Starting The Directory Server Console; Getting The Administration Server Port Number - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0 Installation Manual

running any LDAP command, make sure that you are using the MozLDAP utilities, otherwise the
command will return errors.
For most Linux systems, OpenLDAP tools are already installed in the /usr/bin/ directory. These
OpenLDAP tools will not work for Directory Server operations.

7.3. Starting the Directory Server Console

There is a simple script to launch the Directory Server Console. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
Solaris, run the following:
/usr/bin/redhat-idm-console
HP-UX has a different location for the script:
/opt/dirsrv/bin/redhat-idm-console
NOTE
Make sure that the correct JRE — the program called java — is set in the PATH before
launching the Console.
When the login screen opens, you are prompted for the username, password, and Administration
Server location. It is possible to send the Administration Server URL and port with the start script. For
example:
/usr/bin/redhat-idm-console -a http://localhost:9830
The a option is a convenience, particularly if you are logging into a Directory Server for the first time.
On subsequent logins, the URL is saved. If you do not pass the Administration Server port number
with the redhat-idm-console command, then you are prompted for it at the Console login screen.

7.4. Getting the Administration Server Port Number

Logging into the Console requires the Administration Server URL along with a username and
password. The Administration Server has a standard HTTP address; the default is http://
hostname:9830/. (If the Administration Server is using TLS/SSL, then the URL begins with
https://.)
To find the port number for your Administration Server run this command:
grep \^Listen /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/console.conf
Listen 0.0.0.0:port
port goes after the colon in the Administration Server URL. If the Listen were 1132, the
Administration Server URL would be http://hostname:1132.
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