1.6 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

    Novell Open Enterprise Server Configuration

    1. Click Next.

    Express Installation

    1. In the NTP Time Server field, 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. In the eDirectory Tree Name field, type EXAMPLE_TREE.

    3. In the FDN of the tree administrator 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.

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

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

    6. Click Next.

    7. Click Yes to confirm that SLP is being configured for multicast 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 11 SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide.

    Novell Open Enterprise Server Configuration

    1. 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 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 11 SP2: Readme is published with the OES 11 SP2 Online Documentation.

  2. Continue with Setting Up the Graphical User Interface.