LDAP DataBase Recovery Method

IF the LDAP database got corrupted or showing unclear shutdown, they you can recover it manually using the below method



Stop Ldpa service

#service ldap stop 
or
#service slapd stop

Take the database backup

#tar -cvzf ldap.tar.gz /var/lib/ldap/*

Method 1
Recovery

#/usr/sbin/slapd_db_recover -v -h /var/lib/ldap

Start ldap service

 #service ldap start
or
#service slapd start

Method 2  


If the above method is not recovering the ldap db, then try to re index the database.

#service ldap stop
or
#service slapd stop

#slapindex

#cd /var/lib/ldap

#chown -R ldap.ldap *

#service ldap start
or
#service slapd start