Installing with Linux utilities

Use the rpm command to complete the IBM® Verify Directory installation on a Linux® system.

Before you begin

You must prepare the IBM Verify Directory installation media. See Preparation of installation media.

About this task

The rpm installation program installs IBM Verify Directory on a Linux system. If a supported version of DB2® is installed on the system, the installation process updates the ldapdb.properties file with the DB2 path name and version.

Procedure

Log in as the root user.
Access the command prompt.
Change the current working directory to the directory where IBM Verify Directory installable are stored.
Run the idsLicense command.
```
cd license
./idsLicense
```
If you agree to accept the terms in the Software license agreement, enter 1.
The following options are available to you:
- To accept the license agreement.
- To decline the license agreement and exit the installation.
- Go back to the parent folder:
```
cd ..
```
On accepting the terms in the license agreement, a license folder is created in the IBM Verify Directory installation location. The license folder contains IBM Verify Directory license files in all supported languages.
Important: Do not modify or delete the license files in the license folder.
Go in to the images folder and run the following command to install the package.
```
cd images
rpm -ivh package_name
```
To install all IBM Verify Directory packages, run the following command.
```
cd images
rpm -ivh idsldap*
```
To install IBM Verify Directory Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition entitlement packages:
```
cd ../entitlement
rpm -ivh idsldap*
```
Verify whether the IBM Verify Directory installation is successful.
For more information, see Verifying IBM Verify Directory packages.

Results

The installation program installs IBM Verify Directory in the /opt/ibm/ldap/V11.0.1/ directory on the Linux system. If a supported version of DB2 is installed on the system, the installation process updates the ldapdb.properties file with the DB2 path name and version.

What to do next

After the IBM Verify Directory installation, you must take the following action.

To use IBM Verify Directory as a full directory server, create a directory server instance. For more information, see Creating the default directory server instance.
To use IBM Verify Directory as a proxy server, create a proxy server instance. For more information, see Creating a proxy server instance with custom settings.