Configuring a standalone machine to install Sun One Directory Server

Requirement:

• An NTFS partition with 250 MB disk space.
• Administrator’s Username and Password.
• A Windows Server with correct OS version.
• *** Properly configured TCP/IP (IP address, subnet mask and optional default gateway)
• A network connection (to a hub or another computer via a crossover cable). If you don’t have a network connection, you can finish the Active Directory installation by installing Microsoft Loopback Adapter.
• Ethernet/LAN (NIC) card needs to be installed.
• An operational DNS Server which can be installed in the Domain controller itself.
• The Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 CD media (or at least the ‘i386’ folder)

Pre-Install Configurations:

Most of the standalone machines don’t follow the domain forest structure instead they have WORKGROUP structure. Now, Sun One Directory Server installation requires a domain structure for proper installation/functioning. To migrate from the existing WORKGROUP environment to the Domain environment you need to follow some steps. These are mentioned as follows:

• Right click on My Computer.
• ** Go to Computer Name tab and observe the WORKGROUP field. This is to confirm that there is no existing Domain in the LAN/intranet/computer.
• Open a command prompt and type the command dcpromo. This will open an “Active Directory Installation Wizard” as shown below:

• Now, follow the steps giving necessary inputs to complete the installation.

*** Before proceeding we must make sure to set a static IP and DNS IP. Refer the screenshot below as a sample TCP/IP setting:

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• In the “Domain Controller Type” panel select the option “Domain controller for a new domain”.
• In the “Create New Domain” panel select the option “Domain in a new forest” and put a valid Domain Name and Domain NetBIOS name in the subsequent panels.
• If all the entries are valid then installation of the Active Directory will be completed successfully.

Installation of Sun One Directory Server:

After installing and configuring the Active Directory in your local machine we have both the DNS Server and DNS client running in this same machine. Now, if we check the ** Computer Name tab as mentioned above, you can observe that your computer is being migrated from the WOORKGROUP environment to Domain Forest structure. It looks some thing like this:
Now we are ready to install Sun One Directory Server on a standalone machine. Note that the “Full Computer Name” required for installation can be retrieved from the “Computer Name” tab.