[Fedora-directory-users] Changing IP of the admin server - is this possible?

[Richard Megginson]

Graham Leggett wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have just gone through the setup process to install an instance of 
> Fedora DS. Nowhere in the setup process is SSL or TLS mentioned, at 
> the end of the config process I have an insecure LDAP server.
>
> My next task is to try and switch on SSL/TLS for both the admin 
> console, and the LDAP server itself. I figure out how to add my certs 
> to the alias directory using certutil and pk12util.
>
> My next task is to move the admin server port from my default 1390 to 
> a secure version at 1637. A recursive grep finds the port 1390 in a 
> whole host of config files. Changing the config files to 1637 causes 
> me to end up with a broken admin server to which startconsole cannot 
> connect.

Do you have to move it?  I don't think the admin server can listen to 
both a secure port and an unsecure port - do you need it to do that?

>
> Just to clarify - is it worth me trying to fix the admin server port 
> in my config files, or is this too complicated to be worth while? 
> Should I just delete the fedora-ds installation and start again from 
> scratch?
>
> It seems one of the most basic things that need to be fixed in the 
> directory is to simplify the configuration. Some of the config is in 
> Windows INI format, some of the config is in XML, some of the config 
> is in name: value format, it's very difficult as a new user of the 
> software to be able to figure out what is going on.

You are correct.  FDS 1.0 simplifies this slightly, especially if you 
are familiar with Apache configuration.

>
> Regards,
> Graham
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