[Freeipa-users] FreeIPA, RedHat Directory Server and Centros DS

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Tue, 04 Nov 2014, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>On 11/04/2014 11:25 AM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
>>----- Original Message -----
>>>On Tue, 04 Nov 2014, Roman Naumenko wrote:
>>>>>You definitely can set up separate instances of 389-ds. Preferably
>>>>>this should be done on separate hosts than IPA masters because
>>>>>otherwise you'll have a number of practical issues with different
>>>>>instances binding to the same LDAP/LDAPS ports and so  on.
>>>>Is 389-ds equivalent of RedHat Directory Server
>>>>(http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/directory-server)?
>>>Red Hat Directory Server is what is known as 389 Directory Server
>>>(389-ds) upstream project. Essentially, it is the same code. If you
>>>have
>>>specific questions about support of Red Hat Directory Server, I'd
>>>suggest you to ask them Red Hat sales/support people (of which I'm
>>>neither one). ;)
>>Not necessarily sales people have to be involved, Centos has the same project :)
>>I'm pondering what's the difference between Centos and Red Hat versions.
>
>RHDS is the layered product.
>It has 389DS package but also some other tools and utilities that are 
>not a part of core RHEL and thus not in CentOS.
>It is usable but would be harder to manage without additional tools.
And to add to that, CentOS only has what is in the core RHEL:
https://git.centos.org/log/rpms!389-ds-base/refs!heads!c7
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/ Alexander Bokovoy