Determining Your Directory Suffix; Determining The Location Of The Configuration Directory - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 Installation Manual

Configuration Decisions
Normally, Administration Server user and password should be identical to the
configuration directory administrator ID and password.

Determining Your Directory Suffix

A directory suffix is the directory entry that represents the first entry in a
directory tree. You will need at least one directory suffix for the tree that will
contain your enterprise's data. It is common practice to select a directory suffix
that corresponds to the DNS host name used by your enterprise. For example, if
your organization uses the DNS name
dc=example,dc=com
For more information on planning the suffixes for your directory service, see the
Netscape Directory Server Deployment Guide.
Determining the Location of the Configuration
Directory
Many Netscape servers, including Directory Server, use an instance of Directory
Server to store configuration information. This information is stored in the
o=NetscapeRoot
Server as your directory data. Your configuration directory is the Directory Server
that contains the
If you are installing Directory Server only to support other Netscape servers, then
that Directory Server is your configuration directory. If you are installing
Directory Server to use as part of a general directory service, then you will have
multiple Directory Servers installed in your enterprise, and you must decide
which one will host the configuration directory tree,
make this decision before you install any Netscape servers (including Directory
Server).
For ease of upgrades, you should use a Directory Server instance that is dedicated
to supporting the
other function with regard to managing your enterprise's directory data. Also, do
not use port
installing a Directory Server on that host that can be used for management of your
enterprise's directory data.
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directory tree. It does not need to be held on the same Directory
o=NetscapeRoot
o=NetscapeRoot
for this server instance because doing so could prevent you from
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, then select a suffix of
example.com
tree used by your Netscape servers.
o=NetscapeRoot
tree; this server instance should perform no
. You must