Compatibility with Existing Gateways
10 Netscape Directory Server Gateway Customization Guide
Compatibility with Existing Gateways
Release 4.0 of the Directory Server is compatible with previous versions of the
gateway, including release 3.x. Although the HTML files and gateway CGIs are
not interchangeable, a 3.x gateway can access a 4.0 Directory Server, and a 4.0
gateway can access a 3.x Directory Server.
It is not necessary to upgrade a 3.x gateway to release 4.0, however a script is
available to complete this task. On UNIX and NT systems, this migration occurs
automatically when a Directory Server is migrated from release 3.x to release
4.0.
The gateway migration script is described in “Migrating 3.x default Gateways to
Release 4.0” on page 14.
Directory server migration is described in the Release Notes for Directory Server
4.0
Automatic Updates to Directory
Configuration
A script that updates gateway instances with changes to Directory Server
configuration, updatedsgw, is included with the Directory Server installation.
This script searches <NSHOME>/dsgw/context for gateway instances that match
the Directory Server host and port.
The updatedsgw script runs automatically for gateways installed on the
Netscape Administration server managing the Directory Server instance. When
the server port or root DN (or other settings, such as directory manager) for a
Directory Server instance is changed, the Netscape Administration server
managing the Directory Server instance runs the updatedsgw script.
See Also
“Updating the Gateway with Changes to Directory Server Configuration” on
page 15
