HP OSMS Blueprint: Directory Services on HP ProLiant and HP Integrity Servers with RHEL5
Table Of Contents
- HP Open Source Middleware Stacks Blueprint:
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Typographic Conventions
- HP Encourages Your Comments
- Overview of HP Directory Services OSMS
- Installing and Configuring Symas CDS and Apache Modules
- Managing the Symas CDS Server
- Performing Backups and Recovery with Berkeley DB
- Configuring the Master-Slave Replication
- Integrating the Apache HTTP Server with the mod_authnz_ldap and mod_ldap Modules
- Setting up Security for the CDS Server
- Monitoring OpenLDAP with the HP OpenView Operations CDS Gallery SPIs
Introduction
Executive Summary
The HP Open Source Integrated Portfolio (HP OSIP) comprises a range of products and services
designed to ensure that customers can successfully realize the cost and feature benefits of adopting
open source software in their IT environments. HP Open Source Foundation components include
the base components of an open source-based ecosystem: HP servers and storage are validated
to run the Linux operating system together with commercial Linux distributions from Novell.
The HP Open Source Middleware Stack (OSMS) for Directory Services is an enhanced OpenLDAP
solutions based on HP industry standard hardware and software platforms using Symas
Connexitor Directory Services (CDS) for secure, flexible, and scalable enterprise directory services.
This blueprint for HP Directory Services OSMS provides general instruction on using Symas
Connexitor Directory Services (CDS) on HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers.
Intended Audience
The intended audience for this document is HP field personnel who support customers that are
seriously evaluating or deploying open source Directory Services on HP ProLiant and HP Integrity
servers running Red Hat Linux Enterprise Version 5 (RHEL5).
Scope and Purpose
This white paper provides a technical blueprint for the implementation of the HP Directory
Services OSMS. It covers installation, configuration, replication, backup and recovery, security,
monitoring and integration with an Apache HTTP Server. The software components described
in this paper are tested and validated to run on HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers.
HP Services
HP Open Source Consulting Services can help you build and integrate open source and commercial
software across multiple operating systems (OS) environments. Additionally, HP Open Source
Support Services provide industry leading technical support for all the products HP sells,
including hardware, operating systems, and open source middleware.
To learn more about HP Open Source Consulting and Support Services, contact your local HP
sales representative or visit the HP Business and IT Services Web site at:
http://www.hp.com/hps
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