server-installers/README.txt

                            Apache Directory Server
                            =======================

Documentation
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Go online for the most up to date documentation. Point your browser to:

     http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/


Running
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The server is designed to run as a Windows Service or as a UNIX Daemon (also
on MacOSX).  ApacheDS uses commons-daemon procrun and jsvc to install and run
as a service or daemon respectively.  These are the only native components 
specific to the targeted operating system.

You can start, and stop the daemon on UNIX using the /etc/init.d/apacheds 
script.  The debug command starts the server without the daemon.  It can be
used to attach to the server using a debugger and to dump output to the
console.  Only in debug mode can the diagnostic screens be launched.  In
daemon mode the proper DISPLAY parameter must be set to launch the diagnostics
on startup.

On windows the server can be started like any other service using the services
console via Microsoft Management Console.  It can also be started, stopped and
configured using the procrun service manager installed for it: see 
Start->All Programs->apacheds->Service Setttings. A tray icon can also be 
launched for the application to monitor it and to control the service: see 
Start->All Programs->apacheds->Tray Monitor.  The server can also be started 
in a special debug mode (not for IDE remote debugging though) where it dumps
output to the command line in a cmd window rather than to the log files.  You
can launch the server in this mode by selecting Start->All Programs->
apacheds->Test Service.  The server can also be started in test mode by
running the apacheds.exe executable from the commandline.  Likewise the 
service manager can be started from the command line by invoking
apachedsw.exe.


Tool Support
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ApacheDS comes bundled with a apacheds-tools.jar executable jar in the bin
directory of the installation.  You can run the tools application and list the 
available commands on all platforms like so:

   java -jar apacheds-tools.jar help

The tool contains several commands.  Here's a brief listing with description:

   help             displays help message
   notifications    listens to the server for disconnect msgs
   dump             dumps partitions in LDIF format for recovery and backup
   graceful         starts graceful shutdown with shutdown delay & timeoffline
   diagnostic       launches diagnostic UI for inspecting server partitions
                    and client sessions
   capacity         capacity testing tool. This command will generate bogus
                    user entries and add them under a base DN.
   import           command to import data from an LDIF file into the server.
   index            adds attribute indices to a partition


Connecting
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Learn how to connect to ApacheDS with various clients (graphical tools
among others), manipulate the data within your directory and integrate 
ApacheDS with other software. The same sample data, provided as a download, 
is used through the whole guide.

ApacheDS v1.0 Basic User's Guide
See http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/apacheds-v10-basic-users-guide.html


Building Bundled Sources
------------------------

The sources are bundled with the installers and can be found in the src
directory of the installation base.  The build system used is Maven 2.  We use
version 2.0.4 for this release.  In general we try to use the most recent 
production release of Maven.  You can build the server like so:

   cd ${install.basedir}; cd src; mvn install 

If you're interested in the latest sources you can check out ApacheDS using 
subversion at the following base URL:

   http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/directory/apacheds/releases/1.0.2


Notes
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 o The kerberos service, NTP service, and Changepw service are present
   however they are inactive by default.  SSL support likewise is present
   yet inactive.  For more information visit the website or contact us at
   users@directory.apache.org.

Issues
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Please direct all issues to users@directory.apache.org or file a JIRA ticket here:

   http://issues.apache.org/jira/DIRSERVER


Thanks and enjoy,
Apache Directory Team