Export Active Directory to LDIF file

Export Active Directory to LDIF file

In this case we need to export our Legacy Active Directory system to a more modern OpenLDAP infastrucutre, so we need a copy of everything that’s in Active Directory to import into LDAP. Here’s the process

Login as Domain Administrator, or another account that has access to query the Active Directory Database

open a command prompt

run the following command to export the LDAP database from Active Directory:

you should see the following:

Done, now we should have a full copy of the LDAP database in the Z: drive in this case, open it up to verify it looks correct

open with notepad

That’s it!

You have successfully exported Active Directory to LDIF format to import into LDAP.