On 10/14/2025 9:25 AM, Norman Gray wrote:
> > Christopher, hello. > > On 14 Oct 2025, at 13:49, christopher.schenk@uni-paderborn.de wrote: > >> Now my question is, is the slapd.conf going to be removed in >> future OpenLDAP versions, or will it remain in OpenLDAP? > > I can't definitively answer this part of the question (though I'd > guess the answer would be that it would be removed at some point). > >> Should we move our configuration to the new slapd-config system? > > Probably, yes. But I'm chipping here, on-list, to suggest that > there is a middle ground, which preserves the advantages of the > single-file slapd.conf (which I get the impression is what you're > regretting soon losing).
IMO:

1. The OLC is not a good practice for production, where you want to strictly control changes.
2. The slapd.conf, especially when indented for human readability, vastly easier for a human to read.
3. There is an another middle ground. Enable the config backend (OLC) in the slapd.conf. This provides the capability to do non-persistent changes on the fly (without rebooting), in the case of emergency or near-emergency. The idea is that any "emergency" changes that are needed for the long term, will be implemented through the configuration management pipeline that builds production servers and servers' slapd.confs.

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