The following table lists the options that specify connection information for a PingDirectory Server. To see this command's complete set of options, run manage-topology add-server --help.

Option Description
--remoteServerHostname The address of a PingDirectory Server in the topology to be joined.
--remoteServerPort The LDAP / LDAPS port for communication with the PingDirectory Server.
--remoteServerConnectionSecurity The type of security to use when communicating with the remote server. This value can be:
  • useSSL

    Indicates that the communication should be encrypted with SSL

  • useStartTLS

    Indicates that the communication should be encrypted with the StartTLS extended operation

  • noSecurity

    Indicates that the communication should not be encrypted

--remoteServerBindDN The DN of the account to use to authenticate to the PingDirectory Server, such as cn=Directory Manager. This account must be able to modify the configuration of the target server.
--remoteServerBindPassword The password for the account to use to authenticate to the PingDirectory Server.
--remoteServerBindPasswordFile The path to a file containing the password for the account to use to authenticate to the PingDirectory Server.
--adminUID User ID of the topology-wide administrator. This is typically the account used to enable replication for the PingDirectory Servers.
--adminPassword The password of the topology-wide administrator.