HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 installation guide

Table 3-1 setup-ds-admin options (continued)
DescriptionAlternateOption
This saves the temporary configuration setup file (file name .inf) that is
created when the setup script is run interactively. This file can then be
reused for a silent setup.
CAUTION: This file (also referred to as a cache file) contains the cleartext
passwords supplied during setup. Use appropriate caution and protection
with this file.
--keepcache-k
This specifies the log file to which the script writes the output, including
errors. You can specify the path and name. In an interactively run script,
the file contains all prompts and answers (except for passwords). If this is
option is not set, the output is written to a temporary file in the /tmp
directory called setupXXXXXX.log, where XXXXXX is a series of random
characters.
The following command directs the script to write output to the file /tmp/
2009–jun.log:
# /opt/dirsrv/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl -l
/tmp/2009-jun.log
--logfile name-l
3.6.3 Interactive setup modes
When you launch the setup-ds-admin.pl script to configure the new Directory Server and
Administration Server instance interactively, the script allows you to choose one of three kinds
of setup modes:
Express The fastest setup mode. This requires minimal interaction. For almost all settings,
default settings are provided by HP. Because express installation does not offer the
choice of selecting the Directory Server server port number or the directory suffix,
among other settings, HP recommends that you not use it for evaluation purposes
only, not for production deployments. Also, express setups can fail if default
configuration values are not available (there is no way to offer an alternative).
Typical The default and most common setup mode. This prompts you to supply more
detailed information about the directory service, such as suffix and configuration
directory information, while still proceeding quickly through the setup process.
Custom The most detailed setup mode. This provides more control over Administration
Server settings and also allows data to be imported into the Directory Server at
setup, so that entries are already populated in the databases when the setup is
complete.
TIP:
If you are installing Directory Server for evaluation, use the Express or Typical setup mode.
These processes are very fast, and can help get your directory service up and running quickly.
The information requested by the interactive setup script is described in Table 3-2. More
information about all setup file parameters, and whether they are optional or required, is provided
in “Setup file directives” (page 31).
As already discussed in “Options for running the setup script” (page 17), another setup option
is silent setup, which uses a configuration file and command-line options to supply the Directory
Server settings automatically. In this case, the script requires no user interaction. You can also
pass setup arguments in the command line that launches the script. The rightmost column of
Table 3-2 indicates which setup parameters can be addressed in the silent setup.
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