Re: Setting up a chain overlay

[Bram Cymet <bcymet@cbnco.com>]

 On 09/22/2010 06:47 AM, masarati@aero.polimi.it wrote:
> >    Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to setup a chain overlay to allow writes to a read-only
> > slave to be chained up to the master.
> >
> > The closest ldif file I could figure out to update the cn=config
> > directory was:
> >
> >
> > dn: olcOverlay={0}chain,olcDatabase={-1}frontend,cn=config
> > changetype: add
> > objectClass: olcOverlayConfig
> > objectClass: olcChainConfig
> > olcOverlay: {0}chain
> >
> > dn:
> > olcDatabase=ldap,olcOverlay={0}chain,olcDatabase={-1}frontend,cn=config
> > changetype: add
> > objectClass: olcLDAPConfig
> > objectClass: olcChainDatabase
> > olcDBURI:ldap://10.1.0.3/
> > olcDbIDAssertBind: bindmethod=simple
> >     binddn="cn=admin,dc=roessner-net,dc=de"
> >     credentials=**********
> >     mode=self
> >
> >
> > This works until I have to restart the slave ldap server because this is
> > an invalid config.
> >
> > Can anyone let me know an ldif file to set up the chain to the master?
> > Or at least point me to the right direction.
> Please try this patch
> <ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/pierangelo-masarati-2010-04-29-chain.1.patch>,
> posted some time ago in partial response to ITS#6540 and report.  Thanks,
> p.
I will give the patch a try.

What is the patch doing? I am guessing it will fix the illegal 
configuration problem.

Should I use the configuration I gave above or should it be modified?

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