LDAP

CNCZ has an LDAP server we can use to authenticate services to.

BASE dc=science,dc=ru,dc=nl URI ldap://ldap2.science.ru.nl

Services that use the science LDAP

• login for all linux servers
• this wiki
• Grafana
• monit

Wikipedia article on LDAP

Computer & Communicatiezaken - the science faculty's IT department.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol - a protocol/server for authenticating users and groups.

server - computer program or a device that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called clients

daemon/service - a computer program that runs as a background process