Today, we will show you, How to install LDAP on CentOS 7. LDAP, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It can be used to store any kind of information and it is often used as one component of a centralized authentication system. Installing and configuring an OpenLDAP server on CentOS 7, it’s fairly easy task, just carefully follow the tutorial below and you should have it installed in less than 10 minutes.