On 21/6/2021 3:16 μ.μ., Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> in preparation to migrate an EL7 server I noticed that the
> openldap-servers package is not shipped in EL8 anymore.
>
> Is it possible to operate 389-ds as standalone ldap server? I am
> asking this for the context of CentOS Linux because I read somewhere
> that 389-ds is mainly used for RHDS only and unsure now about
> the possibilities to substitute openldap-servers/slapd ...
I suggest you to use OpenLDAP packages from here:
https://ltb-project.org/download
Alternatively, you could use:
https://symas.com/symas-providing-openldap-support-redhat-installed-systems/
We have been using ltb-project packages and they work flawlessly for
many years (since CentOS 6).
Cheers,
Nick