How to Install Netscape Directory Server

This procedure describes the interaction with the Netscape setup command. Only the sections that are specific to Sun Cluster HA for Netscape Directory Server are included here. For the other sections, choose or change the default values as appropriate. These are the basic steps only; for details, see the Netscape LDAP documentation.

1. Become superuser on a node in the cluster.

2. Run the setup command from the install directory on the Netscape CD.

3. From setup, choose the menu items to install a Netscape Server by using a Custom Installation.

   Supply the logical host name when the setup command prompts you for the full server name.

4. For the install location, select a location on the global file system, for example, /global/nsldap.

   Supply the logical host name when the setup command prompts you for the full server name. This step is required for failover to work correctly.

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   Note -

   The logical host that you specify must be online on the node from which you are running the Netscape Directory Server installation. This state is necessary because at the end of the Netscape Directory Server installation, it automatically starts up Netscape Directory Server and fails if the logical host is offline on that node.

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5. Select the logical host name along with your domain for the computer name, for example, schost-1.eng.sun.com.

6. When prompted for the IP address to be used as the LDAP Administrative Server, specify an IP address for one of the cluster nodes.

As part of the installation, you set up an LDAP Administrative Server. The IP address you specify for this server must be that of a physical cluster node, not the name of the logical host that will fail over.