[Fedora-directory-users] Configuring replication and creating the supplier bind DN

[Christopher Waltham]

On Dec 3, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:

> Christopher Waltham wrote:
>> Is there a tutorial out there anywhere for setting up master/slave  
>> (as opposed to multi-master) replication?
> Well, it's pretty similar.
>> I'm having issues getting the replication agreement setup; I've  
>> created cn=replication manager inside of cn=config but I get error  
>> messages when trying to create the agreement.
> What error messages?

I think I somehow created the DN incorrectly; instead of showing me a  
hash for the usre's password it actually showed the password in plain  
text. I re-created the LDIF and re-imported it, and after that it  
worked fine. :-)

Thanks for the reply!


Chris


>
>> When I use cn=Directory Manager instead, it works -- so it's not a  
>> networking issue.
>>
>> I've tried various permutations of cn=replication manager inside  
>> the "Simple authentication" field on the "Source and Destination"  
>> tab of the replication agreement tab, but with no success. I've  
>> checked the FDS FAQ & Wiki and can't find a walk-through...
> What error messages do you get?
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:
>>
>>> Christopher Waltham wrote:
>>>> I'm having a little trouble creating a simple, master/slave  
>>>> replication configuring using FDS 1.1.3. I'm following the Red  
>>>> Hat documentation here: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/8.0/Creating_the_Supplier_Bind_DN_Entry.html 
>>>>  but am having trouble creating the supplier bind DN.
>>>>
>>>> This is what I'm appending to /etc/dirsrv/slapd-ldap/dse.ldif:
>>>>
>>>> dn: cn=replication manager,cn=config
>>>> objectClass: inetorgperson
>>>> objectClass: person
>>>> objectClass: top
>>>> cn: replication manager
>>>> sn: RM
>>>> userPassword: secretPassword
>>>> passwordExpirationTime: 20380119031407Z
>>>>
>>>> However, as soon as I start the directory server back up, the  
>>>> changes I made to dse.ldif disappear. Am I missing something?
>>> Yes.  You cannot edit dse.ldif while the server is running.  If  
>>> you really want to edit dse.ldif, you must shutdown the server  
>>> first.
>>>
>>> If you did stop the server first, make sure there is a blank line  
>>> before dn: cn=replication manager,cn=config - a blank line is the  
>>> entry delimiter in LDIF - if there is no blank line, the server  
>>> may just report a warning to the error log and continue.
>>>
>>> But you do not have to do that - you can just use ldapmodify -a to  
>>> add this entry while the server is running
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>
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