Can't see LDAP from anywhere other than localhost

[djsmiley2k]

Release 7.1.3_GA_3346.UBUNTU10_64 UBUNTU10_64 FOSS edition.

Installed, up and running normally and I was assigned the task of "Getting ldap working".

The issue is that I can't see ldap running on the server from any external source. A nmap shows the ldap port (389) is closed.

If I login to the server I can see ldap is running, and has bound to our localhost address, Surely this should be the eth0 address instead?

zimbra@zimbra1:~$ ldap status
slapd running pid: 29849

zimbra   29849  0.0  0.7 399836 63136 ?        Ssl  Nov17   2:12 /opt/zimbra/openldap/sbin/slapd -l LOCAL0 -u zimbra -h ldap://zimbra1.XXXXXXX.com:389 ldapi:/// -F /opt/zimbra/data/ldap/config

replaced domain with XXXXXXX.....

zimbra@zimbra1:~$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	zimbra1.XXXXXXX.com	zimbra1

Release 7.1.3_GA_3346.UBUNTU10_64 UBUNTU10_64 FOSS edition.

Installed, up and running normally and I was assigned the task of "Getting ldap working".

The issue is that I can't see ldap running on the server from any external source. A nmap shows the ldap port (389) is closed.

If I login to the server I can see ldap is running, and has bound to our localhost address, Surely this should be the eth0 address instead?

zimbra@zimbra1:~$ ldap status
slapd running pid: 29849

zimbra   29849  0.0  0.7 399836 63136 ?        Ssl  Nov17   2:12 /opt/zimbra/openldap/sbin/slapd -l LOCAL0 -u zimbra -h ldap://zimbra1.XXXXXXX.com:389 ldapi:/// -F /opt/zimbra/data/ldap/config

replaced domain with XXXXXXX.....

zimbra@zimbra1:~$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	zimbra1.XXXXXXX.com	zimbra1

zimbra@zimbra1:~$ hostname -f
zimbra1.XXXXXXX.com

Can anyone suggest why I can't see it binding on any external interfaces?

Many thanks, and so far a brilliant product!

[phoenix]

Can anyone suggest why I can't see it binding on any external interfaces?

Might it be the fact that your hosts file is incorrect and you're also not using the correct LAN IP (the one you're using is non-routable) for the Zimbra server. I'd suggest you read the Split DNS article on what's required for the hosts file and the DNS records (if you're behind a NAT router).

[djsmiley2k]

Hehe thanks. It was that.

After some looking and thinking about what had been done a bit more I saw where the mistake was.

Appently the reason this was done, was to stop the mailserver marking the emails as having originated from "localhost", because appently this is a good cause for being blocked.

I shook my head, and fixed it with the correct IP now being resolved via the dns as it should be. Happyness reigned and it works.... mostly. (Having trouble with outlook but thats for a different post. This is now solved. Many thanks

[phoenix]

This is now solved. Many thanks

You're welcome and I'm glad you've fixed it.