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3.3. Express Setup
Use express installation if you are installing Directory Server for an evaluation or trial. Because
express installation does not offer the choice of selecting the Directory Server server port number
or the directory suffix, among other settings, Red Hat recommends not using it for production
deployments.
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, the setup program cannot use the default hostname
option, and setup will fail.
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 3.2, “Installing the
Directory Server Packages”
, then launch the
setup-ds-admin.pl
script.
# /usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl
NOTE
Run the
setup-ds-admin.pl
script as
root
.
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. Enter
1
to perform an express setup.
5. The next step allows you to register your Directory Server with an existing Directory Server
instance, called the
Configuration Directory Server
. This registers the new instance so it can be
managed by the Console. If this is the first Directory Server instance set up on your network,
it is not possible to register it with another directory. Select
n
to set up this Directory Server
as a Configuration Directory Server and move to the next express install step, setting up the
administrator user.
