Chapter 5 Post Installation
This chapter describes the post-installation
procedures for launching the online help and populating the directory
tree.
This chapter has the following sections:
Launching
the Help System
The help system for
Directory Server is dependent upon Netscape Administration Server. If
you are running Directory Server Console on a machine remote to
Administration Server, you will need to confirm authorizations on
Administration Server.
Client IP
address authorized on Administration Server. The machine running
Directory Server Console needs access to Administration Server.
Configure Administration Server to accept the client machine's IP
address in Administration Server:
- Launch Administration
Server Console. The
console should be running on the same machine as Administration Server.
- Click the
Configuration tab, then click
the Network tab.
- In the Connection
Restrictions Settings,
select "IP Addresses to Allow" from the pull down menu. Click Edit.
- Edit the IP Addresses
field to the
following: *.*.*.*
This allows all clients access to
Administration Server.
- Restart Administration
Server. You can now launch the online help by clicking any of the Help
buttons in the Directory Server Console.
Proxy
authorized on Administration Server. If you use proxies for your
HTTP connections on the client machine running Directory Server
Console, you need to do one of the following:
- Remove proxies on the
machine running
Directory Server Console. This allows the client machine to access
Administration Server directly.
To remove the proxies on the machine
running Directory Server Console, you need to alter the proxy
configuration of the browser you will use to run the help. In Netscape
Communicator, select Preferences from the Edit menu. Select Advanced,
then Proxies, to access the proxy configuration. In Internet Explorer,
select Internet Options from the Tools menu.
- Add the client machine
proxy IP address to Administration Server list of acceptable IP
addresses.
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Adding the client
machine proxy IP address to Administration Server creates a potential
security hole in your system.
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Populating the
Directory Tree
During
installation, a simple directory database was created for you. In
addition, a simple directory structure was placed in the database for
you to use. This directory structure contained basic access control and
the major branch points for the recommended directory structure.
Now you need to populate your database with
user entries. There are several ways you can create and populate your
directory suffixes. These are explained in detail in the Netscape Directory
Server Administrator's Guide.
The main methods are:
- Create a database
from LDIF -- Use this method if you want to
use the sample
directory data shipped with Directory Server, if you are importing
entries from another directory via LDIF, or if you have more than a few
entries to add at once. For more information about LDIF, refer to the Netscape Directory
Server Administrator's Guide.
- Start your Directory
Server with an empty
database and import data over LDAP -- This method requires you to
populate your directory using an LDAP client such as Directory Server
Gateway or the
ldapmodify command-line utility. Use this method if you have
just a few entries to add at a time. For information on setting up the
Directory Server Gateway, check the Netscape Directory
Server Gateway Customization Guide. This
document is provided with
Netscape Directory Server Resource Kit.
As you are populating your directory,
consider your access control needs and set access control accordingly.
For more information on access control, see the Netscape Directory
Server Deployment Guide and the Netscape Directory
Server Administrator's Guide.
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