About the setup-ds-admin.pl Script

•An .inf file can be used in conjunction with command line parameters. Parameters set in the command line override those specified in an .inf file, which is useful for creating an .inf file to use to set up many Directory Servers. Many of the parameters can be the same, such as

ConfigDirectoryLdapURL, ones specific to the host, such as FullMachineName have to be unique. For example:

setup-ds-admin.pl -s -f common.inf

General.FullMachineName=ldap37.example.com

slapd.ServerIdentifier=ldap37

This command uses the common parameters specified in the common.inf file, but overrides FullMachineName and ServerIdentifier with the command line arguments.

NOTE

The section names and parameter names used in the .inf files and on the command line are case sensitive. Refer to Table 1.1, “setup-ds-admin Options” to check the correct capitalization.

The .inf file has an additional option, ConfigFile which imports the contents of any LDIF file into the Directory Server. This is an extremely useful tool for preconfiguring users, replication, and other directory management entries. For more information on using the ConfigFile parameter to configure the Directory Server, see Section 3.4, “Using the ConfigFile Parameter to Configure the Directory Server”.

Option

Alternate Options

Description

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

--silent

-s

This sets that the

 

 

 

 

setup script will run in

 

 

 

 

silent mode, drawing

 

 

 

 

the configuration

 

 

 

 

information from a file

 

 

 

 

(set with the --file

 

 

 

 

parameter) or from

 

 

 

 

arguments passed in

 

 

 

 

the command line

 

 

 

 

rather than

 

 

 

 

interactively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--file=name

-fname

This sets the path

/usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl

 

 

and name of the file

-f /export/sample.inf

 

 

which contains the

 

 

 

 

configuration settings

 

 

 

 

for the new Directory

 

 

 

 

Server instance. This

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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