Editing OpenLDAP (section)

{{Short description|Implementation of an internet protocol}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = OpenLDAP
| logo                   = File:OpenLDAP-logo.png
| logo size              = 305px
| logo alt               = The OpenLDAP logo
| developer              = The OpenLDAP project
| released               = {{start date and age|1998|08|26}}<ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-announce/199808/msg00000.html
 | title      = Announcing OpenLDAP 1.0, an open source LDAP distribution
 | date       = 26 August 1998
| access-date = 22 March 2018}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating_system       = Any
| platform               = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre                  = [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]] [[directory service]]
| license                = OpenLDAP Public License<ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html
 | title      = The OpenLDAP Public License, Version&nbsp;2.8
 | date       = 1 August 2003| access-date = 15 August 2015
 | website    = openldap.org}}</ref>
}}

'''OpenLDAP''' is a [[free software|free]], [[open-source software|open-source]] implementation of the [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol]] (LDAP) developed by the OpenLDAP Project. It is released under its own BSD-style license called the OpenLDAP Public License.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html |title=OpenLDAP, Public License for 2.4.39 |publisher=Openldap.org |access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref>

LDAP is a platform-independent protocol. Several common [[Linux]] distributions include OpenLDAP Software for LDAP support. The software also runs on [[BSD]]-variants, as well as [[AIX operating system|AIX]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[HP-UX]], [[macOS]], [[OpenVMS]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Microsoft Windows]] (NT and derivatives, e.g. 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, etc.), and [[z/OS]].