If an Administration Server certificate is found, you are asked to acknowledge
its fingerprint and validate it. SSL communication is then automatically estab-
lished. If no certificate is found, unencrypted communication is used.
4
The script asks if you want to create and use a local branch LDAP database on
the Branch Server. It contains a copy of the subtree from the Administration
Server LDAP database which corresponds to this Branch Server. This is a part
of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service11 offline functionality feature.
The recommended default setting is
yes
.
If you select
yes
, the script initializes a local branch LDAP database. If you select
no
, enter the hostname or IP address of an already-initialized LDAP database.
5
The script initializes the local branch LDAP database using the
ldapadd
com-
mand from the offline installation file.
6
In offline installation mode, it is not yet possible to find the branch server domain.
Therefore, if there is no internet connection, the attempt fails and the script ter-
minates. However if there is a connection to the Administration Server, the script
finds the branch server domain in the Administration Server LDAP database and
prints information about the found domain.
7
The script asks for a final confirmation before it configures and starts the core
Branch Server services.
8
If everything is in order, the script finishes successfully. If any error is encountered
it is reported and logged in syslog.
NOTE: Aborting the Script
If you select
no
in any configuration step (except when you select not
to use a local branch LDAP), script deletes all its intermediate data and
exits.
NOTE: Administration and Branch Server Combination
If the administration and branch servers are being configured on a single ma-
chine, no certificates are used and the SSL communication is disabled. Also,
there is no local branch LDAP database created, as the offline functionality is
not needed.
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