Re: Replication using cn=config

[Bill MacAllister <whm@stanford.edu>]

--On Friday, April 05, 2013 06:34:33 PM +0200 Michael StrÃder <michael@stroeder.com> wrote:

> Bill MacAllister wrote:
> > --On Friday, April 05, 2013 01:49:11 PM +0100 Andre Rodier
> > <andre.rodier@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I am trying to implement mirorring replication on OpenLDAP on debian
> > > wheezy, and I am struggling since a few days.
> > >
> > > All the documentation I have found so far on the web site is related
> > > to OpenLDAP with a configuration file (slapd.conf)
> > >
> > > Can anyone gives me a clue on how I can adapt the examples given on
> > > the web site to the database configuration backend (cn=config).
> >
> > You can convert a files based configuration to cn=config with slaptest.
> > For example:
> >
> >  ldaptest -f random-slapd.conf -F random-slapd.d
> >
> > This will generate the ldif that you can poke at and does things like
> > pull out replication bits and apply them to a working server using
> > ldapmodify.
>
> The command is called 'slaptest' - not 'ldaptest'.

Yeah, my fingers are programmed to type ldap.  My manager got a bit
kick out of it when I asked for a new ldaptop.

Bill

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Bill MacAllister
Infrastructure Delivery Group, Stanford University