Chapter 3 Configuring Directory Databases; Creating And Maintaining Suffixes - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Your directory is made up of databases over which you can distribute your
directory tree. This chapter describes how to create suffixes, the branch points for
your directory tree, and how to create the databases associated with each suffix.
This chapter also describes how to create database links to reference databases on
remote servers and how to use referrals to point clients to external sources of
directory data.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Creating and Maintaining Suffixes (page 79)
• Creating and Maintaining Databases (page 90)
• Creating and Maintaining Database Links (page 97)
• Using Referrals (page 136)
For conceptual information on distributing your directory data, refer to the
Netscape Directory Server Deployment Guide.

Creating and Maintaining Suffixes

You can store different pieces of your directory tree in different databases, and
then distribute these databases across multiple servers. Your directory tree
contains branch points called nodes. These nodes can either be associated with
databases or not. You create nodes using the Directory tab in the Directory
Server Console, where you freely edit the entries that appear in your directory
tree.
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