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

[Rich Megginson]

Thanks.  I've added this HowTo - 
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:WindowsConsole#How_to_get_the_Administration_Console_working_on_Windows

Thierry Lanfranchi wrote:

> Sam Tran a écrit :
>
>>On 7/5/05, uffe at loop.to <uffe at loop.to> wrote:
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>>>Rich Megginson wrote:
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>>>    
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>>>>Sam Tran wrote:
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>>>>>On 7/5/05, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>>Sam Tran wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>When are you planning to release the management console and admin
>>>>>>>server source code?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>            
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Probably before the end of the year.  We can't yet provide dates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>
>>>>>Rich,
>>>>>
>>>>>Are you planning to have a Windows version of the management console?
>>>>>It would be really convenient for admins who have a Windows box.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Thanks Rich and Uffe for your help.
>>
>>It would be nice to have a HOWTO for that.
>>
>>Sam
>>
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> Hi,
>
> This is how I proceeded to get the console working under Windows :
>
> * made a c:\fedora directory on my windows box and copied 
> /opt/fedora-ds/java and /opt/fedora-ds/lib from red hat box to windows box
> * started console on the red hat box with the -D command line option 
> like Rich recommended, and obtained the full command line
> * created a .BAT in my c:\fedora\java directory on the windows box
>
> edited the .BAT to :
> * modify the path to the java executable
> * replace ':' in the -cp option with ';'
> * replace the / in the pathes with \ (except for the admin server url)
>
> I obtained a .BAT with that line (might be split into several lines by 
> my mail client, but it's a single command line):
> java -ms8m -mx64m  -cp 
> .;.\nmclf70.jar;.\base.jar;.\ldapjdk.jar;.\mcc70.jar;.\nmclf70_en.jar;.\mcc70_en.jar;.\jss3.jar 
> -Djava.library.path=..\lib\jss  -Djava.util.prefs.systemRoot=.\.java 
> -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=. 
> com.netscape.management.client.console.Console -D  -A 
> http://myserver:55456
>
> (java executable is in my path and the .bat is ran from the 
> c:\fedora\java directory)
>
> working great so far
>
> Thierry
>
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