This post will guide you on how to start, stop, restart and check dirsrv status for 389 Directory Server on linux CentOS 6.2 server using EPEL repository. 389 Directory Server is an enterprise-class open source LDAP server for Linux. It is based on Fedora Directory Server. This post assumed that you have already installed and properly configured the 389 Directory Server on CentOS 6.2.
Some of the dirsrv usage for 389 Directory Server :
Usage: /etc/init.d/dirsrv {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart} [instance-name]
How to start 389 Directory Server :
[root@centos62 ~]# /etc/init.d/dirsrv start
Starting dirsrv:
centos62... [ OK ]
How to stop 389 Directory Server :
[root@centos62 ~]# /etc/init.d/dirsrv stop
Shutting down dirsrv:
centos62... [ OK ]
How to restart 389 Directory Server :
[root@centos62 ~]# /etc/init.d/dirsrv restart
Shutting down dirsrv:
centos62... [ OK ]
How to check the status 389 Directory Server :
[root@centos62 ~]# /etc/init.d/dirsrv status dirsrv centos62 (pid 1296) is running...