NetIQ® eDirectory™ Installation Guide February 2018 Legal Notice For information about legal notices, trademarks, disclaimers, warranties, export and other use restrictions, U.S. Government rights, patent policy, and FIPS compliance, see https://www.netiq.com/company/legal/. Copyright © 2018 NetIQ Corporation, a Micro Focus company. All Rights Reserved. Contents About this Book and the Library 7 About NetIQ Corporation 9 1 Install and Upgrade Features 11 Multiple Package Formats for Installing eDirectory 9.1. 11 Installing eDirectory 9.1 in a Custom Location . 12 Specifying a Custom Location for Application Files . 12 Specifying a Custom Location for Data Files . 13 Specifying a Custom Location for Configuration Files . 13 Non-root Install . 14 Standards Compliance . 14 FHS Compliance . 14 LSB Compliance . 15 Server Health Checks . 15 Need for Health Checks . 15 What Makes a Server Healthy? . 16 Performing Health Checks . 16 Types of Health Checks . 17 Categorization of Health. 17 Log Files. 18 SecretStore Integration with eDirectory . 19 eDirectory Instrumentation Installation . 20 For More Information . 20 2 Installing or Upgrading NetIQ eDirectory on Linux 21 System Requirements. 21 Prerequisites . 23 Hardware Requirements . 25 Forcing the Backlink Process to Run . 25 Upgrading eDirectory . 26 Server Health Checks . 26 Upgrading on Linux Servers Other Than OES. 27 Unattended Upgrade of eDirectory on Linux . .27 Upgrading the Tarball Deployment of eDirectory 9.1 . 28 Upgrading Multiple Instances. 29 Installing eDirectory . 30 Using SLP with eDirectory . 30 Using the nds-install Utility to Install eDirectory Components . 31 Non-root User Installing eDirectory 9.1 . 34 Using the ndsconfig Utility to Add or Remove the eDirectory Replica Server . 37 Using ndsconfig to Configure Multiple Instances of eDirectory 9.1 . 42 Using ndsconfig to Install a Linux Server into a Tree with Dotted Name Containers . 49 Using the nmasinst Utility to Configure NMAS . .50 Non-root User SNMP Configuration. 51 Locating Log Files . 51 3 Installing or Upgrading NetIQ eDirectory on Windows 53 System Requirements. 53 Contents 3 Prerequisites . 54 Hardware Requirements . 56 Forcing the Backlink Process to Run . 57 Installing eDirectory on Windows . 57 Installing or Updating eDirectory 9.1 on a Windows Server. 57 Server Health Checks . 59 Communicating with eDirectory through LDAP . 59 Installing NMAS Server Software. 60 Installing into a Tree with Dotted Name Containers . 61 Unattended Install and Configure to eDirectory 9.1 on Windows. 61 Locating Log Files . 67 Upgrading eDirectory on Windows . 67 Upgrading eDirectory Using Windows Installer . 68 Unattended Upgrade of eDirectory on Windows . 68 4 Installing eDirectory on Linux and Windows with IPv6 Addresses 69 Configuring eDirectory on Linux with IPv6 . 70 Creating a New eDirectory Tree. 70 Adding a Server to an Existing eDirectory Tree . .70 Enabling IPv6 Addresses on Existing or Upgraded eDirectory Servers. 70 Adding LDAP URLS for IPV6 on the LDAP Server Object. 71 Installing or Upgrading eDirectory on Windows with IPv6. 71 Enabling IPv6 While Installing or Upgrading eDirectory. 71 Enabling IPv6 for Existing Servers. 71 Accessing iMonitor . ..