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OpenDJ

What is OpenDJ

OpenDJ is an LDAPv3 compliant directory service, which has been developed for the Java platform, providing a high performance, highly available, and secure store for the identities managed by your organization. Its easy installation process, combined with the power of the Java platform makes OpenDJ the simplest, fastest directory to deploy and manage.

OpenDJ is the main trunk developed by ForgeRock and maintained by the Open Identity Platform Community.

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Prerequisite

Java Environment

OpenDJ software consists of pure Java applications. OpenDJ servers and clients run on any system with full Java support.

Make sure you have a required Java environment installed and OpenDJ software requires Java 7 or 8, specifically at least the Java Standard Edition runtime environment.

  1. Install Java
# Fedora distros
# Install OpenJDK 8
sudo dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel -y


#Verify the Installation
java -version

# Output something similar 
openjdk version "1.8.0_XXX"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_XXX-bXX)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.XXX-bXX, mixed mode)

# Set Default Java Version (Optional) 
sudo alternatives --config java

# Output similar 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-8.0.16.1.1-1.el8_6.x86_64
2. Check JAVA_HOME Environment Variable
  • Open your .bashrc file or .bash_profile or /etc/profile file
  • Add the following line to set JAVA_HOME (replace with your actual path).
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-8.0.16.1.1-1.el8_6.x86_64
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

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