389-ds-base/man/man8/ldif2db.8

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.TH LDIF2DB 8 "Mar 5, 2013"
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.SH NAME 
ldif2db - Directory Server script for importing a LDIF file
.SH SYNOPSIS
ldif2db [-Z serverID] -n backendname {-s includesuffix}* [{-x excludesuffix}*] [-g [string] [-G namespace_id]] {-i ldiffile}* [-c chunksize] [-O] [-E] [-q] [-h]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Imports a LDIF file.  Either the option '-n' or '-s' must be used.  The server instance must be stopped prior to running this command.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below:
.TP
.B \fB\-Z\fR \fIServer Identifier\fR
The server ID of the Directory Server instance.  If there is only 
one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.
.TP
.B \fB\-n\fR \fIBackend Name\fR
The name of the LDBM database to restore.  Example: userRoot
.TP
.B \fB\-s\fR \fIincludeSuffix\fR
Specifies the suffixes to be included or specifies the subtrees to be included. 
.TP
.B \fB\-x\fR \fIexcludeSuffix\fR
Specifies the suffixes to be excluded or specifies the subtrees to be excluded. 
.TP
.B \fB\-i\fR \fIfilename\fR
Name for the LDIF file to import.
.TP
.B \fB\-c\fR \fIChunk size\fR
The number of entries to process before starting a fresh pass during the import.  By default this is handled internally by the server.
.TP
.B \fB\-O\fR 
.br
Requests that only the core database is created without attribute indexes.
.TP
.B \fB\-g\fR \fI[string]\fR
Generates a unique ID. Type none for no unique ID to be generated and deterministic for the generated unique ID to be name-based. By default, a time-based unique ID is generated.  When using the deterministic generation to have a name-based unique ID, it is also possible to specify the namespace for the server to use, as follows:

-g deterministic namespaceId

namespaceId is a string of characters in the format 00-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx. 
.TP
.B \fB\-G\fR \fInamespace_id\fR
Generates a namespace ID as a name-based unique ID. This is the same as specifying the -g deterministic option. 
.TP
.B \fB\-E\fR 
.br
Encrypts data during import. This option is used only if database encryption is enabled. 
.TP
.B \fB\-v\fR 
.br
Display verbose ouput
.TP
.B \fB\-h\fR 
.br
Display usage
.SH EXAMPLE
.TP
ldif2db -Z instance1 -n userRoot -i /LDAP/ldif/data.ldif
.TP
ldif2db -s "dc=example,dc=com" -i /LDAP/ldif/data.ldif 
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is zero if no errors occur.  Errors result in a 
non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written 
to standard error.
.SH AUTHOR
ldif2db was written by the 389 Project.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2013 Red Hat, Inc.