How to Install LDAP Account Manager (LAM) on EndeavourOS Latest

Introduction

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) is a web-based LDAP tool that allows managing LDAP servers easily. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install LDAP Account Manager on the latest version of EndeavourOS.

Prerequisites

  • A running EndeavourOS system with sudo privileges.
  • Basic knowledge of the Linux command line.

Step 1 - Install the Required Packages

To install LDAP Account Manager on EndeavourOS, you need to install the following packages:

  • Apache web server
  • PHP
  • LDAP extension for PHP

To install Apache and PHP, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache

Once Apache and PHP have been installed, install the LDAP extension for PHP with the following command:

sudo pacman -S php-ldap

Step 2 - Download and Install LDAP Account Manager

To download LDAP Account Manager, go to the official website at https://www.ldap-account-manager.org/lamcms/. Click on the download button to download the latest version of LAM.

Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to the webserver's document root directory. In the case of Apache, the document root directory is located at /srv/http/.

sudo tar -xzf lam-5.8.tar.gz -C /srv/http/

After extracting the file successfully, change the owner and permissions of the LAM directory.

sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/lam-5.8
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/http/lam-5.8

Step 3 - Configure Apache for LDAP Account Manager

To configure Apache for LAM, you need to create an Apache configuration file for LDAP Account Manager.

Create a new Apache configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/lam.conf

Add the following configuration directives:

Alias /lam /srv/http/lam-5.8/www

<Directory /srv/http/lam-5.8/www>
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Save and close the file.

Step 4 - Testing

Restart the Apache webserver to apply the changes.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/lam. You should see the LDAP Account Manager login page.

Use the default username and password to log in.

Username: lam Password: lam

Once you have logged in successfully, you can configure LDAP server settings and manage user accounts using LDAP Account Manager.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install LDAP Account Manager on the latest version of EndeavourOS. Now you can manage LDAP servers easily and efficiently using LAM.