OpenDS Package Design

This document represents an example of packaging OpenDS using the Image Packaging System. Refer to the Package Design Examples page for an overview of effort to produce several examples of packaging popular distributions.

Overview

Filesystem Layout Considerations

Package List

Package Name Title
Description Comments / Notes
opends OpenDS Metapackage
   
opends-incorporation OpenDS Version Incorporation
   
opends-server OpenDS Server
  Contains both OpenDS.jar file and all of the associated administrative and support tools.
opends-core OpenDS Core Server   Contains only the OpenDS.jar file. Useful for applications that embed OpenDS.
opends-dsml OpenDS Directory Services Markup
   
opends-snmp OpenDS SNMP Support
   

Package Creation Scripts

An initial iteration of OpenDS packaging scripts is described in detail in Chris Kampmeier's blog entry OpenDS in pkg(5) Format. The key files are:

The current versions of these files produce only an "opends" package containing the core server and an "opends-dsml" package. As the package design of OpenDS matures, these scripts and the prototype files will be modified.

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