In this tutorial, we will assume that our organization has a single LDAP directory containing some information about our
users, while a MySQL database is used to contain further information about users that is accessible via a web
interface. For now, we will simply work toward providing a means for LDAP-ready applications to access data within
the MySQL database used by our web application. This is easily achieved using VDS.

Assumptions
1. VDS is installed and configured properly; VDS is currently running.
2. An LDAP directory such as Active Directory is already installed and accessible from the computer on which VDS is installed.
3. A MySQL database server is already installed and accessible from the computer on which VDS is installed.
4. A MySQL database called “test” has been created, and contains a table called “users” with a schema that contains the following items:
`uid` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
`password` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
`Title` varchar(255) default ”,
`FirstName` varchar(255) default ”,
`LastName` varchar(255) default ”,
`Company` varchar(255) default ”,
`EmailDisplayName` varchar(255) default ”,
`EmailAddress` varchar(255) default ”
5. The MySQL table called “users” is populated with at least one entry.
6. The LDAP directory is accessible on port 389 (default ldap port) and the MySQL server is accessible on port 3306 (default mysql port).
7. Port 3890 is available on the computer in which VDS is installed.

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