This article is a copy of Installing openldap just to make sure I have it always. I am skipping the installing stuff, that is straight forward. Table of contents Installing Add users and directories Create OpenLDAP Systemd Service Create OpenLDAP SUDO Schema Update SLAPD Database Running SLAPD Service Configure OpenLDAP Logging on CentOS 8 Create OpenLDAP Default Root DN Configure OpenLDAP with SSL/TLS Create OpenLDAP Base DN Create OpenLDAP User Accounts Setting password for LDAP User Create OpenLDAP Bind DN and Bind DN User Allow OpenLDAP Service on Firewall Testing OpenLDAP Authentication Installing Openldap is not available as an RPM package, therefor it is build from source.