Server Configuration - Overview - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 Configuration

Server Configuration - Overview

Server Configuration - Overview
When you install the Directory Server, its default configuration is stored as a
series of LDAP entries within the directory, under the subtree
the server is started, the contents of the
(
dse.ldif
configuration information. The latest version of this file is called
version prior to the last modification is called
with which the server successfully started is called
Many of the features of the Directory Server are designed as discrete modules that
plug into the core server. The details of the internal configuration for each plug-in
are contained in separate entries under
configuration of the Telephone Syntax Plug-in is contained in this entry:
cn=Telephone Syntax,cn=plugins,cn=config
Similarly, database-specific configuration is stored under
cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config and cn=chaining
database,cn=plugins,cn=config
Figure 2-1 shows how the configuration data fits within the
information tree.
Figure 2-1
This overview is divided into the following sections:
• LDIF Configuration Files - Location
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) in LDIF format. This
Directory Information Tree Showing Configuration Data
subtree are read from a file
cn=config
file contains all of the server
dse.ldif
dse.ldif.bak
dse.ldif.startOK
cn=plugins,cn=config
. When
cn=config
, the
dse.ldif
, and the latest file
.
. For example, the
directory
cn=config