1.5 Configuring eDirectory and OES Services

For the exercises in this guide, you need specific eDirectory, NTP, and SLP configurations.

  1. Use the following table to navigate and complete the eDirectory pages:

    Page Name

    Action

    eDirectory Configuration - New or Existing Tree

    1. In the Tree Name field, type EXAMPLE_TREE.

      Notice that the Use eDirectory Certificates for HTTPS Services option is selected. This option configures all of the HTTPS services (OES 2 and SLES 10) to use the new eDirectory tree’s Organizational CA for certificate management and encryption of HTTPS communications.

      For more information on the value this adds to your network, see Certificate Management in the OES 2 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide.

    2. Click Next.

    eDirectory Configuration - New Tree Information

    1. In the FDN Admin Name with Context field, type CN=admin.O=COMPANY.

      In this guide, the Admin User object is named admin (all lowercase) to differentiate the name from the object itself (Admin User), which is a standard eDirectory object and is always capitalized in the documentation by convention.

      The eDirectory Admin User object can have any name you choose, although most administrators use admin.

      In this guide, all container objects, such as COMPANY, are created in uppercase so they are more easily distinguished in the illustrations and procedures.

    2. In the Admin Password and Verify Admin Password fields, specify the password for the eDirectory Admin User.

    3. Click Next.

    eDirectory Configuration - Local Server Configuration

    1. Change the server context to OU=SERVERS.OU=LAB.O=COMPANY.

    2. Click Next.

    eDirectory Configuration - NTP and SLP

    Time synchronization is required for eDirectory.

    1. Type the IP address or DNS name of the reliable, external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server you want the servers in your tree to use for time synchronization.

    2. Click Next.

    SLP Configuration

    1. Click Yes to confirm that SLP is not being configured at this time.

      Later in this guide you will configure this server as the SLP Directory Agent. For more information on SLP, see SLP in the OES 2 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide.

    Novell Modular Authentication Services

    1. Click Next.

    OES common proxy user Information

    1. Click Next.

      This creates a common proxy user for some of the OES services you are installing. For more information, see Common Proxy User - New in SP3 in the OES 2 SP3: Planning and Implementation Guide.

    Novell Open Enterprise Server Configuration

    1. Click NetStorage.

    2. Change the User Context to the following:

      OU=USERS.OU=LAB.O=COMPANY

    3. Click Next.

      The eDirectory and iManager configuration processes can take a few minutes or much longer depending on the server processor speed, etc. The other OES services should self-configure fairly quickly.

    User Authentication Method

    1. Click Next.

    New Local User

    The local root user was created during the SLES install. On OES 2 servers, we recommend that all users except root be defined in eDirectory. Therefore, you don’t create additional local users.

    1. Click Next.

    Empty User Login

    1. Click Yes.

    Release Notes

    1. Click Next.

      The official OES 2 Release Notes are published with the OES 2 Online Documentation.

  2. Continue with Setting Up the Graphical User Interface.