[389-users] Using dsctl and .dscrc: How to properly connect to a remote instance?

Hi all,

sorry if this is a dumb one, but I am not getting dsctl working with a remote
instance running in Kubernetes. In fact, I am not getting it to read the .dscrc
file at all, it seems.

In my user's home directory I have this ~/.dsrc (copied and adapted from the
Getting started guide):

[ldap389]
uri = ldap://192.168.99.165
basedn = dc=example,dc=de
binddn = cn=Directory Manager

But when calling "/usr/sbin/dsctl ldap389 status" it says it cannot find the
instance information.

$ /usr/sbin/dsctl ldap389 status
No such instance 'ldap389'
Unable to access instance information. Are you running as the correct user?
(usually dirsrv or root)

So I copied the file to /root/.dsrc and executed the command as root: Same error.

I am guessing it does not find the file, so I tried to use the "dsctl dsrc"
command, but I think this is broken. It does not accept anything without an
instance argument, although the manpage says to call it as "dscl dsrc ..."

> $ sudo /usr/sbin/dsctl dsrc display
> usage: dsctl [-h] [-v] [-j] [-l]
> [instance] {restart,start,stop,status,remove,db2index,db2bak,db2ldif,dbverify,bak2db,ldif2db,backups,ldifs,tls,healthcheck,get-nsstate,ldifgen,dsrc,cockpit,dblib} ...
> dsctl: error: argument {restart,start,stop,status,remove,db2index,db2bak,db2ldif,dbverify,bak2db,ldif2db,backups,ldifs,tls,healthcheck,get-nsstate,ldifgen,dsrc,cockpit,dblib}: invalid choice: 'display' (choose from 'restart', 'start', 'stop', 'status', 'remove', 'db2index', 'db2bak', 'db2ldif', 'dbverify', 'bak2db', 'ldif2db', 'backups', 'ldifs', 'tls', 'healthcheck', 'get-nsstate', 'ldifgen', 'dsrc', 'cockpit', 'dblib')

When calling it with an instance I am back to the "No such instance" error I had
previously.

OS is openSUSE Tumbleweed, package version is lib389-2.3.2~git53.a01e230-1.1.x86_64.

Any hints are welcome!

Kind Regards,
Johannes

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