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Update RHEL and derivatives instructions
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The scripts were originally tested on CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 16.04. Later
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Ubuntu releases should behave the same. Following the lead of its parent,
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RHEL, CentOS 8 no longer includes the OpenLDAP server. There, you can
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use the packages provided by the [LTB project](https://ltb-project.org/download.html),
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RHEL, CentOS 8 no longer includes the OpenLDAP server. After the demise of
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CentOS 8, successors like AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux have incorporated OpenLDAP
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in the additional repositories, but the easiest route is to use the packages
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provided by the [LTB project](https://ltb-project.org/download.html),
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which also has the latest OpenLDAP for Debian and Ubuntu.
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* On Ubuntu, install `slapd` and `ldap-utils`.
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CentOS 7 is EOL, as is OpenLDAP 2.4.x. Use at least version 8 of RHEL and its
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derivatives, and OpenLDAP 2.5 or later.
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* On CentOS 7, install `openldap-servers` and `openldap-clients`.
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* On Ubuntu, install `slapd` and `ldap-utils`.
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* On CentOS 8, configure the [LTB yum repository](https://www.ltb-project.org/documentation/openldap-rpm.html)
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* On RHEL/Alma/Rocky, configure the [LTB yum repository](https://www.ltb-project.org/documentation/openldap-rpm.html)
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and install `openldap-ltb`.
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* Whatever the distro, install `make`.

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