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Chapter 4
Silent Installation and Instance
Creation
Silent installation allows you to use a file to predefine all the answers that you
would normally supply to the
setup program interactively; this provides you with
the ability to script the installation of multiple instances of Netscape Directory
Server (Directory Server). Instance creation enables you to use an existing
Directory Server instance to create additional instances of the server under the
same server root.
This chapter explains the following:
• Using Silent Installation (page 53)
• Using Silent Instance Creation (page 65)
Using Silent Installation
Silent installation is intended for use at sites where many server instances must be
created. For Directory Server, it is especially useful for heavily replicated sites that
will create a large number of consumer servers.
To use silent installation, you create a silent installation file, supply values for the
appropriate installation directives, and run the
setup program with the -s and -f
command-line options.
The procedure below explains how to use silent installation:
1. On Windows machines, log in with Administrator privileges. On UNIX
machines, log in as
root.
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