Running two OpenLDAP instances in the same machine under MAC OS X

This blog post explains how to run two OpenLDAP instances in the same machine under MAC OS X.

1. Setup the first instance of OpenLDAP as explained in my previous blog post.

2. Execute the following commands in the same order.

$ sudo cp -r /private/etc/openldap /private/etc/openldap.node2

$ sudo cp -r /var/db/openldap /private/etc/openldap.node2

$ sudo rm -r  /var/db/openldap.node2/openldap-data/*db.*

$ sudo rm -r  /var/db/openldap.node2/openldap-data/*.bdb

$ sudo rm -r  /var/db/openldap.node2/openldap-data/log*.*

$ sudo rm -r  /var/db/openldap.node2/openldap-data/alock

$ sudo cp  -r  /var/db/openldap.node2/openldap-data/DB_CONFIG.example  /var/db/openldap.node2/openldap-data/DB_CONFIG

3. Open up /private/etc/openldap.node2/ldap.conf and change the port, say to 12389

4. Open up /private/etc/openldap.node2/slapd.conf and change all the references from /private/etc/openldap to /private/etc/openldap.node2

5.  Open up /private/etc/openldap.node2/slapd.conf and change all the references from /var/db/openldap to /var/db/openldap.node2

6. Start the first OpenLDAP server running on the default port.

$ sudo /usr/libexec/slapd -d3

6.  Start the second OpenLDAP from the following command.

 $ sudo /usr/libexec/slapd -f /private/etc/openldap.node2/slapd.conf -h ldap://localhost:12389  -d3