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# $OpenLDAP$
# Copyright 2007-2020 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
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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.
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:
* {{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.
H2: New Features and Enhancements in 2.5
H3: Better {{B:cn=config}} functionality
H3: Better {{B:cn=schema}} functionality
H3: More sophisticated Syncrepl configurations
H3: Replicating {{slapd}} Configuration (syncrepl and {{B:cn=config}})
H3: More extensive TLS configuration control
H3: Performance enhancements
H3: New overlays
H3: New features in existing Overlays
H3: New features in slapd
H3: New features in libldap
H3: New clients, tools and tool enhancements
H3: New build options
H2: Obsolete Features Removed From 2.5
These features were strongly deprecated in 2.4 and removed in 2.5.
H3: back-bdb and back-hdb
back-bdb and back-hdb were signficantly 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.