More about Directory Server and OpenDS Margin Notes

Geertjan Wielenga interviewed Ludo about OpenDS for Javalobby, see http://java.dzone.com/news/opends-open-source-directory.

OpenDS has been open source now for 3 years. Ludo and Geertjan cover some of the capabilities of the LDAPv3 compliant directory service now that 2.0 is out, as well as where OpenDS came from, and where it's going.

Lee Trujillo has published a webcast on DirTracer, a great tool for gathering info around Directory support. Also, as Lee mentions in his blog entry on the subject, DT 6.0.7 and Pkgapp 3.2 (Linux) Available! this update supports Solaris (SPARC and x86), Red Hat, and SuSE.

Lee lists new features and enhancements in http://blogs.sun.com/Dirtracer/entry/dt_6_0_7_coming. Folks outside Sun's network can get DirTracer though Sun support until it becomes available through BigAdmin.

Installing Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 on a Windows XP laptop for evaluation is a cinch. Here is what I did.

1. Download OpenDS SE 2.0.
   See http://wikis.sun.com/display/sunopends/Sun+OpenDS+Downloads.
2. Unzip SunOpenDS_SE2.0.zip.
   
   
3. Start OpenDS QuickSetup.
   

   D:\>cd SunOpenDS_SE2.0
   
   D:\SunOpenDS_SE2.0>⁞java -version
   java version "1.6.0_13"
   Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)
   Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
   
   D:\SunOpenDS_SE2.0>setup.bat

4. Enter settings as needed in OpenDS QuickSetup.
   
   
5. Start the control panel - SunOpenDS_SE2.0\bat\control-panel.bat if you already closed the installer - to check that everything is working. Here's a screen shot of the Manage Entries window.
   
   

Full install instructions can be found in the official documentation at http://docs.sun.com/source/820-6168/installing-the-ds.html.

As Ludo wrote, OpenDS 2.0 got the Go this week. You can download it here, http://www.opends.org/promoted-builds/2.0.0/.

OpenDS 2.0 includes major improvements over OpenDS 1.0, with a much expanded server control panel, task support for recurring jobs like backup, assured replication, enhanced access control, extensible matching rules functionality, SASL support, schema files for LDAP-based naming on Solaris and OpenSolaris, improved security support in the installer, interop with the IBM JVM, wicked perfs, and more. Docs are at https://docs.opends.org/2.0.

Also, Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 offers the full support option when you go to deploy with 2.0. Sun documentation is at http://docs.sun.com/coll/2508.1.

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