Gateway Installation Planning
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• whether to migrate existing gateways to release 4.1 gateways or to let them
co-exist
• how changes to Directory Server configuration and user directory will be
updated on the gateway
• which type of HTTP server best suits the needs of your enterprise
Location of Gateway Files
Table 2.1 and Table 2.2 show the locations of gateway files for release 4.0 and
release 3.x.
Gateway Release 4.0
Two gateway instances are installed during Directory Server 4.0 installation:
Directory Express and the default gateway. The .conf files (pb.conf and
dsgw.conf) are stored in /dsgw/context. Additional gateways can be created by
customizing Directory Express or the default gateway.
Gateway Cloning
Unique gateway instances may have unique HTML directories (for example,
..dsgw/mythml) and template directories (/for example, ..dsgw/myconfig).
However, gateways may also be cloned to use identical HTML and template
directories while pointing to different Directory Servers or different suffixes on
a Directory Server.
Table 2.1 Location of gateway files for release 4.0
File Type Location
default gateway .conf file <NSHOME>/dsgw/context/dsgw.conf
default gateway (dsgw)
HTML and template files
<NSHOME>/dsgw/html
<NSHOME>/dsgw/config
Directory Express .conf file <NSHOME>/dsgw/context/pb.conf
Directory Express (pb)
HTML and template files
<NSHOME>/dsgw/pbhtml
<NSHOME>/dsgw/pbconfig
