[Admin-discuss] JSDS directory server
Hi all, In our epically long search to get Solaris 10 hooked up to LDAP, we're going to evaluate Sun JSDS (also known as iPlanet directory server). This seems to be one of the bigger LDAP servers out there, so it seems to be well supported, and it's written by Sun, so one would assume that it'll work with Solaris 10. There's documentation on how to hook it up to S10 and Linux systems available from Sun, which is nice. OpenDS just doesn't seem to be "quite there yet". The first stable release, 1.0.0, was released less then 20 days ago, and as canonical has managed to destroy all faith in new releases for me, it doesn't seem wise to use it as our LDAP server for the moment. On the plus side, it does show promise, and our database has been successfully imported into a test copy, so it's an option if we absolutely have to use it. OpenLDAP and Solaris 10 seems to be a bit of a disaster area, from what I can understand. Anyone have any thoughts or recommendations? Anybody used JSDS before? We haven't looked into FDS yet, so if JSDS doesn't behave, FDS may be an option. That seems to have a reputation for being a pain in the ass to install on anything but Fedora though. (FDS..Fedors directory server.. formerly known as Netscape DS). That's all really, thanks, -Andrew -- RedBrick/Gamessoc/Filmsoc Webmaster 08/09
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 09:50:42AM +0100, Andrew Martin wrote:
Hi all,
In our epically long search to get Solaris 10 hooked up to LDAP, we're going to evaluate Sun JSDS (also known as iPlanet directory server). This seems to be one of the bigger LDAP servers out there, so it seems to be well supported, and it's written by Sun, so one would assume that it'll work with Solaris 10. There's documentation on how to hook it up to S10 and Linux systems available from Sun, which is nice.
I like things that are supported and tested with docs :)
OpenDS just doesn't seem to be "quite there yet". The first stable release, 1.0.0, was released less then 20 days ago, and as canonical has managed to destroy all faith in new releases for me, it doesn't seem wise to use it as our LDAP server for the moment. On the plus side, it does show promise, and our database has been successfully imported into a test copy, so it's an option if we absolutely have to use it.
Aye, I'd agree with this. Too many things rely on LDAP for us to take a chance on something this new if there are other, and potentially better options out there. -- Andrew Harford System Administrator, DCU Networking Society Ordinary Member, Societies & Publications Committee The time-traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe: women! --Doc Brown
It works on Solaris 10 just fine. Basic installation and configuration is straightforward. It had a fairly convoluted but useful web interface for administration which makes things like suffix replication and access control easy. It does do things a little differently than OpenLDAP and can be a bit belligerent. I have found it to react VERY badly to not being shutdown properly, in one case it just blew away the directory instance entirely. my 2c mc On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 09:56:46AM +0100, Andrew Harford wrote:
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 09:50:42AM +0100, Andrew Martin wrote:
Hi all,
In our epically long search to get Solaris 10 hooked up to LDAP, we're going to evaluate Sun JSDS (also known as iPlanet directory server). This seems to be one of the bigger LDAP servers out there, so it seems to be well supported, and it's written by Sun, so one would assume that it'll work with Solaris 10. There's documentation on how to hook it up to S10 and Linux systems available from Sun, which is nice.
I like things that are supported and tested with docs :)
OpenDS just doesn't seem to be "quite there yet". The first stable release, 1.0.0, was released less then 20 days ago, and as canonical has managed to destroy all faith in new releases for me, it doesn't seem wise to use it as our LDAP server for the moment. On the plus side, it does show promise, and our database has been successfully imported into a test copy, so it's an option if we absolutely have to use it.
Aye, I'd agree with this. Too many things rely on LDAP for us to take a chance on something this new if there are other, and potentially better options out there.
-- Andrew Harford System Administrator, DCU Networking Society Ordinary Member, Societies & Publications Committee
The time-traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe: women! --Doc Brown
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