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389 Directory Server
DeveloperRed Hat
Initial releaseDecember 8, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-12-08)
Stable release
3.1.2 / January 23, 2025; 14 months ago (2025-01-23)
Repository
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Written inC, Python, Perl
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    Operating systemLinux / Unix
    TypeDirectory server
    LicenseGPL

    The 389 Directory Server (previously Fedora Directory Server) is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server developed by Red Hat as part of the community-supported Fedora Project. The name "389" derives from the port number used by LDAP.

    389 Directory Server supports many operating systems, including Fedora Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, Solaris, and HP-UX 11i.[citation needed] In late 2016 the project merged experimental FreeBSD support.[1] However, the 389 Directory Server team, as of 2017, is likely to remove HPUX and Solaris support in the upcoming 1.4.x series.[needs update][2]

    The 389 source code is generally available under the GNU General Public License version 3; some components have an exception for plugin code, while other components use LGPLv2 or Apache. Red Hat also markets a commercial version of the project as Red Hat Directory Server as part of support contracts for RHEL.

    History

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    389 Directory Server is derived from the original University of Michigan Slapd project. In 1996, the project's developers were hired by Netscape Communications Corporation, and the project became known as the Netscape Directory Server (NDS). After acquiring Netscape, AOL sold ownership of the NDS intellectual property to Sun Microsystems, but retained rights akin to ownership. Sun sold and developed the Netscape Directory Server under the name JES/SunOne Directory Server, now Oracle Directory Server since the takeover of Sun by Oracle. AOL/Netscape's rights were acquired by Red Hat, and on June 1, 2005, much of the source code was released as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

    As of 389 Directory Server version 1.0 (December 1, 2005), Red Hat released as free software all the remaining source code for all components included in the release package (admin server, console, etc.) and continues to maintain them under their respective licenses.[3][4]

    In May 2009, the Fedora Directory Server project changed its name to 389 to give the project a distribution- and vendor-neutral name and encourage porting or running the software on other operating systems.[5]

    Features

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    389 Directory server is a rfc4511 compliant server.[6] The project has a focus on ease of use, stability, correctness, and performance.[7]

    Supported RFCs

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    This is a subset of the RFCs that 389 Directory Server supports.[8]

    RFC Description
    1274 COSINE and x.500 schema
    2222 Simple Authentication and Security Layer
    2830 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Extension for Transport Layer Security (StartTLS)
    4527 Read Entry Controls

    Non RFC Features

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    In addition to supported RFCS, 389 Directory Server supports a number of features unique to the project.[9]

    Name of feature Description
    MemberOf MemberOf provides reverse group links from group members
    Class of Service Apply virtual attributes from a template to entries
    Distributed Numeric Assignment Automatically create uidNumber/gidNumber from server id allocations
    Multimaster Replication Allows multiple writeable masters to asynchronously replicate data
    Autoscaling The server automatically scales up and down based on hardware size

    See also

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