Using LDAP Utilities

8.5 Using LDAP Utilities

To use Oracle LDAP utilities such as ldapbind, ldapsearch, ldapmodify, you can either:

Run the LDAP commands from an Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) installation outside the Kubernetes cluster. This requires access to an On-Premises OUD installation outside the Kubernetes cluster.
Run the LDAP commands from inside the OUD Kubernetes pod connecting to the internal port:
```
kubectl exec -ti <pod> -n <namespace> -- bash
```
For example:
```
kubectl exec -ti oud-ds-rs-0 -n oudns -- bash
```
This will take you into a bash session in the pod:
```
[oracle@oud-ds-rs-0 oracle]$
```
Inside the container navigate to /u01/oracle/oud/bin to view the LDAP utilities:
```
cd /u01/oracle/oud/bin
```
```
ls ldap* ldapcompare ldapdelete ldapmodify ldappasswordmodify ldapsearch
```
Note:
For commands that require an ldif file, copy the file into the <persistent_volume>/oud_user_projects directory:
```
cp file.ldif <peristent_volume>/oud_user_projects
```
For example:
```
cp file.ldif /nfs_volumes/oudpv/oud_user_projects
```
The file can then be viewed inside the pod:
```
[oracle@oud-ds-rs-0 bin]$ cd /u01/oracle/user_projects
[oracle@oud-ds-rs-0 user_projects]$ ls *.ldif
file.ldif
```