Installation guide

Configuration Decisions
12 Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide • December 2003
• Netscape Administration Server—Administration Server is a common
front-end to all Netscape servers. It receives communications from
Netscape Console and passes those communications on to the appropriate
Netscape server. Your site will have at least one Administration Server for
each server root in which you have installed an Netscape server.
• Directory Server—Directory Server is Netscape’s LDAP implementation.
The Directory Server runs as the
ns-slapd process (on UNIX) or slapd
service (on Windows). This is the server that manages the directory
databases and responds to client requests. Directory Server is a required
component.
The order in which you install and configure the various components depends on
whether you are performing a new installation or an upgrade. See “Installation
Process Overview,” on page 19 for details.
Configuration Decisions
During Directory Server installation, you are prompted for basic configuration
information. Decide how you are going to configure these basic parameters
before you begin the installation process. You are prompted for some or all of
following information, depending on the type of installation that you decide to
perform:
• Port number; see “Choosing Unique Port Numbers,” on page 13.
• Server root; see “Creating a New Server Root,” on page 13.
• Users and groups to run the server as; see “Deciding the User and Group for
Your Netscape Servers (UNIX only),” on page 14.
• Your directory suffix; see “Determining Your Directory Suffix,” on page 16.
• Several different authentication user IDs; see “Defining Authentication
Entities,” on page 15.
• The location of the configuration and user Directory Servers; see “Determining
the Location of the Configuration Directory,” on page 16 and “Determining the
Location of the User Directory”.
• The administration domain; see “Determining the Administration Domain,”
on page 18.