Step-by-Step Installation of OpenLDAP Server and phpLDAPadmin on CentOS

1. Install LDAP

Reference documentation: https://www.cnblogs.com/mascot1/p/10498392.html

1.1 Prerequisites

# Disable SELinux
vim /etc/sysconfig/selinux   # SELINUX=disabled
setenforce 0 

# Stop and disable firewall
systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl disable firewalld

1.2 Install LDAP

# Install LDAP tools
yum install -y openldap-servers openldap-clients migrationtools
slappasswd   # Follow prompts to generate and save the hashed password

# Configure database cache
cp /usr/share/openldap-servers/DB_CONFIG.example /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG
chown -R ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap/

# Test configuration file
slaptest -u   # Should output "configfile testing succeeded"

# Start LDAP service
systemctl start slapd.service
systemctl enable slapd.service

# Import schema templates
ls /etc/openldap/schema/*.ldif | xargs -I {} sudo ldapadd -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f {}

2. Install LDAP Console

2.1 Prerequisites

# Install Apache
yum -y install httpd

# Modify Apache configuration to allow .htaccess overrides
vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf   # Ensure "AllowOverride all" is set

# Start and enable Apache, then test
systemctl start httpd
systemctl enable httpd
curl 127.0.0.1

2.2 Install phpLDAPadmin

# Add EPEL repository (example configuration)
cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch
baseurl=https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/epel/7Server/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

# Install phpLDAPadmin
yum install phpldapadmin

2.3 Modify Configuration Files

# Edit phpLDAPadmin config
vim /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php
$servers->setValue('server','host','127.0.0.1');
$servers->setValue('server','port',389);
$servers->setValue('server','base',array('dc=my-domain,dc=com'));
$servers->setValue('login','auth_type','session');
$servers->setValue('login','attr','dn');

# Comment out duplicate line if present
# $servers->setValue('login','attr','dn');

# Adjust Apache virtual host for phpLDAPadmin
vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpldapadmin.conf
Alias /phpldapadmin /usr/share/phpldapadmin/htdocs
Alias /ldapadmin /usr/share/phpldapadmin/htdocs
# Apache 2.4
    Require local
    Require ip 192.168.0
# Apache 2.2
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.1
    Allow from ::1
# Create base LDIF file
vim /etc/openldap/base.ldif

dn: dc=my-domain,dc=com
o: ldap
objectclass: dcObject
objectclass: organization
    dc: my-domain

2.4 Access Test

# Restart Apache to apply changes
service restart httpd

# Open a browser and navigate to the phpLDAPadmin interface
http://192.168.0.41/phpldapadmin

For the full source and further details, refer to the original GitHub document.