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Authors: Chendil Kumar and Aditya Vikram
Introduction
Designer offers the functionality of storing additional objects that are not modeled in it. These objects are stored in an LDIF container under the Identity Vault. By default, there is no LDIF container. An LDIF container is created when Import Additional Objects or Import Objects from LDIF File into LDIF Container option is selected.
By default, the LDIF container object opens in a text editor. You can use the Apache Directory Studio LDIF Editor to edit the LDIF files in Designer by following the steps given in this cool solution. It can handle LDIF content files as well as the LDIF changetype files. Files with *.ldif appendix are automatically handled by the LDIF Editor.
For more information about the LDIF container, refer to the Designer documentation:
For more information about the Apache LDIF Editor, see http://directory.apache.org/studio/static/users_guide/ldif_editor/.
Installation
Windows
- Download the latest Apache directory studio RCP application from http://directory.apache.org/studio/downloads.html for Windows.
- Install the Apache directory studio.
- Go to <Apache Directory Studio Install Location>/ApacheDirectoryStudio-xxxx-xxx-xxx/plugins/ directory and copy the following jars (the versions might vary) to <Designer Install location>/plugins/ location.
org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.help_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.connection.ui_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.ui_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.jars_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldifeditor_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.common_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldifeditor.help_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.core_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldifparser_1.5.0.v20091102.jar - Go to <Apache Directory Studio Install Location>/ApacheDirectoryStudio-xxxx-xxx-xxx/features/ directory and copy the org.apache.directory.studio.ldifeditor.feature_1.5.0.v20091102 directory (the versions might vary) to <Designer install location>/features/ location.
- Start Designer.
- Right-click the Identity Vault in the Outline View and select Open With > LDIF Editor.
Linux
- Download the latest Apache directory studio RCP application from http://directory.apache.org/studio/downloads.html for the platform of your choice.
- Unzip the downloaded file.
- Go to <Unzip location>/ApacheDirectoryStudio-xxxx-xxx-xxx/plugins/ directory and copy the following jars (the versions may be different) to <Designer install location>/plugins/ location.
org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.help_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.connection.ui_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.ui_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.jars_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldifeditor_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.common_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldifeditor.help_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.core_1.5.0.v20091102.jar
org.apache.directory.studio.ldifparser_1.5.0.v20091102.jar - Go to <Unzip location>/ApacheDirectoryStudio-xxxx-xxx-xxx/features/ directory and copy the org.apache.directory.studio.ldifeditor.feature_1.5.0.v20091102 directory (the versions may be different) to the <Designer install location>/features/ location.
- Start Designer.
- In Designer, right-click the LDIF container and select Open With > LDIF Editor.
Conclusion: Including the Apache Directory Studio plugin in Designer enables you to view the LDIF Container objects in the LDIF Editor provided by Apache Directory Studio. It has features of grouping the objects and many more features.
Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).
It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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