Database wide operations such as backup or restore for openLDAP

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Backing up ldap database

To backup ldap database use: 

slapcat -l <backup_file> -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf


Restoring ldap database

To restore ldap database use: 

service slapd stop
mv /var/lib/ldap /var/lib/ldap2
mkdir /var/lib/ldap
slapadd -l <backup_file> -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf 
chown -R ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap


Indexing ldap database

To update index of ldap database, especially after index configuration in slapd.conf is modified, use: 

service slapd stop
slapindex -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf



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