Novell eDirectory 8.8 Installation Guide - NetIQ

For more information on the Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI), see
the NICI 2.7 Administration Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/nici27x/
index.html).
You might have to reboot the server after the NICI installation. The eDirectory installation
will continue after the reboot.
• Novell Client for Windows.
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IMPORTANT: The Novell Client is updated automatically if you have an older version
of the Client already installed on the machine. For more information on the Client, see the
Novell Client for Windows (http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/noclienu/
index.html) online documentation.
4 View the license agreement, then click I Accept.
5 Select a language for the installation, then click Next.
6 Specify or confirm the installation path, then click Next.
7 Specify or confirm the DIB path, then click Next.
8 (New installations only) Select an eDirectory installation type, then click Next.
• Install eDirectory into an Existing Tree incorporates this server into your eDirectory
network. The server can be installed into any level of your tree.
• Create a New eDirectory Tree creates a new tree. Use this option if this is the first server
to go into the tree or if this server requires a separate tree. The resources available on the
new tree will not be available to users logged in to a different tree.
9 Provide information in the eDirectory Installation screen, then click Next.
• If you are installing a new eDirectory server, specify a Tree name, Server object context,
and Admin name and password for the new tree.
• If you are installing into an existing tree, specify the Tree name, Server object context, and
Admin name and password of the existing tree.
• If you are upgrading an eDirectory server, specify the Admin password.
NOTE: In eDirectory 8.8 and later, you can have case sensitive passwords for all the
utilities. Refer to Novell eDirectory 8.8 What's New Guide (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/edir88/index.html) for more information.
For information on using dots in container names, see “Installing into a Tree with Dotted Name
Containers” on page 32.
10 (New installations only) In the HTTP Server Port Configuration page, specify the ports to use
for the eDirectory administrative HTTP server, then click Next.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that the HTTP stack ports you set during the eDirectory installation
are different than the HTTP stack ports you have used or will use for Novell iManager. For
more information, see the Novell iManager 2.6 Administration Guide (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/imanager26/index.html).
11 (New installations only) In the LDAP Configuration page, specify which LDAP ports to use,
then click Next.
For more information, see “Communicating with eDirectory through LDAP” on page 29.
12 Select the NMAS TM login methods you want to install, then click Next.
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