Chapter 3. Setting up Red Hat Directory Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
ports for the Directory and Administration Servers, the domain name, and directory suffix.
WARNING
If Directory Server is already installed on your machine, it is extremely important that you perform a migration, not a fresh installation. Migration is described in Chapter 8, Migrating from Previous Versions.
1.After the Directory Server packages are installed as described in Section 2, “Installing the Directory Server Packages”, then launch the
NOTE
Run the
2.Select y to accept the Red Hat licensing terms.
3.The dsktune utility runs. Select y to continue with the setup.
dsktune checks the available disk space, processor type, physical memory, and other system data and settings such as TCP/IP ports and file descriptor settings. If your system does not meet these basic Red Hat Directory Server requirements, dsktune returns a warning. dsktune warnings do not block the setup process; simply enter y to go to the next step.
4.Next, choose the setup type. Accept the default, option 2, to perform a typical setup.
5.Set the computer name of the machine on which the Directory Server is being configured. This defaults to the
Computer name [ldap.example.com]:
NOTE
The setup program gets the host information from the /etc/resolv.conf file. If there are aliases in the /etc/hosts file, such as ldap.example.com, that do not match the /etc/resolv.conf settings, you cannot use the default hostname option.
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