1 Preparing for a Directory Server installation

This manual provides a high-level overview of design and planning decisions you need to make before installing Directory Server, describes the different methods for setting up and installing the Directory Server, describes post-installation tasks, and provides general information about using Directory Server and how to troubleshoot problems.

Before you install HP-UX Directory Server 8.1, there are required settings and information that you need to plan in advance. This chapter describes the kind of information that you must provide. It also describes relevant directory service concepts, Directory Server components, and the impact and scope of integrating Directory Server into your computing infrastructure.

The information that is covered here and supplied during the Directory Server setup procedure relates to the design of your directory tree (the hierarchical arrangement of your directory, including all major roots and branch points) and relates to your directory suffixes and databases. For more information on suffixes and databases, see the HP-UX Directory Server administrator guide.

1.1 Directory Server components

Directory Server 8.1 is comprised of several components, which work in tandem:•Directory Server

The Directory Server is the core LDAP server daemon. It is compliant with LDAP v3 standards. This component includes command-line server management and administration programs, and scripts for common operations like export and backing up databases.

•Directory Server Console

The Directory Server Console is the user interface that simplifies managing users, groups, and other LDAP data for your enterprise. The Console is used for all aspects of server management, including making backups; configuring security, replication, and databases; adding entries; and monitoring servers and viewing statistics.

•Administration Server

The Administration Server is the management agent that administers Directory Servers. It communicates with the Directory Server Console and performs operations on the Directory Server instances. It also provides a simple HTML interface and on-line help pages. There must be one Administration Server running on each machine that has a Directory Server instance running on it.

1.2Considerations before setting up Directory Server

Depending on the type of setup that you perform, you will be asked to provide instance-specific information for both the Administration Server and Directory Server during the installation procedure, including port numbers, server names, and user names and passwords for the Directory Manager and administrator. If you will have multiple Directory Server instances, then it is better to plan these configuration settings in advance so that the setup processes can run without conflict. The installation and setup steps are described in detail in Chapter 3 (page 15).

1.2.1 Port numbers

The Directory Server setup requires two TCP/IP port numbers: one for the Directory Server and one for the Administration Server. These port numbers must be unique.

The Directory Server instance (LDAP) has a default port number of 389. The Administration Server port number has a default number of 9830. If the default port number for either server is in use, then the setup script randomly generates a port number larger than 1024 to use as the

1.1 Directory Server components

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