[Fedora-directory-users] Open-source Management Console and Admin server

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Rich Megginson wrote:

> Sam Tran wrote:
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>>On 7/5/05, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
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>>>Sam Tran wrote:
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>>>>Hi,
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>>>>When are you planning to release the management console and admin
>>>>server source code?
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>>>Probably before the end of the year.  We can't yet provide dates.
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>>Rich,
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>>Are you planning to have a Windows version of the management console?
>>It would be really convenient for admins who have a Windows box.
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> I don't know if we will have an "officially supported version" for
> Windows, but you will be able to run it on Windows.  You can run it
> right now if you know the java class and arguments - it's just a
> java/swing application.  The startconsole binary just sets up the
> environment, classpath, ld library path, etc. then invokes java.

Sam,
with only a little more hassle one can build or download the Win32 bits
of JSS, NSS and NSPR from mozilla.org and get SSL going too.  Those are
the only native parts of the Console besides the startconsole wrapper. 
That will allow your Console to connect to the Admin Server via https
and the Directory Server via ldaps.  It'll also be less fussy when
creating ldaps replication agreements.

Launch the Console in debug mode with "startconsole -D" to see how to
invoke java to get the Console to run.