Installing ApacheDS and Apache Directory Studio for a Oracle SOA Suite environment on Mac

In this article, I will show you how to install ApacheDS on Linux and Apache Directory Studio on MacOS.

At the moment, you cannot install ApacheDS using the default installer on Mac OS X High Sierra, since the installer tries to access folders that it not permitted by the OS.

Therefore, I have installed ApacheDS on a Oracle Enterprise Linux VM running on VirtualBox and an Apache Directory Studio running on Mac.

Section 1 - Install and start ApacheDS on Linux
In order to install ApacheDS on Linux, follow the next steps:

1. Download ApacheDS from here
2. Open a terminal and navigate to your downloads folder
3. chmod a+x apacheds-2.0.0-M24-64bit.bin  
4. ./apacheds-2.0.0-M24-64bit.bin                                                                    
5. To start ApacheDS run the following command "sudo /etc/init.d/apacheds-2.0.0-M24-default start"     

Section 2 - Install Apache Directory on Mac
In order to install Apache Directory Studio on Mac, follow the next steps:

1. Download Apache Directory Studio from here
2. Execute the dmg from your downloads folder
3. Drag n drop the Apache Directory Studio icon to your Applications folder

Once you are done, open Apache Directory Studio. 

1. Go to the main menu and navigate to LDAP->New Connection. Complete your hostname and the default port which is 10389 in our case and click next.                                                                               
2. Enter the Bind DN to "bid=admin,ou=system" and Bind password to "secret", which is the default password. Also click Check Authentication button to make sure everything is correct and finally click Finish.                                                                                                                          

Now you should be able to see the LDAP directory information tree like in the picture below.