Summary: This post describes the installation and configuration of the OpenDS 2.2.0 directory server on AIX..
Date: Around 2012
Refactor: 8 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.

• Download OpenDS 2.2.0 from the OpenDS website - This does not exist anymore
• Unpack (as root, like this) under /opt and start setup

export OPENDS_JAVA_HOME=/usr/java5
cd /opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin
./setup

The installer will start in console mode:

What would you like to use as the initial root user DN for the Directory Server? [cn=Directory Manager]:
cn=manager

Please provide the password to use for the initial root user:

Please re-enter the password for confirmation:

On which port would you like the Directory Server to accept connections from
LDAP clients? [389]:

On which port would you like the Administration Connector to accept
connections? [4444]:

What do you wish to use as the base DN for the directory data?
[dc=example,dc=com]: o=company.local

Options for populating the database:

    1)  Only create the base entry
    2)  Leave the database empty
    3)  Import data from an LDIF file
    4)  Load automatically-generated sample data

Enter choice [1]: 1

Do you want to enable SSL? (yes / no) [no]:

Do you want to enable Start TLS? (yes / no) [no]:

Do you want to start the server when the configuration is completed? (yes /no) [yes]:

Verify the logfile under /tmp/opends-setup-*.log for errors during setup

This section describes the configuration settings for filesystems:

Stop the directory server

/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/stop-ds -D cn=manager -w <secret>

and continue with the steps listed below.

Create the data, log and dump directories for the directory server

mkdir -p /var/data/opends /var/backup/opends /var/log/opends /var/dump/opends

Move data and link the log, dump and data directories

cd /opt/OpenDS-2.2.0
 
mv db/* /var/data/opends
rmdir db
ln -sf /var/data/opends db
 
mv logs/* /var/log/opends
rmdir logs/
ln -sf /var/log/opends/ logs
 
mv bak/* /var/backup/opends
rmdir bak
ln -sf /var/backup/opends/ bak

After linking the directories, your OpenDS-2.2.0 base directory should contain the following (linked) contents:

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           19 Sep 20 14:01 bak -> /var/backup/opends/
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Sep 20 14:00 db -> /var/data/opends
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Sep 20 14:00 logs -> /var/log/opends/

This section explains how to start, stop, backup, restore and request status information from the directory server.

• To see basic server configuration status and configuration you can launch

/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/status

As root, run the command

/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/start-ds

After startup, verify the following log entries (printed to the console)

[20/Sep/2010:16:04:37 +0200] category=CORE severity=NOTICE msgID=458891 msg=The Directory Server has sent an alert notification generated by class org.opends.server.core.DirectoryServer (alert type org.opends.server.DirectoryServerStarted, alert ID 458887):  The Directory Server has started successfully

Run the command

/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/-D cn=manager -w <secret>

As root:

/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/backup --backupAll --backupDirectory /var/backup/opends -D cn=Manager -w <secret>

This will create a backup of all backends (schema, admin & userRoot).

To list available backups for a backend to resolve the backupID, run the command

/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/restore --listBackups --backupDirectory /var/backup/opends/userRoot

which will generate the output

Backup ID:          20100920153005Z
Backup Date:        20/Sep/2010:17:30:05 +0200
Is Incremental:     false
Is Compressed:      false
Is Encrypted:       false
Has Unsigned Hash:  false
Has Signed Hash:    false
Dependent Upon:     none

To restore a specific backend use the backupID in the step above and run

/opt/OpenDS-2.2.0/bin/restore --backupDirectory /var/backup/opends/userRoot --backupID 20100920153005Z

See OpenDS LDIF Export

See openDS LDAP Restore