H1: Changes Since Previous Release
-The following sections attempt to summarize the new features and changes in OpenLDAP
-software since the 2.4.x release and the OpenLDAP Admin Guide.
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-H2: New Guide Sections
-
-In order to make the Admin Guide more thorough and cover the majority of questions
-asked on the OpenLDAP mailing lists and scenarios discussed there, we have added the following new sections:
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-* {{SECT:When should I use LDAP?}}
-* {{SECT:When should I not use LDAP?}}
-* {{SECT:LDAP vs RDBMS}}
-* {{SECT:Access Control}}
-* {{SECT:Backends}}
-* {{SECT:Overlays}}
-* {{SECT:Replication}}
-* {{SECT:Maintenance}}
-* {{SECT:Monitoring}}
-* {{SECT:Tuning}}
-* {{SECT:Troubleshooting}}
-* {{SECT:Changes Since Previous Release}}
-* {{SECT:Upgrading from 2.4.x}}
-* {{SECT:Common errors encountered when using OpenLDAP Software}}
-* {{SECT:Recommended OpenLDAP Software Dependency Versions}}
-* {{SECT:Real World OpenLDAP Deployments and Examples}}
-* {{SECT:OpenLDAP Software Contributions}}
-* {{SECT:Configuration File Examples}}
-* {{SECT:LDAP Result Codes}}
-* {{SECT:Glossary}}
-
-Also, the table of contents is now 3 levels deep to ease navigation.
-
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-H2: New Features and Enhancements in 2.5
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-H3: Better {{B:cn=config}} functionality
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-H3: Better {{B:cn=schema}} functionality
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-H3: More sophisticated Syncrepl configurations
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-H3: Replicating {{slapd}} Configuration (syncrepl and {{B:cn=config}})
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-H3: More extensive TLS configuration control
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-H3: Performance enhancements
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-H3: New overlays
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-H3: New features in existing Overlays
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-H3: New features in slapd
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-H3: New features in libldap
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-H3: New clients, tools and tool enhancements
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-H3: New build options
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-H2: Obsolete Features Removed From 2.5
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-These features were strongly deprecated in 2.4 and removed in 2.5.
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-H3: back-bdb and back-hdb
-
-back-bdb and back-hdb were significantly slower than back-mdb and
-required significant tuning of multiple parameters to maximize
-performance. back-mdb requires no tuning and provides all the
-functionality previously provided via back-bdb and back-hdb.