Installation guide

Using Silent Installation

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Specifying Silent Installation Directives

This section describes the basic format of the file used for silent installation. It then

describes the directives that are available for each area of the silent installation file.

• Silent Installation File Format

• [General] Installation Directives

• [slapd] Installation Directives

• [admin] Installation Directives

• [Base] Installation Directives

• [nsperl] Installation Directives

• [perldap] Installation Directives

Silent Installation File Format

When you use silent installation, you provide all the installation information in a

file. This file is formatted as follows:

The keywords [

General], [slapd], and [admin] are required. They indicate that

the directives that follow are meant for a specific aspect of the installation. They

must be provided in the file in the order indicated above.

[General]

directive=value

...

[slapd]

directive=value

...

[admin]

directive=value

...

[Base]

directive=value

...

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