= OpenDS LDAP Indexes =

**Summary**: How to manage indexes in OpenDS. \\
**Date**: Around 2012 \\
**Refactor**: 8 March 2025: Checked links and formatting. \\
{{tag>opends ldap}}

= Preparation =
To be able to create indexes on openDS LDAP you need X11 access to the application. To check how to set this up check [[cygwin]] and [[aixpostinstall#ssh_x11_forwarding_and_su]].

= Create Indexes =
Indexes are created using the control-panel which is part of the [[opendsinstall|installation]].

Start the control-panel like this:
<code bash>
./opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/control-panel
</code>

Go to "INDEXES" -> "New Index"

Create these indexes:
* Create an index on "AccountID" as index type "Equality" and "Presence"
* Create an index on "uid" with as index type "Equality" and "Presence"
* Create an index on attribute "objectClass" as index type "Equality"
* Create an index on attribute "aci" as index type "Presence"
* Create a VLV index on whole subtree with filter:
** {{{(&(|(objectClass=groupOfNames)(objectClass=groupOfUniqueNames)(objectClass=groupOfEntries))(!(objectClass=ds-virtual-static-group)))}}}
** Sort order: uid (ascending) and AccountID (ascending)

> Note: whenever you save an index you'll get a message stating that you should rebuild the index. This will take the backend offline, so click No. We'll rebuild the index in the next step.

When done, exit the control-panel.

= Rebuild Index =
To rebuild the index on the command line issue these commands:

<code bash>
./stop-ds
./rebuild-index -b o=company.local -rebuildAll
./start-ds
</code>

= Check Index =
When the indexes have been rebuild results should show up within 1 second:
<code>
root@ldapbox:/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin>/opt/IBM/ldap/V6.2/bin/ldapsearch -h localhost -p 389 -b o=company.local -D cn=manager -w xxxxxxxx uid=000018615777
uid=000018615777,ou=customers,o=company.local
userClass=100
LastLogin=1298231054722
mail=sjoerd_warmetal.nl
sn=Hooft
cn=S.S.
uid=000018615777
objectClass=top
objectClass=Customer
objectClass=organizationalPerson
objectClass=inetOrgPerson
objectClass=person
</code>