You could also use the SQL backend for slapd AFAIK. Please see the man page of slapd-sql for more information.
Matheus Morais On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Dieter Kluenter <[email protected]>wrote: > Am Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:12:49 +0100 > schrieb Hugo Monteiro <[email protected]>: > > > Hello all, > > > > This post may be a little OT, but i'm sure this subject has bitten > > some of you some time. So, i'm willing to take the chance. > > Anyway, feel free to redirect me and this conversation elsewhere. > > > > Background: > > > > There's an LDAP infrastructure set up, which has been fed and > > maintained by a "in the house" made management system. > > > > This management system primary role is NOT to manage LDAP data, but > > it was where the data lived, some extensions where developed to > > provide that extra functionality. Years have passed and more and more > > we depend on our LDAP service. But we also have more and more the > > need to add other data to LDAP, which doesn't exist in the still in > > place management system. Changing the LDAP data model has also become > > a major headache since that type of change will also force > > maintenance to the management system accordingly. > > > > > > Objective: > > > > I'm currently delegated to find a modular solution that can aggregate > > data from several sources, relational databases, other ldap servers, > > flat text files, whatever, and be able to maintain a centrally > > managed information database which can then be exported to/served by > > an LDAP server. The solution could aggregate data directly into an > > LDAP database, or it could maintain it's own database that could be > > later exported to ldif, or sync to LDAP. > > > > The main purpose here would also to be able to find something that > > would do this, or that could be set with some minimal changes to > > perform as described, WITHOUT being an "in the house" solution. > > > > Sorry if it felt like i'm daydreaming, but i would love to hear > > peoples thoughts on this matter. > > What you are looking for is some sort of Meta Directory. There are some > open source products available as well as commercial products. On the > other hand, OpenLDAP provides some backends like back-perl and > back-sock in order to provide such service. > > -Dieter > > -- > Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung > http://dkluenter.de > GPG Key ID:DA147B05 > 53°37'09,95"N > 10°08'02,42"E > >
