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

[Rich Megginson]

On 11/04/2014 06:13 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> On 11/04/2014 05:28 PM, 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.
>> However, they are in EPEL - 389-console, 389-admin, etc.
> You lost me :)
> Am I understand correctly that everything is equal between centos and redhat directory servers, but redhat will have more stable code?

No, sorry.  I was talking about 389 upstream vs. RHDS.

As CentOS is just a repackager/rebuilder of RHEL packages, there is no 
difference between CentOS (CentOS DS) and RHEL (RHDS) once CentOS rebuilds.

>
> --Roman
>