The provides a directory server backend that implements a /dev/null like behavior for development and testing. The behaves as follows: all search operations return success but no data; all write operations do nothing; bind operations fail with invalid credentials; compare operations are only possible on objectClass and return true for top, nullBackendObject, and extensibleObject. In addition controls are supported although this implementation does not provide any specific emulation for controls. Generally known request controls are accepted and default response controls returned where applicable. Searches within a are always considered indexed. are for development and testing only. ds-cfg-null-backend ds-cfg-backend org.opends.server.backends.NullBackend enabled