dscreate - Man Page
Synopsis
dscreate [-h] [-v] [-j] {from-file,interactive,create-template,ds-root} ...
Positional Arguments
- dscreate from-file
Create an instance of Directory Server from an inf answer file
- dscreate interactive
Start interactive installer for Directory Server installation
- dscreate create-template
Display an example inf answer file, or provide a file name to write it to disk.
- dscreate ds-root
Prepare a root directory in which non root user can create, run and administer instances.
COMMAND 'dscreate from-file'
usage: dscreate from-file [-h] [-n] file
- file
Inf file to use with prepared answers. You can generate an example of this with 'dscreate create-template'
OPTIONS 'dscreate from-file'
- -n, --dryrun
Validate system and configurations only. Do not alter the system.
COMMAND 'dscreate interactive'
usage: dscreate interactive [-h]
COMMAND 'dscreate create-template'
usage: dscreate create-template [-h] [--advanced] [template_file]
- template_file
Write example template to this file
OPTIONS 'dscreate create-template'
- --advanced
Add advanced options to the template - changing the advanced options may make your instance install fail
COMMAND 'dscreate ds-root'
usage: dscreate ds-root [-h] root_dir [bin_dir]
- root_dir
A directory that will be used as virtual root.
- bin_dir
A directory in which administration wrappers are installed. (Should be in PATH)
Options
- -v, --verbose
Display verbose operation tracing during command execution
- -j, --json
Return the result as a json message
Comments
Example of install by a non root user:
PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH # Should be in .profile
dscreate ds-root $HOME/mydsroot $HOME/bin
hash -d dscreate # bash command to insure new dscreate wrapper will be used
dscreate interactive
# Note: Make sure to use non priviledged port number (i.e > 1000)
Authors
Red Hat Inc., and William Brown <389-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org>
Distribution
The latest version of lib389 may be downloaded from http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/FAQ/upstream-test-framework.html