Re: How to slapadd cn=config

[Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com>]

At Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:35:32 +0000 "Torsten Schlabach (Tascel eG)" <tschlabach@tascel.net> wrote:

> 
> Dear list!
> 
> If I have an LDIF backup of a cn=config database, taken with slapcat, how
> would I use it to bootstrap a new server, for example, in a desaster
> recovery setting?
> 
> I tried it and slapadd required a configuration, but cn=config *is* the
> configuration and I am trying to restore it. So this is a bit of a chicken
> and egg problem, isn't it?
> 
> Is there an "official" way of doing that?

Slapd, etc. needs an /etc/openldap/slapd.conf file, which contains some
root-level (eg bootstrap) configuration.  You need to copy this file
from the original server to the replacement server, and possibly edit it
slightly (depending on how much of a 'clone' you are making, eg stuff
like server IP numbers, hostnames, etc.).

> 
> Regards,
> Torsten
> 
>                           

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