HOWTO: Fedora DS 1.04 on UB8.04

[sangamc]

i have succefully installed Fedora DS on Hardy Heron with all the updates and packages

Some preparation

cd /home/<user>
mkdir fds
cd fds


sudo apt-get install ssh

Download Fedora Directory Server Pre-built rpm
wget -c http://directory.fedoraproject.org/download/fedora-ds-1.0.4-1.FC6.i386.opt.rpm

Installing Alien Package
sudo apt-get install alien

Convert .rpm Package to .deb Package
sudo alien --scripts fedora-ds-1.0.4-1.FC6.i386.opt.rpm

Install Dependencies
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/t/termcap-compat/termcap-compat_1.2.3_i386.deb
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/libc/libc/libc5_5.4.46-15_i386.deb
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/l/ld.so/ldso_1.9.11-15_i386.deb

sudo dpkg --install ldso_1.9.11-15_i386.deb
sudo dpkg --install libc5_5.4.46-15_i386.deb
sudo dpkg --install termcap-compat_1.2.3_i386.deb

Installing Java Run Time Environment
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin


Installing Apache2-mpm-worker
sudo apt-get install apache2-mpm-worker
sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/apache2 /usr/sbin/httpd

Installing .deb package
sudo dpkg -i fedora-ds_1.0.4-2_i386.deb

Creating a user and group for the daemon
sudo groupadd fds
sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g fds fds

Running Fedora-ds Setup Program
sudo /opt/fedora-ds/setup/setup -k

Please select the install mode:
1 - Express - minimal questions
2 - Typical - some customization (default)
3 - Custom - lots of customization
Please select 1, 2, or 3 (default: 2) 1

Hostname to use (default: facility-srv1.it-mgt.com)
Server user ID to use (default: nobody) fds
Server group ID to use (default: nobody) fds

Fedora configuration directory server
administrator ID [admin]:
Directory Manager DN [cn=Directory Manager]:

sudo cp /opt/fedora-ds/setup/install.inf /opt
sudo chmod 640 /opt/install.inf
sudo pico /opt/install.inf

Add the directive for ApacheRoot at the end of the file
...
[admin]
SysUser= root
Port= 16000
ServerIpAddress=
ServerAdminID= admin
ServerAdminPwd= dsadmin
ApacheDir= /usr/sbin
ApacheRoot= /usr/lib/apache2

Rerun the setup script with the new ApacheRoot directive
sudo /opt/fedora-ds/setup/setup -s -f /opt/install.inf

You can now use the console. Here is the command to use to start the console:
cd /opt/fedora-ds
./startconsole -u admin -a http://facility-srv1.it-mgt.com:<port number>/

Adjusting the admin-server's httpd.conf file
sudo pico /opt/fedora-ds/admin-serv/config/httpd.conf
Comment out the following apache module

#LoadModule log_config_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_log_config.so

Starting the admin-server
sudo /opt/fedora-ds/start-admin

Persistent startup
sudo pico /etc/inti.d/local

#! /bin/sh
/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-fossedu/start-slapd
/opt/fedora-ds/start-admin

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/local
sudo update-rc.d local defaults 80