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<faqs
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id="OpenDJ FAQ">
<part id="General">
<faq id="what">
<question>What is OpenDJ?</question>
<answer>
<p>
OpenDJ includes an open source directory server, client tools, and
an LDAP SDK. All modules are 100% Java-based and require Java 7.
</p>
<p>
OpenDJ is a downstream build of the OpenDS project, with a different
name to avoid trademark issues.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="why">
<question>Why would I want to use OpenDJ? What is it good for?</question>
<answer>
<p>
OpenDJ is a new LDAPv3 compliant directory service, developed for the
Java platform, providing a high performance, highly available and secure
store for the identities managed by your enterprise. Its easy
installation takes OpenDJ the simplest and fastest directory server
to deploy and manage.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="prerequisites">
<question>What are the prerequisites for installing and using OpenDJ?
What hardware and software do I need?</question>
<answer>
<p>
At minimum, you need Java 7.
For hardware, you can do an evaluation install with less than 1 GB free RAM
and 300 MB free disk space.
How much hardware you need for deployment depends on your requirements.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="free">
<question>Is OpenDJ free?</question>
<answer>
<p>
OpenDJ is an open source project and as such you can freely download, evaluate,
modify the source code, even build your own version of OpenDJ software.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="which">
<question>Which version of OpenDJ should I use?</question>
<answer>
<p>
For production systems, consider using a ForgeRock enterprise release.
Enterprise releases are thoroughly validated builds
for ForgeRock customers who run OpenDJ in production deployments,
and for those who want to try or test with release builds.
Enterprise releases are available at the ForgeRock
</p>
<p>
To test the very latest updates to OpenDJ code,
get a nightly build or build OpenDJ yourself from source code.
Nightly builds are available at the
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="more">
<question>How can I find out more about OpenDJ?</question>
<answer>
<p>
for a variety of resources, including links to the forum and mailing list.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Find documentation for release builds at the ForgeRock
for the very latest updates, especially if you are trying a nightly build.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="roadmap">
<question>What's the OpenDJ roadmap? Is OpenDJ actively developed?</question>
<answer>
<p>
OpenDJ is actively developed, see <a
href="https://bugster.forgerock.org/jira/browse/OPENDJ">the bug database
activity</a>. Also see the <a
>OpenDJ Roadmap</a>.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="develop">
<question>I want to contribute a patch (a feature, a test, a plug-in)
to OpenDJ. How do I get involved?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Come discuss your work on the <a
href="https://lists.forgerock.org/mailman/listinfo/opendj-dev">dev mailing
the project</a>, too.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="test">
<question>I want to help test OpenDJ. How do I get started?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Start with the <a
>Join the project</a>. Come discuss your work on the <a
href="https://lists.forgerock.org/mailman/listinfo/opendj-dev">dev mailing
list</a>.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
</part>
</faqs>