Installation guide

you have existing information. The other imports sample data that is included with Directory
Server; this is useful for testing features of Directory Server and for evaluation.
NOTE
Run the setup-ds-admin.pl script as root.
The custom setup has the following steps:
WARNING
If Directory Server is already installed on your machine, it is extremely important
that you perform a migration, not a fresh installation. Migration is described in
Chapter 8, Migrating from Previous Versions.
1. After the Directory Server packages are installed as described in Section 2, “Installing the
Directory Server Packages”, then launch the setup-ds-admin.pl script.
# /usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl
2. Select y to accept the Red Hat licensing terms.
3. The dsktune utility runs. Select y to continue with the setup.
dsktune checks the available disk space, processor type, physical memory, and other
system data and settings such as TCP/IP ports and file descriptor settings. If your system
does not meet these basic Red Hat Directory Server requirements, dsktune returns a
warning. dsktune warnings do not block the setup process; simply entree y to go to the next
step.
4. Next, choose the setup type. Accept the default, option 3, to perform a custom setup.
5. Set the computer name of the machine on which the Directory Server is being configured.
This defaults to the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the host. For example:
Computer name [ldap.example.com]:
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