phpLDAPadmin (also known as PLA) is a web-based LDAP administration tool to manage, browse and administer your LDAP directory server. Since it is a web application, this LDAP browser works on many platforms, making your LDAP server easily manageable from any location. With it you can browse your LDAP tree, view LDAP schema, perform searches, create, delete, copy and edit LDAP entries. You can even copy entries between servers. This post will show you on how to install phpLDAPadmin on linux CentOS 6.2 server. Assumed that you already install install EPEL repository on your CentOS 6.2 server as below :
How to Install and Configure EPEL Repository on CentOS 6.2
1. Install phpLDAPadmin using this command :
[root@centos62 ~]# yum install phpldapadmin -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.ipserverone.com * epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk * extras: centos.ipserverone.com * updates: centos.maulvi.net Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package phpldapadmin.noarch 0:1.2.2-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php-ldap for package: phpldapadmin-1.2.2-1.el6.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-ldap.i686 0:5.3.3-3.el6_2.6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ==================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ==================================================================================================== Installing: phpldapadmin noarch 1.2.2-1.el6 epel 776 k Installing for dependencies: php-ldap i686 5.3.3-3.el6_2.6 updates 35 k Transaction Summary ==================================================================================================== Install 2 Package(s) Total download size: 811 k Installed size: 2.3 M Downloading Packages: (1/2): php-ldap-5.3.3-3.el6_2.6.i686.rpm | 35 kB 00:00 (2/2): phpldapadmin-1.2.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm | 776 kB 00:08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62 kB/s | 811 kB 00:13 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : php-ldap-5.3.3-3.el6_2.6.i686 1/2 Installing : phpldapadmin-1.2.2-1.el6.noarch 2/2 Installed: phpldapadmin.noarch 0:1.2.2-1.el6 Dependency Installed: php-ldap.i686 0:5.3.3-3.el6_2.6 Complete!
2. Configure phpLDAPadmin. Allow 198.168.1.x network to access thru phpLDAPadmin :
# # Web-based tool for managing LDAP servers # Alias /phpldapadmin /usr/share/phpldapadmin/htdocs Alias /ldapadmin /usr/share/phpldapadmin/htdocs <Directory /usr/share/phpldapadmin/htdocs> Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24 Allow from ::1 </Directory>
3. Restart httpd server :
[root@ldap 389 ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ]
4. Installation and configuration completed. Navigate and administer ldap as below URL :
http://ldap_server_ip/ldapadmin
