Modifying the Configuration From the Command Line

You can automate configuration tasks by writing scripts that use command-line tools.

Modify the configuration through the command line by using the dsconf command. This command uses LDAP to modify the cn=config subtree. For more information about dsconf, see Directory Server Command-Line Tools.

For any tasks that you cannot perform using dsconf, use the ldapmodify command.

If you want to modify the server configuration properties by using the command dsconf set-server-prop, you need to know which properties you can modify and their default values. Use this command to display help on all properties:

$ dsconf help-properties -v

Search the property help for the item that you need. For example, on a UNIX platform, type the following to search for memory cache properties:

$ dsconf help-properties -v | grep cache

For more information about configuration entries in cn=config and for a complete description of all configuration entries and attributes, including the range of allowed values, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.