The procedures to verify LDAP in Zimbra are described in the article. As part of our Server Management Services, Bobcares provides answers to all of your questions.

How to verify LDAP in Zimbra?

To store data for Zimbra Global configuration, user and authentication information, server, domain, and class of service (COS) details, Zimbra uses the LDAP service. Zimbra LDAP service is using the OpenLDAP software.

Let’s see the steps to verify the LDAP or slapd process in Zimbra.

1. Firstly, we need to execute the Zimbra user.

[zimbra@centos64 ~]$ ldap status
slapd running pid: 1351

2. Now check whether the LDAP process is in execution or not by using the command:

ps auxww | grep zimbra | grep slapd

3. We run the telnet command to check for connection failure on the default LDAP port, 389:

[zimbra@centos64 ~]$ telnet centos64.ehowstuff.local 389
Trying 192.168.2.62...
Connected to centos64.ehowstuff.local.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.

4. We can start and stop the Zimbra using the below code:

To start,

[zimbra@centos64 ~]$ ldap stop
Killing slapd with pid 1351 done.

To stop,

[zimbra@centos64 ~]$ ldap start
Started slapd: pid 47807

5. Now, from the zmcontrol command, check the LDAP status:

[zimbra@centos64 ~]$ zmcontrol status
Host centos64.ehowstuff.local
antispam Running
antivirus Running
ldap Running
logger Running
mailbox Running
memcached Running
mta Running
opendkim Running
proxy Running
snmp Running
spell Running
stats Running
zmconfigd Running

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Conclusion

The article provides a simple 5-step method from our Tech team to verify the LDAP status in Zimbra.