix, WiredTiger
related to history · 18
OpenLDAP → As, Gavin Henry, Hallvard Furuseth, Howard Chu, Kurt Zeilenga, LDAP, Luke Howard, May, Michigan, Ondrej Kuznik, Past, Pierangelo Masarati, Quanah Gibson-Mount, Ryan Tandy, The, The OpenLDAP, There, University
related to Overall concept · 18
OpenLDAP → An, APIs, Historically, In, It, LDAP, Michigan, Multiple, Note, Ordinarily, Overlays, Since, Standalone LDAP Daemon, The, This, To, University, When
related to Other modules · 8
OpenLDAP → Backends, In, LDAP, Netscape/Fedora/Red Hat, SLAPI, Sun, Sun/Netscape/Fedora/Red Hat, While
related to External links · 7
OpenLDAP → APIAn OpenLDAP Update Archived, August, Marty Heyman, Official, OpenLDAP FoundationUsing, September, Wayback Machine
related to syncrepl · 7
OpenLDAP → CSN, However, If, In, Rather, RFC, The
related to Replication · 5
OpenLDAP → Additional, Content Synchronization, In, RFC, This
related to Components · 4
OpenLDAP → ASN, Basic Encoding Rules, BER, LDAP
Developer · 1
OpenLDAP → The OpenLDAP project

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ldap slapd backend backends protocol database refresh also phase entries support overlays provider released modules project removed response version present

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OpenLDAPDeveloperThe OpenLDAP project1.00infobox
OpenLDAPLicenseOpenLDAP Public License1.00infobox
OpenLDAPOperating systemAny1.00infobox
OpenLDAPPlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
OpenLDAPReleaseAugust 26, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-08-26)1.00infobox
OpenLDAPRepositorygit.openldap.org/openldap/openldap.git1.00infobox
OpenLDAPStable release2.7.0 / 7 August 2026; 16 days ago (7 August 2026)1.00infobox
OpenLDAPTypeLDAP directory service1.00infobox
OpenLDAPWebsitewww.openldap.org1.00infobox
OpenLDAPWritten inC1.00infobox
OpenLDAPis afree0.90text
OpenLDAPrelated to Available backendsCurrently0.60section

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