Section 8 · System administration
dscreate.8
Package: python3-lib389
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DSCREATE
NAME
SYNOPSIS
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
COMMAND ’dscreate from−file’
OPTIONS ’dscreate from−file’
COMMAND ’dscreate interactive’
COMMAND ’dscreate create−template’
OPTIONS ’dscreate create−template’
COMMAND ’dscreate ds−root’
OPTIONS
COMMENTS
AUTHOR
DISTRIBUTION
NAME
dscreate
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)
AUTHOR
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