Installing EDB LDAP Sync

EDB LDAP Sync is supported on the same platforms as the Postgres distribution you're using. Support for EDB LDAP Sync starts with Postgres 11. See:

• EDB Postgres Advanced Server Product Compatibility

• PostgreSQL Product Compatibility

• EDB Postgres Extended Server Product Compatibility

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation process:

• Install Postgres. See:

  • Installing EDB Postgres Advanced Server

  • Installing PostgreSQL

  • Installing EDB Postgres Extended Server

• Install pg_cron

• Install the plpython3u procedural language to run ldap2pg.

• Install ldap2pg.

• Set up the repository.

  Setting up the repository is a one-time task. If you have already set up your repository, you don't need to perform this step.

  To set up the repository, go to EDB repositories and follow the instructions provided there.

Install the package

The syntax for the RPM package install command is:

sudo <package-manager> -y install edb-ldap-sync<major_version>

The syntax for the Debian package install command is:

sudo <package-manager> -y install edb-ldap-sync-<major_version>

Where:

• <package-manager>is the package manager used with your operating system:

• <major_version> is the major version of EDB LDAP Sync you're installing.

For example, to install EDB LDAP Sync version 1.0.0 on a RHEL 8 platform:

sudo dnf -y install edb-ldap-sync1

To install EDB LDAP Sync version 1.0.0 on a Debian 11 platform:

sudo apt-get -y install edb-ldap-sync-1