The Administration Server Console - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 - USING CONSOLE 4-28-2008 Using Instruction

Chapter 1. Overview of Red Hat Console
Figure 1.7. The Directory Server Console
There are four tabs in the Directory Server Console:
• Tasks, which has shortcuts to common server operations, including starting and stopping the
Directory Server instance, importing and exporting databases, and managing SSL certificates
• Configuration, which defines all of the server configuration settings, including SASL and SSL
authentication, port numbers, schema, replication and synchronization, databases and suffixes,
logging, and plug-ins
• Directory, which access and manages the directory information, including user entries and all group
entries, including roles, classes of service, views, and groups
• Status, which monitors the server performance and displays the different monitoring and
performance counters for the Directory Server and databases
Similar to the main Console, the Directory Server Console tabs have a navigation area on the left and
a center panel that displays information about the active setting, entry, or database.
The procedures for using the Directory Server Console to manage the Directory Server configuration
and directory entries is covered in the Directory Server Administrator's Guide.

1.4.2. The Administration Server Console

The Administration Server itself administers the configuration of other servers, especially the
configuration and user directories for the server group. The Administration Server Console manages
the Administration Server settings and the settings for these two Directory Server directories;
whenever the settings are changed in the Directory Server configuration, the modifications must be
carried into the Administration Server configuration for the server to properly manage those servers.
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