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<info><copyright><year>2011-2014</year><holder>ForgeRock AS</holder></copyright></info>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>import-ldif</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="software">OpenDJ</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="version"><?eval ${docTargetVersion}?></refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>import-ldif</refname>

<refpurpose>import OpenDJ directory data from LDIF</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>import-ldif</command>

<arg choice="req">options</arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>This utility can be used to import LDIF data into a directory server

backend.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<para>The following options are supported.</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-a, --append</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Append to an existing database rather than overwriting it.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-A, --templateFile {templateFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Path to a MakeLDIF template to use to generate the import

data.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-b, --includeBranch {branchDN}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Base DN of a branch to include in the LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-B, --excludeBranch {branchDN}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Base DN of a branch to exclude from the LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-c, --isCompressed</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>LDIF file is compressed.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--countRejects</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Count the number of entries rejected by the server and return that

value as the exit code (values &gt; 255 will be reduced to 255 due to exit

code restrictions).</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-e, --excludeAttribute {attribute}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Attribute to exclude from the LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-E, --excludeFilter {filter}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Filter to identify entries to exclude from the LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-F, --clearBackend</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Remove all entries for all base DNs in the backend before

importing.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-i, --includeAttribute {attribute}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Attribute to include in the LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-I, --includeFilter {filter}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Filter to identify entries to include in the LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-l, --ldifFile {ldifFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Path to the LDIF file to be imported.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-n, --backendID {backendName}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Backend ID for the backend to import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-O, --overwrite</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Overwrite an existing rejects and/or skip file rather than appending

to it.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-r, --replaceExisting</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Replace existing entries when appending to the database.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-R, --rejectFile {rejectFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Write rejected entries to the specified file.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-s, --randomSeed {seed}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Seed for the MakeLDIF random number generator.</para>

<para>Default value: 0</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-S, --skipSchemaValidation</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Skip schema validation during the LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--skipDNValidation</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Perform DN validation during later part of LDIF import.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--skipFile {skipFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Write skipped entries to the specified file.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--threadCount {count}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Number of threads used to read LDIF file during import. Default

value (0) equals: 2 x (number of CPUs).</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--tmpdirectory {directory}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Path to temporary directory for index scratch files during LDIF

import.</para>

<para>Default value: <filename>import-tmp</filename></para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

<refsect2>

<title>Task Backend Connection Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--connectTimeout {timeout}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Maximum length of time (in milliseconds) that can be taken to

establish a connection. Use '0' to specify no time out.</para>

<para>Default value: 30000</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-D, --bindDN {bindDN}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>DN to use to bind to the server</para>

<para>Default value: cn=Directory Manager</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-h, --hostname {host}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Directory server hostname or IP address</para>

<para>Default value: localhost.localdomain</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-j, --bindPasswordFile {bindPasswordFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Bind password file</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-K, --keyStorePath {keyStorePath}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate key store path</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-N, --certNickname {nickname}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Nickname of certificate for SSL client authentication</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-o, --saslOption {name=value}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>SASL bind options</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-p, --port {port}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Directory server administration port number</para>

<para>Default value: 4444</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-P, --trustStorePath {trustStorePath}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate trust store path</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-T, --trustStorePassword {trustStorePassword}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate trust store PIN</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-u, --keyStorePasswordFile {keyStorePasswordFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate key store PIN file</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-U, --trustStorePasswordFile {path}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate trust store PIN file</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-w, --bindPassword {bindPassword}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Password to use to bind to the server</para>

<para>Use <option>-w -</option> to have the command prompt for the

password, rather than enter the password on the command line.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-W, --keyStorePassword {keyStorePassword}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate key store PIN</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-X, --trustAll</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Trust all server SSL certificates</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

<refsect2>

<title>Task Scheduling Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--completionNotify {emailAddress}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Email address of a recipient to be notified when the task

completes. This option may be specified more than once.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--dependency {taskID}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>ID of a task upon which this task depends. A task will not start

execution until all its dependencies have completed execution.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--errorNotify {emailAddress}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Email address of a recipient to be notified if an error occurs

when this task executes. This option may be specified more than

once.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--failedDependencyAction {action}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Action this task will take should one if its dependent tasks fail.

The value must be one of PROCESS, CANCEL, DISABLE. If not specified

defaults to CANCEL.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--recurringTask {schedulePattern}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Indicates the task is recurring and will be scheduled according

to the value argument expressed in crontab(5) compatible time/date

pattern.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-t, --start {startTime}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Indicates the date/time at which this operation will start when

scheduled as a server task expressed in YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ format for UTC

time or YYYYMMDDhhmmss for local time. A value of '0' will cause the

task to be scheduled for immediate execution. When this option is

specified the operation will be scheduled to start at the specified

time after which this utility will exit immediately.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

<refsect2>

<title>Utility Input/Output Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--noPropertiesFile</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>No properties file will be used to get default command line

argument values</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--propertiesFilePath {propertiesFilePath}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Path to the file containing default property values used for

command line arguments</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

<refsect2>

<title>General Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-V, --version</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Display version information</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-?, -H, --help</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Display usage information</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Exit Codes</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>0</term>

<listitem>

<para>The command completed successfully.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>&gt; 0</term>

<listitem>

<para>An error occurred.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Examples</title>

<para>The following example imports the content of the LDIF file,

<filename>Example.ldif</filename>, with the server offline.</para>

<screen>

$ <userinput>import-ldif -b dc=example,dc=com -n userRoot -l /path/to/Example.ldif</userinput>

<computeroutput>[21/Jun/2011:13:38:03 +0200] category=RUNTIME_INFORMATION severity=NOTICE...

... msg=Import LDIF environment close took 0 seconds</computeroutput>

</screen>

</refsect1>

</refentry>