Installation guide

Preface
This installation guide describes the Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 installation process and the
migration process. This manual provides detailed step-by-step procedures for all supported
operating systems, along with explanations of the different setup options (express, typical,
custom, and silent), additional options for Directory Server instance creation, migrating previous
versions of Directory Server, and troubleshooting and basic usage.
IMPORTANT
Directory Server 8.0 provides a migration tool for upgrading or migrating from
earlier Directory Server versions. If you already have a Directory Server
deployment that is supported for migration, you must use the documented
migration procedure to migrate your data and configuration to version 8.0.
Chapter 8, Migrating from Previous Versions has for more information.
The Directory Server setup process requires information specific to the Directory Server
instance being configured, information about the host names, port numbers, passwords, and IP
addresses that will be used. The setup program attempts to determine reasonable default
values for these settings based on your system environment. Read through this manual before
beginning to configure the Directory Server to plan ahead what values to use.
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.
IMPORTANT
Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 introduces filesystem paths for configuration files,
scripts, commands, and database files used with Directory Server which comply
with Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS). This file layout is very different than
previous releases of Directory Server, which installed all of the files and
directories in /opt/redhat-ds or /opt/netscape. If you encounter errors during
the installation process, look at Section 7, “Troubleshooting”. For more
information on how the file layout has changed, see Section 1, “Directory Server
File Locations”.
The latest Directory Server release is available for your platform and operating system through
Red Hat Network (RHN) at http://rhn.redhat.com/.
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