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!!! Overview
As always, consult the [EDirectory] Documentation to be sure.
Generally, these values are reflected within the [Nds.conf] file.
These are what we have found.
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||Parameter||Description||Default Value||Range
|[n4u.base.dclient.use-udp]|[DClient] can use [UDP] in addition to [TCP] for communicating with [NDS] servers. thit parameter enables [UDP] transport.|'0'|0, 1
|[n4u.base.slp.max-wait]|[Service Location Protocol] timeout. This option is supported only by NetIQ [SLP] and not [OpenSLP].|'30'|3-100
|[n4u.base.tree-name]|The [NDS Tree-name] that Account Management uses. This is a mandatory parameter set by the [ndsconfig] on creation. This parameter cannot be set.|''|
|[n4u.server.tcp-port]|Server [TCP] Port for [NCP] Requests|'524'|1-65535
|[n4u.server.udp-port]|Server [UDP] Port for [NCP] Requests|'524'|1-65535
|[n4u.server.max-interfaces]|Number of interfaces that [NDS] should listen on|'128'|1-2048
|[n4u.server.max-openfiles]|Number of files that [NDS] can open|'65536'|64-1000000
|[n4u.server.max-threads]|The maximum number of [NDS Threads] that can be started by the [NDS] server|'256'|32-512
|[n4u.server.idle-threads]|The maximum number of idle [NDS Threads] that are allowed in the NDS server|'8'|0-128
|[n4u.server.start-threads]|Initial number of [NDS Threads] to be started up|'24'|0-256
|[n4u.server.active-interval]|sets the time interval (in milliseconds) within which a [NDS Thread] should return to the thread pool to be considered active.|'10,000'|??
|[n4u.server.log-file-size]|Logger file size|'1048576'|1048576-2147483647
|[n4u.server.thread-stack-size]|Thread stack size in mb for thread pool on Linux|'1'|1-4
|[n4u.server.listen-on-loopback]|Allow [NCP] traffic over loopback address|'1'
|[n4u.server.mask-port-number]|Mask port number on network addresses|'1'|
|[n4u.server.configdir]|The [eDirectory] configuration files [nds.conf] and others are placed here|/etc|
|[n4u.server.vardir]|The eDirectory and utilities log files are placed here.|/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log|
|[n4u.server.libdir]|The eDirectory specific libraries are placed here in the nds-modules directory|/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib|
|[n4u.server.sid-caching]|Enables [SSL] session ID caching. Refer to the [SSL] v3.0 RFC for more details about session ID caching in [SSL]|'no'|
|[n4u.server.interfaces]|List of [IP] addresses (e.g. 192.168.97.56.180@524) to be used. They are separated commas|'@524'|
|[n4u.server.log-levels]|Default log level for error [logging]|'LogFatal'|
|[n4u.server.log-file]|Default log file for error logging|'/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log/ndsd.log'|
|[n4u.server.xdas-conf]|Default configuration file for XDAS|''|
|[n4u.server.signature-level]|Signature Level determines the level of enhanced security support. Increasing this value increases security, but decreases performance.|'1'|0-3
|[n4u.nds.advertise-life-time]|[NDS] re-registers itself with Directory Agent after this period.|'3600'|1-65535
|[n4u.nds.external-reference-life-span]|Specifies the number of hours for which unused external references will be allowed to exist before being removed.|'192'|1-384
|[n4u.nds.inactivity-synchronization-interval]|The interval in minutes, during which full synchronization of replicas is performed following a period of no change to the information held in [NDS] Server.|'60'|2-1440
|[n4u.nds.janitor-interval]|Sets the interval in minutes after which the [NDS] Server janitor process is executed.|'2'|1-10080
|[n4u.nds.purger-interval]|Sets the interval in minutes after which the [NDS] Server purger process is executed.|'30'|1-10080
|[n4u.nds.backlink-interval]|Sets the interval in minutes after which [NDS] Server backlink consistency checking is performed.|'780'|2-10080
|[n4u.nds.purger-interval]|Sets the interval in minutes after which the [NDS] Server purger process is executed.|'30'|1-10080
|[n4u.nds.backlink-interval]|Sets the interval in minutes after which [NDS] Server backlink consistency checking is performed.|'780'|2-10080
|[n4u.nds.drl-interval]|Sets the interval in minutes after which [NDS] Server distributed reference link consistency checking is performed.|'780'|2-10080
|[n4u.nds.flatcleaning-interval]|Sets the interval, in minutes, at which the [flatcleaner|Flat Cleaner] process automatically begins purging and deleting entries from NDS.|'720'|2-10080
|[n4u.nds.server-state-up-threshold]|Sets the [NDS] Server state up threshold in minutes, which is the time at which NDS checks the server state before returning -625 errors.|'30'|1-720
|[n4u.nds.heartbeat-schema]|Sets the heartbeat base schema synchronization interval in minutes.|'240'|2-1440
|[n4u.nds.heartbeat-data]|Sets the heartbeat synchronization interval in minutes.|'60'|2-1440
|[n4u.nds.dofsync]|Do an fsync() call after each database transaction. Setting this to 0 will increase performance significantly for large databases, but there is a risk of [database] corruption if the system crashes|'1'|0-1
|[n4u.nds.server-name]|Name of the [NDS] Server.|''|
|[n4u.nds.dibdir]|The [NDS] database path|''|
|[n4u.nds.preferred-server]|[DClient] can use a`preferred server' if one is available.|''|
|[n4u.nds.server-guid]|[Globally Unique Identifier|GUID] for the NDS Server.|''|
|[n4u.nds.synchronization-restrictions]|OFF allows synchronization with any __version__ of DS. ON restricts synchronization to version numbers specified as parameters. For example, ON, 420, 421.|'off'|
|[n4u.nds.bindery-context]|Bindery context string.|''|
|[n4u.nds.server-context]|The context in to which the [NDS] Server is added.|''|
|[n4u.ldap.lburp.transize]|Number of records per transaction that is used by the [LDAP] server for [LBURP] bulkload.|'25'|1-10000
|[http.server.request-io-buffer-size]|Size of IO Buffer to be used|'8192'|512-16384
|[http.server.request_timeout-seconds]|[HTTP] Request timeout in seconds|'300'|5-1800
|[http.server.keep-timeout-seconds]|[HTTP] Keep alive timeout in seconds|'15'|5-1800
|[http.server.threads-per-processor]|Number of [threads] used by http server.|'2'|1-64
|[http.server.session-exp-seconds]|[HTTP] server session timeout in seconds|'900'|60-7200
|[http.server.trace-level]|Diagnostic level of [HTTP] server|'2'|1-5
|[http.server.clear-port]|[HTTP] Server clear text port|'8028'|1-65535
|[http.server.bind-restrictions]|Diagnostic level of [HTTP] bind restriction|'2'|0-3
|[http.server.tls-port]|[HTTP] Server secure port|'8030'|1-65535
|[http.server.auth-req-tls]|[HTTP] server [authentication] requires [TLS]|'1'|
|[http.server.interfaces]|List of [IP] addresses separated by comma to be used by http server|'@8028'|
|[https.server.interfaces]|List of [IP] addresses separated by comma to be used by https server|'@8030'|
|[http.server.sadmin-passwd]|[HTTP] server session admins [password]|''|
|[http.server.module-base]|[HTTP] server base directory|'/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64/nds-modules/nds-http/'|
|[https.server.cached-cert-dn]|[HTTPS] server cached [certificate] [DN]|''|
|[https.server.cached-server-dn]|[HTTPS] cached server [DN]|''|
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