System Requirements

The fahrabdap is written in pure Java, and runs on any platform with JDK or JRE 1.5 or later. Fahrabdap has been developed and testend extensively on Debian-Linux using Sun JDK 1.5.0. Windows support has been tested on Windows XP.

License

The use of this software is subject to these License terms.

Installation

Before you start please download the appropriate package for you from the download area.

  • Create the base directory for the fahrabdap installation. This directory is from now on refered to as LDAP_BASE.
  • Unpack the downloades package in the LDAP_BASE directory.
  • Adjust the server configuration file according to your needs.
  • Create an ldif-file holding the basic tree of the ldap. Remember to include an administrator dn in this file. See also the example file.
  • Make sure the fahrabdap jar file is in the classpath. The fahrabdap needs also a version of log4j to run. A version of log4j comes with the fahrabdap package and can be found in the lib directory.
  • If the DirLdapBackend class is used, the ldap needs to be initalized using java org.fahrabdap.utils.LdapInitializer BASE_LDIF_FILE
  • Start the server with java org.fahrabdap.server.LdapServer