.TH dscreate "8" Manual
.SH NAME
dscreate
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dscreate
[-h] [-v] [-j] {from-file,interactive,create-template,ds-root} ...
.SH OPTIONS
.SS
\fBSub-commands\fR
.TP
\fBdscreate\fR \fI\,from-file\/\fR
Create an instance of Directory Server from an inf answer file
.TP
\fBdscreate\fR \fI\,interactive\/\fR
Start interactive installer for Directory Server installation
.TP
\fBdscreate\fR \fI\,create-template\/\fR
Display an example inf answer file, or provide a file name to write it to disk.
.TP
\fBdscreate\fR \fI\,ds-root\/\fR
Prepare a root directory in which non root user can create, run and administer instances.
.SH OPTIONS 'dscreate from-file'
usage: dscreate from-file [-h] [-n] file

.TP
\fBfile\fR
Inf file to use with prepared answers. You can generate an example of this with 'dscreate create\-template'

.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-dryrun\fR
Validate system and configurations only. Do not alter the system.

.SH OPTIONS 'dscreate interactive'
usage: dscreate interactive [-h]



.SH OPTIONS 'dscreate create-template'
usage: dscreate create-template [-h] [--advanced] [template_file]

.TP
\fBtemplate_file\fR
Write example template to this file

.TP
\fB\-\-advanced\fR
Add advanced options to the template \- changing the advanced options may make your instance install fail

.SH OPTIONS 'dscreate ds-root'
usage: dscreate ds-root [-h] root_dir [bin_dir]

.TP
\fBroot_dir\fR
A directory that will be used as virtual root.

.TP
\fBbin_dir\fR
A directory in which administration wrappers are installed. (Should be in PATH)


.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Display verbose operation tracing during command execution

.TP
\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-json\fR
Return the result as a json message

.SH AUTHORS
.B lib389
was written by Red Hat Inc., and William Brown <389\-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org>.
.SH DISTRIBUTION
The latest version of lib389 may be downloaded from
.UR http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/FAQ/upstream\-test\-framework.html
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