Installation guide

30 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Installation Guide
# This is an example of a hosts.nds file:
# Tree name Internet address/DNS Resolvable Name
CORPORATE. myserver.mycompany.com
novell.CORPORATE. 1.2.3.4:524
# Server name Internet address
CORPSERVER myserver.mycompany.com
See the hosts.nds man page for more details.
If you decide to use SLP to resolve the tree name to determine if the eDirectory tree is advertised,
after eDirectory and SLP are installed, enter the following:
/usr/bin/slptool findattrs services:ndap.novell///(svcname-ws==[treename or *])"
For example, to search for the services whose svcname-ws attribute match with the value
SAMPLE_TREE , enter the following command:
/usr/bin/slptool findattrs services:ndap.novell///(svcname-ws==SAMPLE_TREE)/"
If you have a service registered with its svcname-ws attribute as SAMPLE_TREE , then the output will
be similar to the following:
service:ndap.novell:///SAMPLE_TREE
If you do not have a service registered with its svcname-ws attribute as SAMPLE_TREE , there will be no
output.
For more information, see Appendix C, “Configuring OpenSLP for eDirectory,” on page 123.
2.6.2 Using the nds-install Utility to Install eDirectory Components
Use the nds-install utility to install eDirectory components on Linux systems. This utility is located in
the
Setup directory of the downloaded file for the Linux platform. The utility adds the required
packages based on what components you choose to install.
1 Enter the following command at the setup directory:
./nds-install
If you do not provide the required parameters in the command line, the nds-install utility will
prompt you for the parameters.
The following table provides a description of the nds-install utility parameters:
nds-install Parameter Description
-h or --help
Displays help for nds-install.
-i Prevents the nds-install script from invoking the ndsconfig upgrade
command if a DIB is detected at the time of the upgrade.
-j
Jumps or overrides the health check option before installing eDirectory.
For more information about health checks, refer to Appendix B,
“eDirectory Health Checks,” on page 119.
-m
Specifies the module name to configure. While configuring a new tree,
you can configure only the ds module. After configuring the ds module,
you can add the NMAS, LDAP, SAS, SNMP, HTTP services, and NetIQ
SecretStore (ss) using the
add command. If the module name is not
specified, all the modules are installed.