Robert Heller wrote:
At Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:44:27 -0700 Quanah Gibson-Mount quanah@symas.com wrote:
Hello All,
As noted in the RHEL7.4 release notes (https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/chap-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7.4_Release_Notes-Deprecated_Functionality.html#idp12778832), RedHat will no longer support OpenLDAP Server starting with RHEL8.
Will RedHat be supporting an alternitive Lightweight Directory Access Protocol server? Or is RedHat dropping all sopport for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol servers?
RedHat is supporting their commercial server, RedHat Directory Server. It's the commercial version of 389DS, derived from the old Netscape LDAP server. Worth noting that that lineage of code has been abandoned by everyone else (e.g. Sun/Oracle DSEE has also been EOL'd).
This is likely a good time to start planning your migration plans if you currently rely on RedHat's build of OpenLDAP. I would note that Symas provides certified builds for OpenLDAP with various support options available. An alternative for those who do not require support and do not wish to build OpenLDAP themselves would be to use the LTB project builds.
Regards, Quanah
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Quanah Gibson-Mount Product Architect Symas Corporation Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP: http://www.symas.com
On Mon, 2017-08-28 at 21:26 +0100, Howard Chu wrote:
RedHat is supporting their commercial server, RedHat Directory Server. It's the commercial version of 389DS, derived from the old Netscape LDAP server. Worth noting that that lineage of code has been abandoned by everyone else (e.g. Sun/Oracle DSEE has also been EOL'd).
I tried to use 389DS for a Hackathon and I had to switch to OpenLDAP because I couldn't rely on it to start when I told it to.
I wouldn't be surprised that I hear a story in 5 years that RedHat Directory Service was going to ported to OpenLDAP.
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