Installation guide

ls *.rpm | egrep -iv -e devel -e debuginfo | xargs rpm -ivh

2. After the Directory Server packages are installed, run the setup-ds-admin.pl script to set

up and configure the default Directory Server instance and the Administration Server.

/usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl

3. Accept the licensing agreement.

4. On the next screen, review the dsktune output. If there are any issues that you should

address, exit the setup-ds-admin.pl program, and resolve them. Otherwise, accept the

output.

5. Select the setup type, and proceed with configuring the new Directory Server instance.

• Section 3, “Express Setup”

• Section 4, “Typical Setup”

• Section 5, “Custom Setup”

NOTE

Directory Server version 8.0 conforms to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standards.

This means that the directories and files are in different locations than previous

versions. For more information on FHS, see the http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

homepage. For a table showing the new file locations, see Section 1, “Directory

Server File Locations”.

3. Express Setup

Use express installation if you are installing Directory Server for an evaluation or trial. Because

express installation does not offer the choice of selecting the Directory Server server port

number or the directory suffix, among other settings, Red Hat recommends not using it for

production deployments.

NOTE

The setup program gets the host information from the /etc/resolv.conf file. If

there are aliases in the /etc/hosts file, such as ldap.example.com, that do not

Chapter 3. Setting up Red Hat Directory Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux