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NAME

       slapd-mdb - Memory-Mapped DB backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/ldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  mdb  backend to slapd(8) uses OpenLDAP's Lightning Memory-Mapped DB (LMDB) library to
       store data.  It relies completely on the underlying operating system for memory management
       and does no caching of its own. It is the recommended primary database backend.

       The  mdb  backend  is  similar  to the hdb backend in that it uses a hierarchical database
       layout which supports subtree renames. It is both more space-efficient and more execution-
       efficient than the bdb backend, while being overall much simpler to manage.

CONFIGURATION

       These  slapd.conf  options apply to the mdb backend database.  That is, they must follow a
       "database mdb" line and come before any subsequent "backend" or "database"  lines.   Other
       database options are described in the slapd.conf(5) manual page.

       checkpoint <kbyte> <min>
              Specify the frequency for flushing the database disk buffers.  This setting is only
              needed if the dbnosync option is used.  The checkpoint will occur if either <kbyte>
              data has been written or <min> minutes have passed since the last checkpoint.  Both
              arguments default to zero, in which case they are ignored. When the <min>  argument
              is  non-zero,  an  internal  task  will  run  every  <min>  minutes  to perform the
              checkpoint.  Note: currently the <kbyte> setting is unimplemented.

       dbnosync
              Specify that on-disk database contents should not be immediately synchronized  with
              in  memory changes.  Enabling this option may improve performance at the expense of
              data security. In particular, if the operating system crashes  before  changes  are
              flushed,  some  number  of  transactions  may  be  lost.   By  default, a full data
              flush/sync is performed when each transaction is committed.

       directory <directory>
              Specify the directory where the LMDB files containing this database and  associated
              indexes  live.   A  separate  directory  must  be specified for each database.  The
              default is /var/lib/ldap.

       envflags {nosync,nometasync,writemap,mapasync,nordahead}
              Specify flags for finer-grained control of the LMDB library's operation.

              nosync This is exactly the same as the dbnosync directive.

              nometasync
                     Flush the data on a commit, but skip the sync of the meta page. This mode is
                     slightly  faster  than  doing a full sync, but can potentially lose the last
                     committed transaction if the operating system crashes.  If  both  nometasync
                     and nosync are set, the nosync flag takes precedence.

              writemap
                     Use  a  writable  memory map instead of just read-only. This speeds up write
                     operations but makes the database vulnerable to corruption in case any  bugs
                     in slapd cause stray writes into the mmap region.

              mapasync
                     When  using a writable memory map and performing flushes on each commit, use
                     an asynchronous flush instead of a synchronous  flush  (the  default).  This
                     option  has no effect if writemap has not been set. It also has no effect if
                     nosync is set.

              nordahead
                     Turn off file readahead. Usually the OS performs  readahead  on  every  read
                     request.  This  usually boosts read performance but can be harmful to random
                     access read performance if the system's memory is full and the DB is  larger
                     than RAM. This option is not implemented on Windows.

       index {<attrlist>|default} [pres,eq,approx,sub,<special>]
              Specify  the  indexes  to maintain for the given attribute (or list of attributes).
              Some attributes only support a subset of indexes.  If only an <attr> is given,  the
              indices specified for default are maintained.  Note that setting a default does not
              imply that all attributes will be indexed. Also, for best performance, an eq  index
              should always be configured for the objectClass attribute.

              A  number  of special index parameters may be specified.  The index type sub can be
              decomposed into subinitial, subany, and subfinal indices.  The special type  nolang
              may  be  specified to disallow use of this index by language subtypes.  The special
              type nosubtypes may be specified to disallow use of this index by  named  subtypes.
              Note:  changing  index  settings  in slapd.conf(5) requires rebuilding indices, see
              slapindex(8); changing index  settings  dynamically  by  LDAPModifying  "cn=config"
              automatically causes rebuilding of the indices online in a background task.

       maxreaders <integer>
              Specify  the  maximum number of threads that may have concurrent read access to the
              database. Tools such as slapcat count as a single thread, in addition to threads in
              any active slapd processes. The default is 126.

       maxsize <bytes>
              Specify  the  maximum  size  of the database in bytes. A memory map of this size is
              allocated at startup time and the database will not be allowed to grow beyond  this
              size.  The  default  is  10485760  bytes. This setting may be changed upward if the
              configured limit needs to be increased.

              Note: It is important to set this to as large a value  as  possible,  (relative  to
              anticipated  growth  of the actual data over time) since growing the size later may
              not be practical when the system is under heavy load.

       mode <integer>
              Specify the file protection mode that newly created  database  files  should  have.
              The default is 0600.

       rtxnsize <entries>
              Specify  the maximum number of entries to process in a single read transaction when
              executing a large search. Long-lived read transactions prevent old  database  pages
              from being reused in write transactions, and so can cause significant growth of the
              database file when there is heavy write  traffic.  This  setting  causes  the  read
              transaction  in large searches to be released and reacquired after the given number
              of entries has been read, to give writers the opportunity to reclaim  old  database
              pages. The default is 10000.

       searchstack <depth>
              Specify  the  depth of the stack used for search filter evaluation.  Search filters
              are evaluated on a stack to accommodate nested AND  /  OR  clauses.  An  individual
              stack  is  assigned  to  each server thread.  The depth of the stack determines how
              complex  a  filter  can  be  evaluated  without  requiring  any  additional  memory
              allocation. Filters that are nested deeper than the search stack depth will cause a
              separate stack  to  be  allocated  for  that  particular  search  operation.  These
              allocations  can have a major negative impact on server performance, but specifying
              too much stack will also consume a great deal of memory.  Each  search  stack  uses
              512K bytes per level. The default stack depth is 16, thus 8MB per thread is used.

ACCESS CONTROL

       The mdb backend honors access control semantics as indicated in slapd.access(5).

FILES

       /etc/ldap/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

SEE ALSO

       slapd.conf(5),  slapd-config(5),  slapd(8), slapadd(8), slapcat(8), slapindex(8), OpenLDAP
       LMDB documentation.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP   Software   is   developed   and   maintained   by    The    OpenLDAP    Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.   OpenLDAP Software is derived from the University of Michigan
       LDAP 3.3 Release.  Written by Howard Chu.