 | Level: Intermediate Matthew Jording (kingrabbit@gmail.com), Freelance writer, Sensis Corporation
23 May 2006 Proficiency in working with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an important skill for developers creating enterprise applications for Apache Geronimo and IBM® WebSphere® application servers. In this two-part tutorial series, learn how to use the LDAP Tools for Eclipse to configure Geronimo's built-in Apache Directory LDAP server, ApacheDS. In this first installment, you'll import hypothetical personal information into the LDAP server while gearing up for Part 2, where you'll query the LDAP server and update the Web page using Ajax.
Objectives
After completing this tutorial you'll be able to configure Apache Geronimo's built-in LDAP server, ApacheDS, using the LDAP Tools for Eclipse plug-in and build an Ajax application to verify and test its capabilities.
Prerequisites
This series assumes you have some expertise as a Java enterprise Web developer and some comfort with system administration tasks, such as setting environment variables and server installation. Familiarity with the Eclipse IDE is also helpful.
System requirements
To complete this tutorial, you need to download several tools:
- Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) 5.0 Java Development Kit, Version 5
- Eclipse IDE
- LDAP Tools for Eclipse
- Apache Geronimo
Duration
Under 2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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