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Chapter 1. Preparing for a Directory Server Installation

Before you install Red Hat Directory Server 9.1, there are required settings and information that you

need to plan in advance. This chapter describes the kind of information that you should provide, relevant

directory service concepts Directory Server components, and the impact and scope of integrating

Directory Server into your computing infrastructure.

The information that is covered here and supplied during the Directory Server setup relates to the

design of your directory tree (the hierarchical arrangement of your directory, including all major roots and

branch points) and relates to your directory suffixes and databases. See the Directory Server

Administrator's Guide for more information on suffixes and databases.

1.1. Directory Server Components

Directory Server 9.1 is comprised of several components, which work in tandem:

The Directory Server is the core LDAP server daemon. It is compliant with LDAP v3 standards. This

component includes command-line server management and administration programs and scripts for

common operations like export and backing up databases.

The Directory Server Console is the user interface that simplifies managing users, groups, and other

LDAP data for your enterprise. The Console is used for all aspects of server management, including

making backups; configuring security, replication, and databases; adding entries; and monitoring

servers and viewing statistics.

The Admin Server is the management agent which administers Directory Servers. It communicates

with the Directory Server Console and performs operations on the Directory Server instances. It also

provides a simple HT ML interface and on-line help pages. T here must be one Admin Server running

on each machine which has a Directory Server instance running on it.

1.2. Considerations Before Setting Up Directory Server

Depending on the type of setup that you perform, you will be asked to provide instance-specific

information for both the Admin Server and Directory Server during the installation procedure, including

port numbers, server names, and usernames and passwords for the Directory Manager and

administrator. If you will have multiple Directory Server instances, then it is better to plan these

configuration settings in advance so that the setup processes can run without conflict.

1.2.1. Resolving the Fully-qualified Domain Name

The Directory Server uses the hostname of the machine to supply much of the default information for the

instance, such as the instance name and base DN. A fully-qualified domain name is the local hostname

plus the domain name, such as ldap.exam ple.com .

The setup scripts obtains the hostname (ldap) from the local system's gethostnam e() function,

while it obtains the domain name separately, from the system's /etc/resolv.conf file. Specifically,

the script looks for the domain name in the first entry in either the search or dom ain line, whichever is

first. For example:

# DNS information

search lab.eng.exam ple.com eng.exam ple.com example.com

domain exam ple.com

In this /etc/resolv.conf file, the first parameter is search and the first entry is

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