Apache Directory

{{Short description|Open-source directory server}}

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| name = Apache Directory Server

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| developer = Apache Software Foundation

| latest release version = 2.0.0-AM27

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|10|23}}

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| operating system = Cross-platform

| repo = {{URL|https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p{{=}}directory-server.git|Directory Server Repository}}

| programming language = Java

| genre = LDAP

| license = Apache License 2.0

| website = {{URL|//directory.apache.org/}}

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Apache Directory is an open source project of the Apache Software Foundation. The Apache Directory Server, originally written by Alex Karasulu, is an embeddable directory server entirely written in Java. It was certified LDAPv3-compatible by The Open Group in 2006.{{Cite web |title=The Apache Software Foundation Is Latest Technology Leader To Embrace LDAP Standard And Achieve Open Group Certification |url=http://opengroup.org/comm/press/11oct06.html |publisher=The Open Directory |date=11 October 2006 |access-date=30 June 2009}}{{Cite web |title=What Apache Directory Server is |url=http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/11-what-apache-directory-server-is.html |access-date=30 June 2009 |quote=the server has been successfully certified by the Open Group in September 2006 ("LDAP certified"). |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531195522/http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/11-what-apache-directory-server-is.html |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead}} Besides LDAP, the server supports other protocols as well.{{Cite web |title=What Apache Directory Server is |url=http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/11-what-apache-directory-server-is.html |access-date=30 June 2009 |quote=Other network protocols like Kerberos and NTP are supported |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531195522/http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/11-what-apache-directory-server-is.html |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}

There exist these subprojects:

• Apache Directory Studio - an LDAP browser/editor for data, schema, LDIF, and DSML written in an Eclipse-based framework.
• Apache SCIMple - an implementation of SCIM v2.0 specification.
• Apache Fortress - a standards-based authorization system.
• Apache Kerby - a Kerberos implementation written in Java.
• Apache LDAP API - an SDK for directory access in Java.
• Apache Mavibot - a Multi Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) BTree in Java.