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OpenLDAP: History, Components & Backends

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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OpenLDAP topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Components and Backends as prominent areas in the source structure around OpenLDAP.

Related topics
35
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
42
Extracted relationships
129
Concept neighborhoods
10
Bridge connections
42

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 14 topics
Components · 7 topics
Backends · 5 topics
Other modules · 4 topics
Release summary · 3 topics
History · 1 topics
Replication · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Components

Backends

Other modules

Release summary

Replication

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How OpenLDAP connects Entity context

The extracted context around OpenLDAP shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 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 Another extracted example is 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. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

OpenLDAP

Top relations

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

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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

OpenLDAP relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 129 structured relationships around OpenLDAP. Examples in this analysis include OpenLDAP → Developer → The OpenLDAP project and OpenLDAP → License → OpenLDAP Public License. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around OpenLDAP bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Ldap, Released and Version. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • OpenLDAP
    • Ldap
    • Released
    • Version
    • Introduced
    • Project
    • Software
    • Backends
    • Support
    • Replication
    • Backend
    • Protocol
    • Overlays
  • openldap
    • Ldap
    • Released
    • Version
    • Introduced
    • Project
    • Software
    • Backends
    • Support
    • Replication
    • Backend
    • Protocol
    • Overlays
  • lightweight directory access protocol
    • Slapd
    • Additional
    • Project
    • Frontend
    • Modules
    • Protocol
    • Support
    • Ldap
    • Released
    • Version
    • Refresh
    • Netscape
  • backends
    • Slapd
    • Modules
    • Removed
    • Overlays
    • Backend
    • Openldap
    • Database
    • Built
    • Introduced
    • Ldap
    • Support
    • Since
  • other modules
    • Overlays
    • Slapd
    • Backend
    • Project
    • Frontend
    • Database
    • Built
    • Openldap
    • Removed
    • May
    • Replication
    • Software
  • slapd
    • Additional
    • Introduced
    • Via
    • Support
    • Refresh
    • Built
    • Removed
    • Netscape
    • Replication
    • Software
    • Released
    • Response
  • multi-master replication
    • Version
    • Support
    • Search
    • Via
    • Consumer
    • Delete
    • Sync
    • Provider
    • Slapd
  • replication
    • Version
    • Support
    • Search
    • Via
    • Consumer
    • Delete
    • Sync
    • Provider
    • Slapd

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For OpenLDAP, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects OpenLDAP with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
OpenLDAPOverview · splits 28 ⟂ 15
OpenLDAPComponents · splits 35 ⟂ 8
OpenLDAPBackends · splits 37 ⟂ 6
OpenLDAPOther modules · splits 38 ⟂ 5
OpenLDAPRelease summary · splits 39 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

OpenLDAP

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

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around OpenLDAP to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Components & Backends, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — OpenLDAP · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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