Re: What should I use as hostname for php to connect to openLDAP?

[Dan White <dwhite@olp.net>]

On 07/07/13 17:04 -0400, Jason Huang wrote:
> Hello - I am a newbie to openLDAP and wants to get some help here.
>
> I've deployed apache on a EC2 server, obtain an elastic IP from amazon and
> point xyz.com to this IP.
>
> I've installed a service provider(simplesamlphp) with hostname sp.xyz.com,
> pointing to this same IP.
>
> I've also installed an identity provider (simplesamlphp) with hostname
> idp.xyz.com, pointing to this same IP.
>
> Now I am installing openLDAP on this same server. What hostname should I
> use for php to connect to this ldap server? Should I use "xyz.com" or "
> sp.xyz.com" or "idp.xyz.com", or something else like "ldap.xyz.com"? If I
> am using "ldap.xyz.com", where should I specify this hostname?

Consult the PHP documentation:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.ldap-bind.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.ldap-sasl-bind.php

The hostname you use within PHP generally shouldn't matter, unless you're
performing a sasl bind and using a hostname-aware-mechanism, such as
GSSAPI.

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Dan White