Using OpenLDAP

OpenLDAP is a cross-platform, free, and open source implementation of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, released under a BSD license. It was started in 1998 and since then has had active development and constant releases, being widely adopted by many commercial-grade systems and applications.

Although WebLogic server includes its own embedded LDAP server for default security management, it's neither used nor recommended for application-specific security management. That's when third-party LDAP servers and products are recommended and offer much more flexibility and features for a real-world scenario.

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Note that you can use WebLogic embedded LDAP for the examples in this book, although we do recommend the experience of creating and configuring an Authentication Provider outside WebLogic.

In this section we're going to provide general guidelines for OpenLDAP configuration, but due to the way different operating systems package the software, some configuration...