OpenLDAP Faq-O-Matic: What is a database?

What is a database?

A database is an instance of a backend, i.e. of a storage type; think of a variable declaration:

    int i;

where int, the type, is the backend, and i, the name, is the database.

Configuration directives appearing after a

    database <type>

directive refer only to that instance of that backend type.

See What is a backend? and slapd.conf(5) for details.
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