export-ldif — export directory data in LDIF

Synopsis

export-ldif {options}

Description

This utility can be used to export data from a Directory Server backend in LDIF form.

Options

The export-ldif command takes the following options:

Command options:

-a | --appendToLdif

Append an existing LDIF file rather than overwriting it.

Default: false

-b | --includeBranch {branchDN}

Base DN of a branch to include in the LDIF export.

-B | --excludeBranch {branchDN}

Base DN of a branch to exclude from the LDIF export.

-c | --compress

Compress the LDIF data as it is exported.

Default: false

-e | --excludeAttribute {attribute}

Attribute to exclude from the LDIF export.

--excludeFilter {filter}

Filter to identify entries to exclude from the LDIF export.

-i | --includeAttribute {attribute}

Attribute to include in the LDIF export.

--includeFilter {filter}

Filter to identify entries to include in the LDIF export.

-l | --ldifFile {ldifFile}

Path to the LDIF file to be written.

-n | --backendId {backendName}

Backend ID for the backend to export.

-O | --excludeOperational

Exclude operational attributes from the LDIF export.

Default: false

--offline

Indicates that the command must be run in offline mode.

Default: false

Task Scheduling Options

--completionNotify {emailAddress}

Email address of a recipient to be notified when the task completes. This option may be specified more than once.

--dependency {taskID}

ID of a task upon which this task depends. A task will not start execution until all its dependencies have completed execution.

--description {description}

Gives a description to the task.

--errorNotify {emailAddress}

Email address of a recipient to be notified if an error occurs when this task executes. This option may be specified more than once.

--failedDependencyAction {action}

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.

--recurringTask {schedulePattern}

Indicates the task is recurring and will be scheduled according to the value argument expressed in crontab(5) compatible time/date pattern.

The schedule pattern for a recurring task supports only the following crontab features:

Time and Date Fields
FieldAllowed Values
minute0-59
hour0-23
day of month1-31
month1-12 (or names)
day of week0-7 (0 or 7 is Sunday, or use names)

A field can contain an asterisk, *. An asterisk stands for first-last.

Fields can include ranges of numbers. A range is two numbers separated by a hyphen, and is inclusive. For example, 8-10 for an "hour" field means execution at hours 8, 9, and 10.

Fields can include lists. A list is a set of numbers or ranges separated by commas. For example, 4,8-10 for an "hour" field means execution at hours 4, 8, 9, and 10.

When using names for in "month" or "day of week" fields, use the first three letters of the particular month or day of the week. Case does not matter. Ranges and lists of names are not supported.

-t | --start {startTime}

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.

--taskId {taskID}

Gives an ID to the task.

Task Backend Connection Options

--connectTimeout {timeout}

Maximum length of time (in milliseconds) that can be taken to establish a connection. Use '0' to specify no time out.

Default: 30000

-D | --bindDn {bindDN}

DN to use to bind to the server.

Default: uid=admin

-E | --reportAuthzId

Use the authorization identity control.

Default: false

-h | --hostname {host}

Fully-qualified server host name or IP address.

Default: localhost.localdomain

-N | --certNickname {nickname}

Nickname of the certificate that should be sent to the server for SSL client authentication.

-o | --saslOption {name=value}

SASL bind options.

-p | --port {port}

Directory server administration port number.

-T | --trustStorePassword {trustStorePassword}

Truststore cleartext password.

--useJavaKeyStore {keyStorePath}

JKS keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication.

--useJavaTrustStore {trustStorePath}

Use a JKS truststore file for validating server certificate.

--useJceKeyStore {keyStorePath}

JCEKS keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication.

--useJceTrustStore {trustStorePath}

Use a JCEKS truststore file for validating server certificate.

--useJvmTrustStore

Use the a JVM truststore for validating server certificate.

Default: false

--usePasswordPolicyControl

Use the password policy request control.

Default: false

--usePkcs11KeyStore

PKCS#11 keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication.

Default: false

--usePkcs12KeyStore {keyStorePath}

PKCS#12 keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication.

--usePkcs12TrustStore {trustStorePath}

Use a PKCS#12 truststore file for validating server certificate.

-w | --bindPassword {bindPassword}

Password to use to bind to the server. Omit this option while providing the bind DN to ensure that the command prompts for the password, rather than entering the password as a command argument.

-W | --keyStorePassword {keyStorePassword}

Keystore cleartext password.

-X | --trustAll

Trust all server SSL certificates.

Default: false

Utility input/output options:

--no-prompt

Use non-interactive mode. If data in the command is missing, the user is not prompted and the tool will fail.

Default: false

--noPropertiesFile

No properties file will be used to get default command line argument values.

Default: false

--propertiesFilePath {propertiesFilePath}

Path to the file containing default property values used for command line arguments.

--wrapColumn {wrapColumn}

Column at which to wrap long lines (0 for no wrapping).

Default: 0

General options:

-V | --version

Display Directory Server version information.

Default: false

-H | --help

Display this usage information.

Default: false

Exit Codes

0

The command completed successfully.

> 0

An error occurred.

Examples

The following example exports data to a file, Example.ldif, with the server offline:

$ export-ldif \
 --includeBranch dc=example,dc=com \
 --backendId userData \
 --ldifFile /path/to/opendj/ldif/Example.ldif \
 --offline
... category=BACKEND severity=INFORMATION ...
...Exported 160 entries and skipped 0 in 0 seconds (average rate 1428.6/sec)
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