Installation guide

• General — which supplies information about the server machine; these are global directives
that are common to all your Directory Servers.
• slapd — which supplies information about the specific Directory Server instance; this
information, like the port and server ID, must be unique.
• admin — which supplies information specific to the Administration Server instance; this is not
used when creating additional Directory Server server instances or setting up a single
Directory Server instance.
The format of the .inf file is as follows:
[General]
directive=value
directive=value
directive=value
...
[slapd]
directive=value
directive=value
directive=value
...
[admin]
directive=value
directive=value
directive=value
The .inf file directives are explained more in the following sections.
• Section 3.5.1, “.inf File Directives”
• Section 3.5.2, “Sample .inf Files”
3.5.1. .inf File Directives
Directive Description Required
FullMachineName Specifies the fully qualified
domain name of the machine
on which you are installing
the server. The default is the
local host name.
No
SuiteSpotUserID Specifies the user name as
which the Directory Server
instance runs. This parameter
does not apply to the user as
which the Administration
Server runs. The default is
No
the Directory Server
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