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Chapter 1. Preparing for a Directory Server Installation
want control of their individual servers. However, you may still want some centralized control of all
the servers in your enterprise. Administration domains allow you to meet these conflicting goals.
Administration domains have the following qualities:
•
All servers share the same configuration directory, regardless of the domain to which they belong.
•
Servers in two different domains may use two different user directories for authentication and user
management.
•
The configuration directory administrator has complete access to all installed Directory Servers,
regardless of the domain to which they belong.
•
Each administration domain can be configured with an administration domain owner. This owner
has complete access to all the servers in the domain but does not have access to the servers in any
other administration domain.
•
The administration domain owner can grant individual users administrative access on a server by
server basis within the domain.
For many installations, you can have just one administration domain. In this case, choose a name
that is representative of your organization. For other installations, you may want different domains
because of the demands at your site. In the latter case, try to name your administration domains after
the organizations that will control the servers in that domain.
For example, if you are an ISP and you have three customers for whom you are installing and man-
aging Directory Server instances, create three administration domains each named after a different
customer.
1.3. Installation Process Overview
You can use one of several installation processes to install Directory Server. Each one guides you
through the installation process and ensures that you install the various components in the correct
order.
The sections that follow outline the installation processes available, how to upgrade from an earlier
release of Directory Server, and how to unpack the software to prepare for installation.
1.3.1. Selecting an Installation Process
You can install Directory Server software using one of the four different installation methods provided
in the setup program:
Express Installation
Use an
express
installation
if
you
are
installing
for
the
purposes
of
evaluating or testing Directory Server. Express installation is described in
Section 3.1
Installing on Solaris and HP-UX using an Express Installation
.
Typical Installation
Use
a
typical
installation
if
you
are
performing
a
normal
installation
of
Directory
Server.
Typical
installation
is
described
in
Section 3.2
Installing on Solaris and HP-UX using a Typical Installation
.
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