# Booting an LDAP server

These are instructions for installing and booting an Apache LDAP server.

Install ApacheDS and ApacheDirectoryStudio by following the instructions at https://directory.apache.org/.

Boot ApacheDS. On Linux, the command would be something like the following:

    sudo /etc/init.d/apacheds-2.0.0.AM26-default start

Use ApacheDirectoryStudio to generate a sample database of users by following the instructions at https://directory.apache.org/apacheds/basic-ug/1.5-sample-configuration.html.

In order to test your installation (see the next section), use ApacheDirectoryStudio to change the password of user Cornelius Buckley to secret.

Parent topic: Configuring LDAP authentication
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Setting up Derby to use your LDAP directory service
Guest access to search for DNs
LDAP performance issues
LDAP restrictions
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