Re: [nfsv4] [FedFS] What LDAP directory implementation have folks been using for the NSDB thus far?

James Lentini <jlentini@netapp.com> Mon, 14 December 2009 23:07 UTC

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On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, stacey_chris@emc.com wrote:

> Just curious – what LDAP directory implementation you been using for 
> the NSDB in a FedFS setup thus far?   Any issues?   Good points?

Hi Chris,

We tested OpenLDAP and OpenDS at the NFS Bake-a-thon.

I've also done some experimenting with Apache DS, Fedora 389, and 
Active Directory in LDS mode.

There are instructions on how to setup OpenLDAP as an NSDB in the 
SNSDB SourceForge project's documentation.

-james