Directory Proxy Server Client Listeners

Directory Proxy Server enables you to configure certain aspects of a client connection through a client listener. Two client listeners are provided, a secure listener (ldaps-listener) and a non-secure listener (ldap-listener).

The secure listener specifies that the connection is made to a secure port, over SSL. The non-secure listener specifies that the connection is made to a non-secure port, without SSL. Clients use either the secure listener or the non-secure listener, depending on the type of connection required by that client.

A client can also establish a secure connection to a non-secure port if the client supports Start TLS.

Both the secure and non-secure listener specify the following aspects of a client connection:

is-enabled

Specifies whether clients are able to use that listener to connect to Directory Proxy Server

listen-port

The port number on which Directory Proxy Server listens for client connections

listen-address

The IP address of the listener

connection-idle-timeout

The maximum time a client connection can remain idle before being closed

connection-read-data-timeout

The maximum time that a listener can wait for new data to be available

connection-write-data-timeout

The maximum time that a listener can wait to send results back to clients

max-connection-queue-size

The maximum size of a listener's connection queue

max-ldap-message-size

The maximum size of an LDAP message.

number-of-threads

The number of threads allocated to a listener to for simultaneous client connections and requests

use-tcp-no-delay

Whether or not TCP_NODELAY is enabled for connections between a client and Directory Proxy Server

For information about how to configure listeners, see Configuring Listeners Between Clients and Directory Proxy Server in Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Administration Guide.