Installation guide

Alternatively, download the latest packages from the Red Hat Directory Server 8.0

channel on Red Hat Network, http://rhn.redhat.com.

It is also possible to install the Directory Server packages from media:

a. Download the packages from Red Hat Network, and burn them to CD or DVD.

b. Insert the media; the system should automatically recognize and mount the disc.

c. There is no autorun feature with the Directory Server packages, so open the directory on

the disc containing the Directory Server packages. For example:

cd /m edia/cdrecorder/RedHat/RPMS/

d. Install everything in the directory using rpm:

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

2. After the Directory Server packages are installed, run the setup-ds-adm in.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-adm in.pl program, and resolve them. Otherwise, accept the output.

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

Section 3.3, “Express Setup”

Section 3.4, “T ypical Setup”

Section 3.5, “Custom Setup”

NOTE

Directory Server version 8.0 conforms to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standards. T his 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 7.1, “Directory Server File Locations”.

3.3. 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 match the

/etc/resolv.conf settings, the setup program cannot use the default hostname option, and

setup will fail.

Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Installation Guide