For those of you with z/VM, you already have the IBM Directory Server, a full LDAP server included with base z/VM. The z/VM LDAP server is derived from the LDAP server included in the base z/OS operating system. Here's the technical introduction for z/VM 6.4's LDAP server:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSB27U_6.4.0/com.ibm.zvm.v640.kldl0/tivdint1001262.htm It's fully IBM supported, so you can open PMRs and whatnot. If you have z/VM RACF then z/VM LDAP is fully integrated with that, if you wish. (You don't have to. You can use it as a "generic" LDAP server, too.) Alan Altmark explains how some of the LDAP-RACF integration works in this older presentation here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/altmarka/ldaplinx.pdf That information was published around the time of z/VM 5.4, but it's still mostly relevant to the current release. And it's all free if you already have z/VM. There's no additional licensing required for LDAP clients, whether or not they are z/VM guests. As an example, z/VSE includes LDAP sign-on support, and you can turn on that feature and use it with your licensed z/VM (with z/VM LDAP server) installation, no additional charge. Got some cloud servers halfway across the country that need a LDAP server? Sure, fine, no problem -- hook 'em up to z/VM LDAP. It's just part of the base z/VM package, with unlimited clients of any/every type that understand standard LDAPv3 protocol. There are also quite a large number of IBM software products for Linux on Z/LinuxONE that include the IBM Security Directory Server (formerly IBM Tivoli Directory Server) for Linux on Z/LinuxONE, so you might already have LDAP servers that way. Just check the license, though, since they vary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, Multi-Geography E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
