From 5238c544aa0785b6999f20702131b9982e132e18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Nejgebauer Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:19:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update RHEL and derivatives instructions --- data/README.md | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/data/README.md b/data/README.md index cbe984e..cd3f1e4 100644 --- a/data/README.md +++ b/data/README.md @@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ you should also make sure that `slapadd` and `slapd` are in your `$PATH`. The scripts were originally tested on CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 16.04. Later Ubuntu releases should behave the same. Following the lead of its parent, -RHEL, CentOS 8 no longer includes the OpenLDAP server. There, you can -use the packages provided by the [LTB project](https://ltb-project.org/download.html), +RHEL, CentOS 8 no longer includes the OpenLDAP server. After the demise of +CentOS 8, successors like AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux have incorporated OpenLDAP +in the additional repositories, but the easiest route is to use the packages +provided by the [LTB project](https://ltb-project.org/download.html), which also has the latest OpenLDAP for Debian and Ubuntu. -* On Ubuntu, install `slapd` and `ldap-utils`. +CentOS 7 is EOL, as is OpenLDAP 2.4.x. Use at least version 8 of RHEL and its +derivatives, and OpenLDAP 2.5 or later. -* On CentOS 7, install `openldap-servers` and `openldap-clients`. +* On Ubuntu, install `slapd` and `ldap-utils`. -* On CentOS 8, configure the [LTB yum repository](https://www.ltb-project.org/documentation/openldap-rpm.html) +* On RHEL/Alma/Rocky, configure the [LTB yum repository](https://www.ltb-project.org/documentation/openldap-rpm.html) and install `openldap-ltb`. * Whatever the distro, install `make`.