Installation Process Overview; Selecting An Installation Process - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 Installation Manual

For many installations, you can have just one administration domain. In this case,
choose a name that is representative of your organization. For other installations,
you may want different domains because of the demands at your site. In the latter
case, try to name your administration domains after the organizations that will
control the servers in that domain.
For example, if you are an ISP and you have three customers for whom you are
installing and managing Netscape servers, create three administration domains
each named after a different customer.

Installation Process Overview

You can use one of several installation processes to install Directory Server. Each
one guides you through the installation process and ensures that you install the
various components in the correct order.
The sections that follow outline the installation processes available, how to
upgrade from an earlier release of Directory Server, and how to unpack the
software to prepare for installation.

Selecting an Installation Process

You can install Directory Server software using one of the four different installation
methods provided in the
• Express Installation — Use this if you are installing for the purposes of
evaluating or testing Directory Server. Express installation is described in
"Using Express Installation," on page 43.
• Typical Installation — Use this if you are performing a normal installation of
Directory Server. Typical installation is described in "Using Typical
Installation," on page 45.
• Custom Installation — In Directory Server, the custom installation process is
very similar to the typical installation process. The main difference is that the
custom installation process allows you to import an LDIF file to initialize the
user directory database that is created by default.
• Silent Installation — Use this if you want to script your installation process.
This is especially useful for installing multiple consumer servers around your
enterprise. Silent install is described in chapter 4, "Silent Installation and
Instance Creation."
program:
setup
Chapter 1
Installation Process Overview
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