Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 - USING CONSOLE 4-28-2008 Using Instruction page 10

Chapter 1. Overview of Red Hat Console
When a user logs into Red Hat Console, the Console connects to the Administration Server over
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The Administration Server receives requests to administer the
different Directory Server instances and performs the changes to the configuration, such as changing
a port number. When a request is sent to the Red Hat Console to add or edit user entries, the Console
sends a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) message directly to Directory Server to update
the user directory.
Figure 1.2. Simple System Using Red Hat Console
Red Hat Directory Server stores server and application configuration settings as well as user
information. Typically, application and server configuration information is stored in one subtree
of Red Hat Directory Server while user and group entries are stored in another subtree. With a
large enterprise, however, configuration and user information can be stored in separate instances
of Directory Server (which can be on the same host machine or on two different host machines).
Figure 1.2, "Simple System Using Red Hat Console"
illustrates a relatively simple Red Hat Directory
Server system. As an enterprise grows and needs change, additional hosts and Directory and Admin
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