How to setup OpenLDAP Kerberos V with SASL GSSAPI authentication

Here in this article we will try to configure our OpenLDAP server to use SASL based authentication using the Kerberos authentication mechanism.

Table of Content:

01:32 What is SASL
03:39 What is GSSAPI
04:32 Kerberos Authentication Client Server Architecture with OpenLDAP server
05:54 Setup Kerberos V system
07:25 Create a service key with a principal for ldap service
09:35 Add ldap service entry to keytab file
12:00 Allow slapd service access to keytab file
15:34 Add ldap user principal
16:33 Obtain kerberos ticket for ldap user to authentice
18:52 Configure and Start slapd with SASL authentication
28:14 Search LDAP directory with GSSAPI Auth