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UNIX Installation Overview

This chapter describes how to install the Policy Server on a UNIX system, which includes running a setup program and configuring the web server. When you install the Policy Server on a UNIX system, you can use the Policy Server installer to configure the SiteMinder policy store automatically in one of the following:

• Sun^™ Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition (formerly Sun ONE/iPlanet)
• Microsoft Active Directory^® Application Mode (ADAM)
• Microsoft Active Directory^™ Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

For other supported LDAP and relational database vendors, you configure the policy store manually after installing the Policy Server. These manual steps are outlined in this guide.

Audit logs can be stored in either an ODBC database (SQL Server or Oracle) or a text file. After you install the Policy Server, audit logging is set to a text file and not to ODBC by default.