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Tivoli Implementation Foundation Skills: LDAP Fundamentals

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Duration:  2 Hours
Delivery method:  Foundation Skills
Language:  English
Geography:  All
 
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Course description

This is a foundation class on Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This course is designed to teach LDAP fundamental skills needed to understand basics of LDAP. The course will cover an overview of the LDAP concepts such as entries, attributes, object class, directory information tree, suffixes, distinguished names, relative distinguished names and so forth. It will also cover the commands to search and update information in an LDAP directory.


Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to accomplish the following:

  • Define LDAP and discuss concepts regarding LDAP standards
  • Describe what is a directory
  • Describe the differences between directories and databases
  • Define what is an LDAP server
  • Define what is an LDAP client
  • Define entries, attributes, object classes, and schema
  • Explain how entries are structured in an LDAP directory
  • Explain how entries are named in an LDAP directory
  • Define directory information tree (DIT), suffix, distinguished name (DN), and relative distinguished name (RDN)
  • Use ldapsearch, ldapadd, ldapmodify, and ldapdelete commands
  • Explain the purpose of LDIF files
  • Use LDIF files to update directory
  • Define referrals and replication

Course outline
  1. Introduction to LDAP
    • Lesson 1: What is LDAP?
    • Lesson 2: Directory
    • Lesson 3: History of LDAP
  2. LDAP Concepts
    • Lesson 1: Entry
    • Lesson 2: Directory Information Tree (DIT)
    • Lesson 3: Schema and Object Classes
  3. LDAP Operations
    • Lesson 1: Searching the directory
    • Lesson 2: Adding entries in the directory
    • Lesson 3: Deleting entries from the directory
    • Lesson 4: Modifying entries in the directory
    • Lesson 5: LDIF File
  4. LDAP in Action
    • Lesson 1: IBM Tivoli Directory Server Overview
    • Lesson 2: Managing Directory Entries in IBM Tivoli Directory Server

Who will benefit from this course
This course is intended to help System Administrators and Implementers understand the basic concepts of LDAP.

Required skills/knowledge
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None

 

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