Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0, Administration Manual

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Chapter 1. General Red Hat Directory Server Usage
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1.3. Starting and Stopping Servers
The Directory Server is running when the
setup-ds-admin.pl
script completes. Avoid stopping and
starting the server to prevent interrupting replication, searches, and other server operations.
• If the Directory Server has SSL enabled, you cannot restart the server from the Console; you
must use the command-line. It is possible to restart without being prompted for a password; see
Section 11.4.3, “Creating a Password File for the Directory Server”
for more information.
• Rebooting the host system can automatically start the
ns-slapd
process. The directory provides
startup or run command (
rc
) scripts. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use the
chkconfig
command
to enable the Directory Server and Administration Server to start on boot. On Solaris, the commands
are already set up in the
/etc/rc.d
directories to start up the servers at boot time. For HP-UX,
check the operating system documentation for details on adding these scripts.
1.3.1. Starting and Stopping Directory Server from the Console
1. Start the Directory Server Console.
/usr/bin/redhat-idm-console -a http://localhost:9830
2. In the
Tasks
tab, click
Start the Directory Server
,
Stop the Directory Server
, or
Restart the
Directory Server
.
When the Directory Server is successfully started or stopped from the Directory Server Console, the
server displays a message box stating that the server has either started or shut down.