Contents

About This Guide

Prerequisite Reading
Conventions Used In This Guide
Related Information
Accessibility Features

Console Accessibility Features

Accessible names and descriptions
Customizable fonts
Dynamic GUI layout
Keyboard traversable components
Text equivalents for non-text elements

Documentation Accessibility Features

Text equivalents for non-text elements
Tables that can be interpreted by assistive technology

Chapter 1 Preparing for Installation

Installation Components
Configuration Decisions

Choosing Unique Port Numbers
Selecting a New Server Root
Defining Authentication Entities
Determining the Location of the Configuration Directory

Installation Process Overview

Selecting an Installation Process
Unpacking the Software

Installation Privileges

Chapter 2 Computer System Requirements

Supported Platforms
Hardware Requirements
Operating System Requirements

Solaris Environment

Required System Modules
Verify System Tuning
File Descriptors
TCP Tuning

Windows Environment

Privileges
TEMP Environment
Display Driver

Obtaining Patches

Chapter 3 Installation

Installation of Native Packages on Solaris

Installing the Administration Server
Installing Directory Proxy Server
Installing Required Patches
Configuring Administration Server
Configuring the Directory Proxy Server Instance

Installing From a Compressed Archive on All Platforms

Chapter 4 Silent Installation

Using Silent Installation

Create the saveState file
Install with the saveState File

Chapter 5 Uninstallation

Uninstalling on UNIX Platforms

Uninstalling Native Packages on Solaris

Removing the Directory Proxy Server Instance
Unconfiguring Administration Server
Removing Packages

Uninstalling on Other Unix Systems

Interactive Uninstall
Silent Uninstall

Uninstalling on Windows Platforms

Windows Add/Remove
Command Line

Using the Uninstallation Program

Appendix A Migration of Configuration

Preparing for Migration
Migrating to Directory Proxy Server 5.2
Configuring SSL