Documentation Center

Getting Started

• Release Notes

• New Features

• Compatibility Issues

• Virtualization Support

• Installation Notes

• Evaluating Directory Server Enterprise Edition

• Directory Server Known Problems and Limitations

• Directory Proxy Server Known Problems and Limitations

• Identity Synchronization for Windows Known Problems and Limitations

• Directory Editor Known Problems and Limitations

Migrating to Directory Server

• Overview of Migration

• Architectural Changes in Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0

• Deciding on Automatic or Manual Migration

• Migrating Directory Server Automatically

• Migrating Directory Server Manually

• Migrating a Replicated Topology

• Migrating Directory Proxy Server

• Migrating Identity Synchronization for Windows

Installing Directory Server Enterprise Edition Software

• Before you begin

• Installing Directory Service Control Center and Directory Server using the Java Enterprise System distribution

• Installing Directory Server Software using the zip distribution

• Installing Directory Proxy Server software using the zip distribution

• Installing Directory Server Resource Kit using the zip distribution

• Creating server instances

• Using Directory Server with cryptographic framework on Solaris 10

Installing Identity Synchronization for Windows Software

• Preparing for installation

• Installing the core components

• Configuring core resources

• Installing connectors

• Synchronizing existing users and user groups

• Installation notes for replicated environments

Planning Directory Server Enterprise Edition Deployment

• Overview of deployment planning

• Performing a technical requirements analysis

• Designing a logical architecture

• Using LDAP-based naming with Solaris

• Deploying a virtual directory

• Designing a deployment with synchronized data

• Overview of the Directory Server architecture

• Overview of the Directory Proxy Server architecture

Planning Identity Synchronization for Windows Deployment

• Before you begin

• Deploying in an multi-master replication environment

• Deploying over a wide area network using SSL

• Configuring pluggable authentication methods (PAM)

• Deploying Identity Synchronization for Windows with Identity Manager

Administering Directory Server

• Using Directory Server administration tools

• Creating and managing Directory Server instances and suffixes

• Configuring Directory Server

• Managing data entries

• Configuring security using SSL

• Configuring access control instructions (ACIs)

• Configuring the password policy

• Backing up and restoring directory data

• Managing groups and roles

• Configuring and managing replication

• Managing the Directory Server schema

• Managing indexes

• Ensuring attribute value uniqueness

• Managing Directory Server logs

• Monitoring Directory server

Administering Directory Proxy Server

• Using Directory Proxy Server administration tools

• Creating and managing Directory Proxy Server instances

• Configuring Directory Proxy Server

• Configuring certificates on Directory Proxy Server

• Creating and configuring LDAP data sources and data source pools

• Configuring connections between Directory Proxy Server and backend LDAP servers

• Configuring load balancing and client affinity

• Creating and configuring data views

• Creating and configuring virtual data views

• Creating, modifying, and deleting connection handlers

• Configuring connections between clients and Directory Proxy Server

• Managing Directory Proxy Server logs

• Configuring monitoring of Directory Proxy Server and of data sources

Using Identity Synchronization for Windows

• Using the command line utilities

• Using the LinkUsers XML document sample

• Running Identity Synchronization for Windows services as a non-root user on Solaris

• Defining and configuring synchronization user lists

• Troubleshooting Identity Synchronization for Windows

• Using audit and debug logging

Working With Software that Relies On Directory Services

• Understanding Communications Services directory schema and provisioning tools (including Directory Preparation Tool)

• Using directory services for LDAP-based naming on Solaris systems

Developing Directory Server Plug-Ins and Running the NameFinder Application

• Developing Directory Server plug-ins

• Deploying and configuring the NameFinder application

Uninstalling Directory Server Enterprise Edition and Identity Synchronization for Windows

• Removing server instances

• Removing the Directory Server Enterprise Edition software

• Removing the Identity Synchronization for Windows software