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If there are proxies for the HT T P connections on the client machine running the Directory Server

Console, the configuration must be changed in one of two ways:

The proxy settings must be removed from the client machine. Removing proxies on the machine

running Directory Server Console allows the client to access the Admin Server directly. To remove

the proxy settings, edit the proxy configuration of the browser which is used to launch the help files.

Add the client machine proxy IP address to Admin Server's list of acceptable IP addresses. This is

described in Section 4.1.1, “Configuring IP Authorization on the Admin Server”.

WARNING

Adding the client machine proxy IP address to the Admin Server creates a potential security hole.

4.1.3. Installing an Admin Server After Installing Directory Server

A Directory Server instance alone can be installed a machine using setup-ds.pl. It is possible to go

back later and install an Admin Server instance using the register-ds-adm in.pl command. For

example:

When this script runs, it creates a local Admin Server.

4.2. Working with Directory Server Instances

The setup scripts can be used to create additional instances of Directory Server on the same machine

or on different machines than the first instance. T he setup-ds-admin.pl script can install both the

Directory Server and Admin Server, while the setup-ds.pl script installs only the Directory Server.

4.2.1. Creating a New Directory Server Instance

Additional instances of the Directory Server can be created from the command line using the setup-ds-

admin.pl command. This offers the setup choices (express, typical, and custom) that are described in

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

It is also possible to provide Directory Server parameters on the command line, so that the instance is

created with pre-defined defaults. For example:

setup-ds-admin.pl slapd.ServerPort=1100 slapd.RootDNPwd=secret

When the installer runs, the Directory Server port default is 1100, and the Directory Manager password

is secret.

This script can also be run in silent mode, which means the setup program never opens; the Directory

Server instance values are taken from a specified file. For example:

setup-ds-admin.pl -s -f file.inf

-s runs the script in silent mode, and -f file.inf specifies the setup file to use. Silent instance

setup and .inf files are described in Section 4.5, “Silent Setup”.

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