Re: dbd to hdb migration

[jekvb <jekvb@gmx.co.uk>]

Hi Dan,

I did this 2 days ago, and it's very easy to do.
First you stop the LDAP-server and do the slapcat thing to make a backup
of the DIT that is in your bdb.
Then you make a new entry in slapd.conf (or your cn=config) for hdb,
just like the entry you have for bdb. In slapd.conf you 'd also enter a
new path to your new hdb, maybe alongside the old bdb,
e.g. /usr/local/openldap/var/db/hdb.
In the global section of slapd.config, activate ModuleLoad back_hdb.la

Then make the new physical path to the new hdb directory, copy the
DB_CONFIG file into it and adjust ownership to the new directory tree
(ldap:ldap).

Start the LDAP-server again and do the slapadd thing to import the DIT
into your new hdb.

Regs, Kuba  


On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 17:11 +0100, dan picon wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I would like to use hdb as the back-end for my openldap server in
> order to support subtree-renaming.
>  
> Untill today i'm using dbd and i have some questions before i change
> it to hdb:
>  
> will existing entries be deleted?
> If yes, what is the best way to restore it?
>  
> Thank you,