Chapter 6. Advanced Setup and Configuration

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This allows all IP addresses to access the Administration Server.

6. Restart the Administration Server.

CAUTION

Adding the client machine proxy IP address to the Administration Server creates a potential security hole.

1.2. Configuring Proxy Servers for the Administration Server

If there are proxies for the HTTP connections on the client machine running the Directory Server Console, the configuration must be changed in one of two ways:

The proxy settings must be removed from the client machine. Removing proxies on the machine running Directory Server Console allows the client to access the Administration Server directly. To remove the proxy settings, edit the proxy configuration of the browser which is used to launch the help files.

Add the client machine proxy IP address to Administration Server's list of acceptable IP addresses. This is described in Section 1.1, “Configuring IP Authorization on the Administration Server”.

CAUTION

Adding the client machine proxy IP address to the Administration Server creates a potential security hole.

2. Working with Directory Server Instances

2.1. Creating a New Directory Server Instance

Additional instances of the Directory Server can be created from the command line using the setup-ds-admin.plcommand. This offers the setup choices (express, typical, and custom) that are described in Chapter 3, Setting up Red Hat Directory Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Chapter 4, Setting up Red Hat Directory Server on HP-UX 11i, and Chapter 5, Setting up

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