LDAPWiki: EDirectory Version

Overview#

EDirectory Version is ridiculous.

It is nearly impossible to determine the Version of eDirectory

Help Us.#

We have gathered this information as it is not generally available from many sources.

The Release Notes[1] from NetIQ are not informative as to how they determined the version and inconsistent with Observations. (We have not installed every version either)

We are obtaining the EDirectory Version information by using:

ndsd --version

No idea how to get the OpenSSL version that eDirectory uses.

We obtain Java version by executing:

/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64/nds-modules/jre/bin/java -version

Java could be upgraded by DirXML which affects the eDirectory version. (As far as we know)

Or by the Release Notes[1] from NetIQ

EDirectory 9.0.0.0 (40002.79)#

Version	Released	NDSD	VendorVersion	Java	OpenSSL	NICI
eDirectory 9.1.1.0 (40102.29)	June 2018	40101.29	LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.1.1 (???)	1.8.0_172	1.0.2n-29	3.1.0
eDirectory 9.1.0.0 (40101.29)	March 2018	40101.29	LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.1.0 (???)	1.8.0_??	1.0.2n	3.1.0
eDirectory 9.0.4.0 (40006.33)	July 2017	40006.33	LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.0.4 (40006.36)	1.8.0_131	1.0.2n	3.0.2
eDirectory 9.0.3.1 (40005.13)	April 2017	40005.14	LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.0.3 (40005.14)	1.8.0_112	1.0.2k	3.0.2
eDirectory 9.0.3.0 (40005.12)	April 2017	40005.12	LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.0.3 (40005.14)	1.8.0_112	1.0.2k	3.0.2
eDirectory 9.0.2.2 (40004.44)	February 2017	40004.44		1.8.0_102	1.0.2j-fips	3.0.1
eDirectory 9.0.2.1 (40004.44)	December 2016	40004.44	LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.0.2 (40004.55)	1.8.0_102	1.0.2j-fips	3.0.1
eDirectory 9.0.2.0 (40004.44)	November 2016	40004.44		1.8.0_102	1.0.2j-fips	3.0.1
eDirectory 9.0.1.1 (40003.38)	August 2016	40003.38		1.8.0_92	1.0.1t-fips	3.0.1
eDirectory 9.0.1.0 (40003.37)	June 2016	40003.37		1.8.0_92	1.0.1t-fips	3.0.1
EDirectory 9.0.0.0 (40002.79)	January 2016	40002.79		1.8.0_66	1.0.1q	3.0

What is missing#

How the version information is obtained. Nearly every module within EDirectory has a different version.

MARKETING STRING FORMAT#

The marketing version string using the following format:

[product] [major version].[minor version].[update/support pack].[interim release number]

Example: eDirectory 8.7.3.1

Product Management owns the contents of the Marketing String. This string will be available at the beginning of each new release. The Marketing String has NO association with the Version Number. Each product component will ship with the same Marketing String in a given release..

VERSION NUMBER FORMAT#

The following is an example of the build string found on an eDirectory component.

Example: 10110.20

This new format is strictly a build format to keep track of each build as it is released. The number is composed of a release number, a sub-release number, a release source, a build number and a build source. The following builds and their equivalencies are listed below:

These versions are all available from the Novell support download site.

Note: The last eDirectory version supported on NetWare is Edirectory 8.8.5.0 (20219.15). Therefore, the later versions of eDirectory no longer track the version on that platform.

Examples of EDirectory Version #

Using ndsd --version
- NetIQ eDirectory 9.0.2 v40004.44
NcpServer
- dsRevision: 4000512
- Version: eDirectory for Linux x86_64 v9.0.3 [DS]
rootDSE
- vendorVersion: LDAP Agent for NetIQ eDirectory 9.0.3 (40005.14)

So what is the real EDirectory Version?