IBM Tivoli Directory Server, Version 6.3

Appendix F. Directory server instances

A directory server instance consists of all files that are required for a directory server and its corresponding administration server to run on a computer. The administration server (idsdiradm) enables remote management of the directory server instance. When it is running, the administration server supports starting, stopping, restarting, and monitoring the status of the directory server instance.

Directory server instance files include:

The ibmslapd.conf file (the configuration file)
Schema files
Log files
Key stash files
Temporary status files

In addition, the idsinstances.ldif file is not specific to any particular directory server instance but contains information about all directory server instances that are present on the computer. These can be from the 6.0, 6.1, or 6.2 version of Tivoli Directory Server.

The idsinstances.ldif file is in one of the following locations:

On Windows systems, X:\idsinstinfo\idsinstances.ldif (where X is the drive where Tivoli® Directory Server 6.3 is installed.)
On AIX® and Solaris systems, /opt/IBM/ldap/idsinstinfo/idsinstances.ldif
On Linux systems, /opt/ibm/ldap/idsinstinfo/idsinstances.ldif

The files for a specific directory server instance are stored in a directory named idsslapd-instance_name, where instance_name is the name of the directory server instance.

Note:

If you are using SSL, the SSL key database, Java keystore, and the Kerberos key tab files are not directly part of a directory server instance. A default SSL key database attribute value exists in the ibmslapd.conf file of each directory server instance. However, it is the responsibility of the directory server instance owner to do the following:

Create the SSL key database, the key stash file, and the Kerberos key tab as needed
Add the information into the ibmslapd.conf file of the directory server instance

These files can be shared by multiple directory server instances on the computer and should be stored in a secure location on the system that is independent of a given directory server instance.

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