You must install NICI on every workstation that uses a management utility such as iManager. For more information about using NICI with the Identity Vault, see Prerequisites for Installing the Identity Vault.
Use nds-install and select the NICI option. By default, you can find the installation file in the products\eDirectory\processor_type\setup\ directory. NetIQ recommends installing NICI as root because the required NICI packages are used system-wide. However, if necessary you can delegate access to a different account using sudo and use that account to install the NICI packages.
NOTE:Since eDirectory 8.8 Service Pack 3, NetIQ has allowed you to install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of eDirectory on a single system. If you installed both versions on a server, you must also install the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of NICI.
This section describes the following activities:
To install NICI, perform the following steps:
Execute both of the following commands:
32-bit: rpm -ivh NICI_rpm_absolute_path/nici-2.7.7-0.02.i586.rpm 64-bit: rpm -ivh NICI_rpm_absolute_path/nici64-2.7.7-0.02.x86_64.rpm
NOTE:Since eDirectory 8.8 Service Pack 3, NetIQ has allowed you to install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of eDirectory on a single system. If you installed both versions on a server, you must also install the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of NICI.
Verify that NICI is set to server mode. Enter the following command:
/var/opt/novell/nici/set_server_mode
This is a mandatory step to ensure eDirectory configuration does not fail.
Non-root users can use the sudo utility to install NICI. sudo (superuser do) allows a root user to give certain users the ability to run some commands as root. A root user can do this by editing the /etc/sudoers configuration file and adding appropriate entries in it.
WARNING:sudo enables you to give limited root permissions to non-root users.
Log in with a sudo account to the server where you want to install NICI.
Execute the following command:
sudo rpm -ivh nici_rpm_file_name_with_path
Initialize NICI with the following command:
ln -sf /var/opt/novell/nici /var/novell/nici
(Optional) To verify that NICI is set to server mode, enter the following command:
/var/opt/novell/nici/set_server_mode
To install NICI on a Windows server, use the NICI_wx64.msi file, by default in the products\eDirectory\processor_type\windows\processor_type\nici folder. You can run the file as a guided process (wizard) or a silent installation.