Other General Directory Resources - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction to Directory Services
For a comprehensive overview of creating and implementing a directory pilot, see Understanding and
Deploying LDAP Directory Services (T. Howes, M. Smith, G. Good, Macmillan Technical Publishing,
1999).
After creating and tuning a successful test Directory Server instance, develop a plan to move the
directory service to production which covers the following considerations:
• An estimate of the required resources
• A schedule of what needs to be accomplished and when
• A set of criteria for measuring the success of the deployment
See the Directory Server Installation Guide for information on installing the directory service and the
Directory Server Administrator's Guide for information on administering and maintaining the directory.

1.5. Other General Directory Resources

The following publications have very detailed and useful information about directories, LDAP, and
LDIF:
• RFC 2849: The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) Technical Specification,
rfc/rfc2849.txt
• RFC 2251: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3),
• Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services. T. Howes, M. Smith, G. Good, Macmillan
Technical Publishing, 1999.
All of the Red Hat Directory Server documentation, available at
server, also contain high-level concepts about using LDAP and managing directory services, as well
as Directory Server-specific information.
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