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Open up your firefox and browse the site: http://www.opends.org . Download OpenDS 2.2 from their downloads section to /usr/tmp directory

  • As the strongauth user, go to the /usr/local/strongauth directory in a terminal

    cd /usr/local/strongauth


  • Now unzip the OpenDS-2.2.0.zip by executing: 

    unzip /usr/tmp/OpenDS-2.2.0.zip


  • This will extract the archive under the current directory. Now type: 

    cd /usr/local/strongauth/OpenDS-2.2.0
    and press Enter


  • Then type: 

    ./setup


  • This will start the OpenDS Directory Server QuickSetup wizard.

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You will see the OpenDS Directory Server QuickSetup Welcome screen as below:


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Click Next to continue. You should see a form for server settings. Edit the settings to give the proper values for

1) Your Host Name

2) LDAP listener port (recommended value: 1389)

3) Root user DN: cn=Directory Manager

4) Password: your password

5) Password (confirm): your same password again to confirm

Your screen should similar to this:



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Click Next to continue. You should see a Topology Options form. Select the option: "This will be a standalone server". You should see



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Click Next to continue. You should see a form to set the Directory Data.

Type dc=strongauth,dc=com for the field Directory Base DN .

For Directory Data, select the option: Import data from LDIF file

Using the Browse button, navigate and select the file

/usr/tmp/skce-v1.0-build-N/skce-config/ldif/skce.ldif

At this point, your screen should look similar to this:



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Click Next to continue. You will see the review page as below:



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Ensure that the checkbox for Start Server when Configuration has completed is checked ON. If not, check that box.

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Carefully review the information and if everything is satisfactory, Click Finish to install. If everything went right, you should get a page similar to this:



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At this point, you have successfully installed the OpenDS.