[Fedora-directory-users] Open-source Management Console and Adminserver

Thu Jul 7 14:40:10 UTC 2005

Thanks!
This information has been added to 
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:WindowsConsole

Tay, Gary wrote:

>FDS User Folks,
>
>I have written a script to help to create a "startconsole.bat".
>
>You have to run this script at RedHat server, it expects a "startconsole.txt" which is the output of RedHat "startconsole -D" command, and it generates "startconsole.bat".
>
>You should edit "/opt/fedora-ds" in this script to reflect the FDS root directory of your installation.
>
>You should edit also "ldap1.example.com" in this script to suit your need and copy "startconsole.bat" over to c:\fedora\java.
>
>"startconsole.bat" should be run after "cd c:\fedora\java".
>
>Content if "startconsole.txt"
>
>/opt/fedora-ds/bin/base/jre/bin/java -ms8m -mx64m  -cp .:./mcc70_en.jar:./nmclf70_en.jar:./ldapjdk.jar:./mcc70.jar:./base.jar:./nmclf70.jar:./jss3.jar -Djava.library.path=/opt/fedora-ds/lib/jss  -Djava.util.prefs.systemRoot=/opt/fedora-ds/java/.java -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=/opt/fedora-ds/java com.netscape.management.client.console.Console -D  -A http://ldap1.example.com:38900
>
>Content of "cr_startconsole_bat.sh"
>
>#! /bin/sh
>#
># cr_startconsole_bat.sh
>#
># input: startconsole.txt
># output: startconsole.bat
>#
>sed -e 's/\/opt\/fedora-ds\/bin\/base\/jre\/bin\///' \
>    -e 's/\/opt\/fedora-ds\/java/./g' \
>    -e 's/\/opt\/fedora-ds\/lib/..\\lib/g' \
>    -e 's/:/;/g' \
>    -e 's/\//\\/g' \
>    -e 's/http;\\\\/http:\/\//' \
>    -e 's/ldap1.example.com;/ldap1.example.com:/' \
>    startconsole.txt > startconsole.bat
>
>Content of "startconsole.bat" generated by running "cr_startconsole_bat.sh"
>
>java -ms8m -mx64m  -cp .;.\mcc70_en.jar;.\nmclf70_en.jar;.\ldapjdk.jar;.\mcc70.jar;.\base.jar;.\nmclf70.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://ldap1.example.com:38900
>
>
>Enjoys.
>
>Rgds
>Gary
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Sam Tran
>Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 9:47 PM
>To: General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project.
>Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Open-source Management Console and Adminserver
>
>
>On 7/6/05, Thierry Lanfranchi <thierry.lanfranchi at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>  
>
>> Sam Tran a écrit :
>> On 7/5/05, uffe at loop.to <uffe at loop.to> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Rich Megginson wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 
>> Sam Tran wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>>    
>>
>
>Fantastic Thierry!
>
>Merci. ;)
>
>Sam
>
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