This topic provides the steps necessary to create the LDAP database
when you are using IBM® Directory Server Version 5.1 as your LDAP infrastructure.
Prerequisites
You must have completed Installing IBM Directory Server Version 5.1 before
completing this procedure.
Context
After the system has rebooted after installing the IBM Directory Server
software, the IBM Directory
Server configuration tool starts automatically. If it does not start, launch
it using .
Steps
- Click Administrator DN/password in the left column to open
the configuration tool in the introduction panel.
- Set the IBM Directory Server's Administrator DN and
password. This example uses the following values:
- Administrator DN: cn=Manager,o=yourOrg
- Password: password
Click OK to continue.Note: The IBM Directory Server’s Administrator is the
administrator of the LDAP directory, and is not the actual entry in the directory.
The IBM Directory
Server’s Administrator should not be confused with an administrator listed
in the example LDIF file.
- Click OK when a confirmation appears indicating that the
Administrator DN and password have been successfully set.
- Click Configure database in the left column.
- Select Create a new database in the Configure Database panel
and click Next.
- When prompted, enter the user ID for the DB2® database that was specified during the
installation and click Next.
- Enter a name for your LDAP database and click Next. This database is created in DB2.
- Specify the code page for your DB2 database by selecting the default Create
a universal DB2 database,
and click Next.
- Select the drive letter on which to create the LDAP database and
click Next. The default is the C partition.
- Verify the entries on the summary screen and click Finish to
create the database.
- When the database is created, click Close. A
series of task messages is displayed in the IBM Directory Server Configuration Tool panel
to inform you of configuration status.
Postrequisites
Continue with Configuring IBM Directory Server for SAN File System.