Install Security Directory Server with a wizard

Install IBM Security Directory Server using the installation wizard in the typical installation path. It uses default values and automatically installs all the required Security Directory Server components for ISAM.

• The information in this topic is for Directory Server version 6.3. Use the information and links in the tech note for the configuration instructions for Security Directory Server 6.4 and Security Directory Suite 8.0.

• If Security Directory Server packages, such as client packages, are already installed at a level greater than 6.3.0.0, remove the packages before running the installation wizard.

Complete the before setting up IBM Security Directory Server:

• Review the user registry considerations.

• Access the instructions for the Typical installation path method in the IBM Security Directory Server version 6.3 IBM Knowledge Center.
  1. Go to the IBM Security Directory Server version 6.3 IBM Knowledge Center.
  2. Search for Typical installation path.

This task installs:

• All components required by Security Directory Server.
• All the corequisite products required by Security Directory Server, if they are not already installed.
  • GSKit
  • DB2

• The embedded version of WebSphere Application Server. This software is required by the Web Administration tool, which is installed automatically as part of the Typical installation path method.

This task also completes the following configuration:

• Deploys the Web Administration tool.
• Creates a default directory server instance named dsrdbm01.
• Creates the operating system user ID named dsrdbm01 that owns the instance.
• Creates an Administrator DN named cn=root.
• Creates a default suffix named o=sample.

Steps

1. Log on to the system.

   AIX, Linux, or Solaris

   Log on as root.

   Windows

   Log on as an administrator.

2. Use the following steps to prepare and start the installation program:

   1. Access the DVD or extract the files from the archive file that we downloaded from Passport Advantage.

   2. For AIX, Linux, or Solaris systems: Install the Security Directory Server license files by running the idsLicense script in the image_path/tdsV6.3FP/license directory, where image_path is the path to the DVD image, or where we downloaded the archive file from Passport Advantage®.

   3. Change to the platform/tdsV6.3/tds directory.

3. Run the installation program.

   AIX, Linux, or Solaris

   Run install_tds.bin.

   Windows

   Double-click the install_tds.exe icon.

4. Complete the installation using the Typical installation path instructions in the IBM Security Directory Server IBM Knowledge Center.

   Record any passwords that we set during the installation to use them in subsequent installation steps.

5. Complete the following steps when the Security Directory Server Instance Administration tool opens.

   1. Verify the default instance is listed in the configuration. If we are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the default instance is not displayed in the tool. To verify that it is listed in the configuration, use the idsilist command. See the IBM Security Directory Server version 6.3 IBM Knowledge Center for details about the command. By default, this command is in /opt/ibm/ldap/V6.3/sbin/.

   2. Do not start the instance.

   3. Exit the tool.

6. Start the configuration process using the idscfgsuf command. This will create the suffix where ISAM maintains metadata.
   idscfgsuf -s "secAuthority=domain_name"

   The command is in the following locations by default:

   AIX, Linux, or Solaris

   /opt/ibm/ldap/V6.3/sbin/idscfgsuf

   Windows

   c:\Program Files\IBM\LDAP\V6.3\sbin\idscfgsuf

   where domain_name is the management domain name. The default suffix is Default; for example:

   idscfgsuf -s "secAuthority=Default"

   If we specify a location for the metadata that is not a stand-alone suffix, ensure the location exists in the LDAP server.

   This suffix is added to the ibmslapd.conf file for the default instance. If we have more than one instance, specify the instance name using the -I option.

7. Optional: We can create more suffixes to maintain user and group definitions.
   idscfgsuf -s "c=US"

8. Start the LDAP server.

   AIX, Linux, or Solaris

   ibmslapd &

   Windows

   From the Services window, start the following services:

   IBM Security Directory Server Instance V6.3 - instance_name

9. Optional: For AIX, Linux, or Solaris systems only: Update the installation to the appropriate fix pack level. For Windows installations, the installation image includes the appropriate fix pack level.

   1. Stop all Security Directory Server services.

   2. Access the DVD or extract the files from the archive file that we downloaded from Passport Advantage.

   3. Change to the appropriate directory for your operating system.
      platform/tdsV6.3FP

   4. See the readme file included with the fix pack for information and installation instructions.

   5. Run the installation program.
      ./idsinstall -u -f

10. When the installation completes, verify the installed versions.

    1. Open a command prompt.

    2. Type:
       idsversion

What to do next

If we are setting up SSL communication, see Configure IBM Tivoli Directory Server for SSL access.

Parent topic: Security Directory Server installation