Re: replication having multiple backends

["OpenLDAP Sadesi" <openldap.sadesi@juntadeandalucia.es>]

i dont mean "branch" concept

can you explain more the structure of your system, please?

TIA
----- Original Message -----
From: "thomas fritz" <tf@slash10.com>
To: "OpenLDAP Sadesi" <openldap.sadesi@juntadeandalucia.es>;
<openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>; <andreas@conectiva.com.br>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: replication having multiple backends


> you mean the following:
>
> replica         host=ldap2.domain.net:389
>                  suffix="dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
>                  binddn="cn=replicator,dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
>                  bindmethod=simple
>                  credentials=secret
>
> the suffix *is* in the replica statement.
>
> but when I do changes on the branch "dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net" slurpd also
> tries to update in the branches "dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net",
> "dc=3,dc=domain,dc=net" and so on, whith the referral error as result.
>
> is there something wrong in the replica statement?
>
> thx for the help
> /tom
>
> OpenLDAP Sadesi wrote:
> >
> > ok, i think that you have severals slaves and you want selective
> > replication, dont?
> >
> > for this purpouses you could use the suffix modifier at the replica
> > statement. with this, you will get that only the
> > replica of this branchs get the change, the others slapd will not
receive
> > it.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "thomas fritz" <tf@slash10.com>
> > To: <openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:13 PM
> > Subject: replication having multiple backends
> >
> >
> >
> >>hi there!
> >>
> >>we have some problems with slurpd having to deal with multiple backends.
> >>
> >>whenever we change something on the master slapd, the changes got
> >>written into the (one and only) slapd replication log file. slurpd grabs
> >>it correctly and does the update to the appropriate backend on the
> >>slave, but, and here comes the weird part:
> >>
> >>slurpd also tries to update all the other backends, which are hooked on
> >>other branches of the directory tree.
> >>so slurpd gets a referral message back from the slave slapd (correct,
> >>cause this is the wrong branch for the update), and slurpd treats this
> >>referral message as an error, and puts it into the rejection log.
> >>
> >>does anyone know, what is going wrong here?
> >>
> >>the slurpd rejection logfile:
> >>
> >>ERROR: Referral
> >>replica: ldap2.domain.net:389
> >>time: 1054742636.1
> >>dn: something=test,dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net
> >>changetype: add
> >>objectClass: something
> >>something: test
> >>creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net
> >>createTimestamp: 20030604160356Z
> >>modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net
> >>modifyTimestamp: 20030604160356Z
> >>
> >>with number of backends minus one reiterations of the above error per
> >>update.
> >>
> >>this is the config:
> >>
> >>master:
> >>
> >>##### DB-1 Definitions #####
> >>database        ldbm
> >>directory       /openldap-ldbm/1
> >>mode            0600
> >>rootdn          "cn=admin,dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>rootpw          secret
> >>suffix          "dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>replica         host=ldap2.domain.net:389
> >>                 suffix="dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>                 binddn="cn=admin,dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>                 bindmethod=simple
> >>                 credentials=secret
> >>replogfile      /var/log/openldap/replog
> >>index objectClass eq
> >>
> >>##### DB-2 Definitions #####
> >>database        ldbm
> >>directory       /openldap-ldbm/2
> >>mode            0600
> >>rootdn          "cn=admin,dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>rootpw          secret
> >>suffix          "dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>replica         host=ldap2.domain.net:389
> >>                 suffix="dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>                 binddn="cn=admin,dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>                 bindmethod=simple
> >>                 credentials=secret
> >>replogfile      /var/log/openldap/replog
> >>index objectClass eq
> >>
> >>and so forth...
> >>
> >>slave:
> >>
> >>##### DB-1 #####
> >>database        ldbm
> >>directory       /openldap-ldbm/slave/1
> >>mode            0600
> >>rootdn          "cn=admin,dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>rootpw          secret
> >>updatedn        "cn=admin,dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>updateref       ldap://ldap1.domain.net:389
> >>suffix          "dc=1,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>
> >>
> >>##### DB-2 Definitions #####
> >>database        ldbm
> >>directory       /openldap-ldbm/slave/2
> >>mode            0600
> >>rootdn          "cn=admin,dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>rootpw          secret
> >>updatedn        "cn=admin,dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>updateref       ldap://ldap1.domain.net:389
> >>suffix          "dc=2,dc=domain,dc=net"
> >>
> >>and so forth
> >>
> >>thx in advance!
> >>
> >>greetinx
> >>/tom
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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