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## Name

OpenDJ — a high-performance, highly-extensible, LDAPv3 compliant directory server

## Description

OpenDJ is a high-performance, highly-extensible, pure Java directory server. The server is fully compliant with the LDAPv3 standard, and passes all of the compliance, interoperability and security tests suites. The directory server implements most of the standard and experimental LDAP extensions defined in the IETF as RFCs or Internet-Drafts, ensuring maximum interoperability with LDAP client applications.

OpenDJ software includes a rich set of APIs making the directory server easy to extend. The directory server supports a loosely consistent multi-master replication model that guarantees high availability of data for all operations, searches or updates. While theoretically unlimited with regard to the number of masters, the directory server has been stressed under heavy and durable load with four masters.

OpenDJ software includes:

- A graphical installation tool (QuickSetup) that enables you to have a server configured, and up and running in less than 3 minutes

- A graphical control panel (bin/control-panel) that displays server status information and enables you to perform basic directory server administration

- A rich set of command-line utilities to perform all online administrative tasks both interactively and with scripts

- Advanced security and password policies

- Advanced backup and restore capabilities

- Extensive user documentation

## Usage

See the Installation Guide for instructions on getting started with OpenDJ directory server.

To install the directory server from IPS packages perform the following steps:

- As the root user, run the configure command to create an instance of the directory server in a specific location, running as a specific user.

- Run the setup command as this user to install and configure the directory server instance.

- For additional configuration of the directory server, use the control-panel and dsconfig commands.

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