Configuration Files; Database Files - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0 Command Reference Manual

4.3. Configuration Files

Each Directory Server instance stores it sconfiguration files in the /etc/dirsrv/
slapd-instance_name directory. The configuration files in this directory are explained in
Section 2.1, "Server Configuration -

4.4. Database Files

Each Directory Server instance contains the /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/db
directory for storing all of the database files. The following is a sample listing of the /var/lib/
dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/db directory contents.
__db.001 __db.003 __db.005
__db.002 __db.004 DBVERSION
Example 4.1. Database Directory Contents
• db.00x files — Used internally by the database and should not be moved, deleted, or modified in
any way.
• log.xxxxxxxxxx files — Used to store the transaction logs per database.
• DBVERSION — Used for storing the version of the database.
• NetscapeRoot — Stores the o=NetscapeRoot database created by default when the setup-
ds-admin.pl script is run.
• userRoot — Stores the user-defined suffix (user-defined databases) created at setup; for example,
dc=example,dc=com.
NOTE
If a new database is created (for example, testRoot) to store the directory tree under
a new suffix, the directory named testRoot also appears in the /var/lib/dirsrv/
slapd-instance_name/db directory.
The following is a sample listing of the NetscapeRoot directory contents.
./ entrydn.db4* parentid.db4*
../ givenName.db4*
DBVERSION* id2entry.db4*
aci.db4* nsUniqueId.db4*
ancestorid.db4* numsubordinates.db4*
cn.db4* objectclass.db4*
Example 4.2. NetscapeRoot Database Directory Contents
The NetscapeRoot subdirectories contain an index_namedb4 file for every index currently defined in
the database. In addition to these files, the NetscapeRoot and userRoot subdirectories contain the
following files:
• ancestorid.db4 — Contains a list of IDs to find the ID of the entry's ancestor.
Overview".
NetscapeRoot/
log.0000000007
sn.db4*
uid.db4*
uniquemember.db4*
userRoot/
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