Contents


About This Guide

Prerequisite Reading
Conventions Used In This Guide
Related Information

Chapter 1 Preparing for a Directory Server Installation

Installation Components
Configuration Decisions

Choosing Unique Port Numbers
Creating a New Server Root
Choosing the User and Group for Your iPlanet Servers (UNIX® only)
Defining Authentication Entities
Determining Your Directory Suffix
Determining the Location of the Configuration Directory
Determining the Location of the User Directory
Determining the Administration Domain

Installation Process Overview

Selecting an Installation Process
Upgrade Process
Unpacking the Software

Installation Privileges
Unsetting Environment Variables (AIX only)

Chapter 2 Computer System Requirements

Supported Platforms
Hardware Requirements
Operating System Requirements

idsktune Utility
Solaris 8 Operating System

Disk Space Requirements
Required System Modules
Patches
System Tuning
File Descriptors
TCP Tuning

Windows NT 4.0 Server

Configuring a Machine to Run iPlanet Directory Server
Required System Modules
Installing Windows NT Server
Installing Third-Party Utilities
Installing Microsoft Utilities
Ensure That the System Clock is Correct and Kept Accurate
Install Windows Service Packs and Hotfixes
Install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a or Later
Install Hotfixes
Install TCP ISN Patch
Additional Post-Installation System Configuration
Restrict Network Services
Remove NETBIOS
Enable Port Filtering
Disable IP Routing
Disable WINS Client
Remove the OS/2 and POSIX Subsystem Keys From the Registry
Remove the OS/2 DLLs
Stop Unneeded Services
Ensure System Will Automatically Reboot on Error
Configure User Accounts
Encrypt Account Database
Event Log Configuration
Set Tuning Parameters

Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server

Configuring a Machine to Run iPlanet Directory Server
Required System Modules
Installing Windows 2000 Server
Installing Third-Party Utilities
Ensure That the System Clock is Correct and Kept Accurate
Install Windows Service Packs and Hotfixes
Additional Post-Installation System Configuration

HP-UX 11 Operating System

Disk Space Requirements
Required System Modules
Patches
Verify System Tuning
Installing Third-Party Utilities

IBM AIX 4.3.3 Operating System

Disk Space Requirements
Required System Modules
Patches
Installing Third-Party Utilities

DNS and NIS Requirements (UNIX only)

Chapter 3 Using Express and Typical Installation

Using Express Installation
Using Typical Installation

Using Typical Installation on UNIX
Using Typical Installation on Windows NT and Windows 2000

Chapter 4 Silent Installation

Using Silent Installation
Preparing Silent Installation Files

Creating Silent Installation Files
A Typical Installation
Using an Existing Configuration Directory
Installing the Stand-Alone iPlanet Console

Installation Directives

Silent Installation File Format
[General] Installation Directives
[Base] Installation Directives
[slapd] Installation Directives

Required [slapd] Installation Directives
Optional [slapd] Installation Directives

[admin] Installation Directives

Chapter 5 Post Installation

Launching the Help System
Populating the Directory Tree
Tuning Cache Size on Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000

Chapter 6 Migrating From Previous Versions

Migration Overview
Migration Prerequisites
Identifying Custom Schema
Migration Procedure
Migrating a Replicated Site

Constraints
Approach
Example: Detail of Steps

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Running idsktune
Common Installation Problems

Glossary

Index