Installation and Environment

The DirX Directory installation in the context of the CSP should be limited to the components that are needed for operating the CSP.

The general approach is to install as little software as possible on the machines hosting the DirX Directory service, because each application running on a host increases the risk of inadvertent data exposure. Ideally, the machines hosting the DirX Directory master and consumer servers are dedicated to the DirX Directory service; that is, the only accounts required on the hosts are root and dirx. Furthermore, “normal” users should not be added to administrator groups.

As shown in the following figure, the DirX Directory server installation DVD provides the following software packages:

For performance reasons, we recommend installing the 64-bit version as long as the target hardware can support the 64-bit architecture. Using the 64-bit version (rather than the 32-bit version) allows the DirX Directory server to maintain larger DBAM caches.

We do not recommend installing the DirX Directory Manager package, because working with the command line and scriptable administrative client applications (dirxadm and dirxcp) contained in the DirX Directory installation package is more reproducible than working with a GUI client.

The installer executables and data files on the product DVD are virus-checked. The associated checksums can be found on the DirX Directory service portal along with patches and service packs. The address of the DirX Directory service portal is:

https://support.dirx.solutions/