1.3. LDAP Client & Server Communication

You may be used to web service client server communication, where each time the web client has something to request of the web server, a connection is set up and then torn down. LDAP has a different model. In LDAP the client application connects to the server and authenticates, then requests any number of operations perhaps processing results in between requests, and finally disconnects when done.

Schematic of LDAP client-server session

The standard operations are as follows.



[6] Renaming entire branches of entries can be a major operation for the directory, so avoid moving entire branches if you can.