Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

There are two ways to start, stop, or restart the Directory Server:

• There are scripts in the instance directories. For example:

/usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/start-slapd

/usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/restart-slapd

/usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/stop-slapd

• The Directory Server service can also be stopped and started using system tools on Red Hat

Enterprise Linux and Solaris. For example, Linux uses the service tool:

service dirsrv {start|stop|restart} instance

NOTE

The service name for the Directory Server process on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

is dirsrv.

Solaris uses /etc/init.d:

/etc/init.d/dirsrv {start|stop|restart} instance

The Directory Server instance name can be specific in both the start|stop|restart-slapd

and system scripts. If an instance name is not given, the start or stop operation applies to all

instances on the machine.

3.3. Starting and Stopping Administration Server

There are two ways to start, stop, or restart the Administration Server:

• There are scripts in the /usr/sbin directory.

/usr/sbin/start|stop|restart-ds-admin

• The Administration Server service can also be stopped and started using system tools on Red

Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris. For example, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the command is

service:

service dirsrv-admin {start|stop|restart}

Chapter 1. General Red Hat Directory Server Usage