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Chapter 8. Installing an IdM server or replica with custom database settings from an LDIF file

You can install an IdM server and IdM replicas with custom settings for the Directory Server database. The following procedure shows you how to create an LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) file with database settings, and how to pass those settings to the IdM server and replica installation commands.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Create a text file in LDIF format with your custom database settings. Separate LDAP attribute modifications with a dash (-). This example sets non-default values for the idle timeout and maximum file descriptors.

    dn: cn=config
    changetype: modify
    replace: nsslapd-idletimeout
    nsslapd-idletimeout=1800
    -
    replace: nsslapd-maxdescriptors
    nsslapd-maxdescriptors=8192
  2. Use the --dirsrv-config-file parameter to pass the LDIF file to the installation script.

    1. To install an IdM server:

      # ipa-server-install --dirsrv-config-file filename.ldif
    2. To install an IdM replica:

      # ipa-replica-install --dirsrv-config-file filename.ldif