NoSQL databases are multiplying faster that anyone could have imagined when Google released their Google File System and MapReduce papers in 2003 and 2004 – the inspiration for a host of NoSQL database developers. The NoSQL project that became Apache Cassandra was originally developed at Facebook as the back-end for their Inbox Search feature. It was released as open …
Linux Mint has been consistently at the top of the DistroWatch top ten list for more than a year due I am sure to its ease of use and solid performance. As a general purpose distribution, Mint is offered with several different desktop environments, but interestingly, no separate server distribution. However, it is possible to configure Mint …
This is part 4 (the last part) of my series on using Apache Directory Server (ApacheDS), an open source LDAP implementation. Parts 1–2 covered getting ApacheDS installed, as well as connecting the configuration application to it to make changes to the structure of the directory. In part 3, I walked through adding a new Organizational …
In part 1 of this series, I covered installing the Apache Directory Server (ApacheDS), an open source LDAP server and in part 2, I discussed configuring the Apache Directory Studio application to connect to your ApacheDS instance. In this third part, I will look at replacing the default Example schema in ApacheDS with a new …
In the first part of this series, I walked through installing Apache Directory Server (ApacheDS), an LDAP server, on Linux Mint. In this part, we’ll cover how to install and configure the management tool for ApacheDS, called Apache Directory Studio. Download and extract Apache Directory Studio from the Apache website. If you are the only …
While working on a recent project, I found the software I was researching had the capability to work with an LDAP server. My experience with LDAP has been pretty limited, mainly using Microsoft’s Active Directory for work, so I decided to look into open source alternatives. For the uninitiated, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and an LDAP …