HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 installation guide

1 Preparing for a Directory Server installation
This manual provides a high-level overview of design and planning decisions you need to make
before installing Directory Server, describes the different methods for setting up and installing
the Directory Server, describes post-installation tasks, and provides general information about
using Directory Server and how to troubleshoot problems.
Before you install HP-UX Directory Server 8.1, there are required settings and information that
you need to plan in advance. This chapter describes the kind of information that you must
provide. It also describes 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 procedure
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.
For more information on suffixes and databases, see the HP-UX Directory Server administrator
guide.
1.1 Directory Server components
Directory Server 8.1 is comprised of several components, which work in tandem:
• Directory Server
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.
• Directory Server Console
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.
• Administration Server
The Administration Server is the management agent that administers Directory Servers. It
communicates with the Directory Server Console and performs operations on the Directory
Server instances. It also provides a simple HTML interface and on-line help pages. There
must be one Administration Server running on each machine that 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 Administration Server and Directory Server during the installation
procedure, including port numbers, server names, and user names 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. The installation and setup steps are described in detail in Chapter 3 (page 15).
1.2.1 Port numbers
The Directory Server setup requires two TCP/IP port numbers: one for the Directory Server and
one for the Administration Server. These port numbers must be unique.
The Directory Server instance (LDAP) has a default port number of 389. The Administration
Server port number has a default number of 9830. If the default port number for either server
is in use, then the setup script randomly generates a port number larger than 1024 to use as the
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