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+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+ARG DEBIAN-FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https && apt-get -y install less vim apacheds 
+
+EXPOSE 10389 10636 60464 60464/udp 60088 60088/udp
+
+CMD /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx256m -Dapacheds.controls=org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.controls.cascade.CascadeFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.controls.manageDsaIT.ManageDsaITFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.controls.search.entryChange.EntryChangeFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.controls.search.pagedSearch.PagedResultsFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.controls.search.persistentSearch.PersistentSearchFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.controls.search.subentries.SubentriesFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.ppolicy_impl.PasswordPolicyFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.syncrepl_impl.SyncDoneValueFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.syncrepl_impl.SyncInfoValueFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.syncrepl_impl.SyncRequestValueFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.syncrepl_impl.SyncStateValueFactory -Dapacheds.extendedOperations=org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.extended.ads_impl.cancel.CancelFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.extended.ads_impl.certGeneration.CertGenerationFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.extended.ads_impl.gracefulShutdown.GracefulShutdownFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.extended.ads_impl.storedProcedure.StoredProcedureFactory,org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.extended.ads_impl.gracefulDisconnect.GracefulDisconnectFactory -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/usr/share/apacheds/instances/default/conf/log4j.properties -Dapacheds.log.dir=/usr/share/apacheds/instances/default/log -cp '/usr/share/apacheds/lib/*' org.apache.directory.server.UberjarMain /usr/share/apacheds/instances/default/
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+# Docker Apache Directory Server container
+
+Copyright © 2022 Internet2, All Rights Reserved
+Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license
+
+This container supplies an installation of Apache Directory Server which can be used in connection with other services/containers to bootstrap demos of components which depend on an LDAP directory, Kerberos, or both. Since the Apache Directory Server wrapper currently fails to run on non-Intel architectures, this container can be used on non-Intel x86-64-based architectures to provide a local instance of Apache Directory Server as follows:
+
+Dependencies:
+
+-Runtime environment such as Docker Desktop or similar
+-For non-x86-64 architecture-based systems, the ability for your Docker to use the virtualization framework, qemu, or similar to emulate x86-64 architecture
+
+Clone this repo, and then run:
+
+`docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64 - < Dockerfile -t apacheds`
+
+This will build the container and push it to the local Docker repo. Then, run the container as follows:
+
+`docker run --platform linux/amd64 -dt --name apacheds_container -p 10389:10389 -p 10636:10636 -p 60464:60464 -p 60464:60464/udp -p 60088:60088 -p 60088:60088/udp apacheds:latest`
+
+This will start the container with the necessary ports for:
+
+- LDAP binds
+- LDAPS binds
+- Remote password changes
+- Kerberos KDC
+
+You may then use a client tool such as Apache Directory Studio, the Apache Directory Studio Eclipse plugin, ldapsearch, or client libraries in your programming framework of choice to bind against the directory.
+
+The superuser bind DN is: `uid=admin,ou=system`
+The superuser bind password (plaintext) is: `secret`
+
+It is advisable to change these defaults if you plan to run this container anywhere other than a locked-down development environment.