[389-users] Single Master, Multiple Slave with NO Configuration Server Question
Rich Megginson
rmeggins at redhat.com
Mon Jun 29 16:09:46 UTC 2009
Vince Tingey wrote:
> Hi everyone, I posted this last week but nobody replied. I thought I
> would send it out there one more time as I'd really like to know what
> you experts think. The documentation about what benefits using a
> configuration server gives you is lacking.
It allows you to do centralized server management - manage all servers
from a single console.
>
> Just wondering if there are any problems I should be aware of if I
> want to setup a single master multiple slave scenario WITHOUT using
> the master as a configuration server and just replicating our
> directory database (not o=Netscape Root). I'm ok having to connect to
> the slave admin servers individually instead of them all showing up in
> the console when I connect to the master admin server. Are there any
> other drawbacks?
No, not really, If you don't want the centralized console, then you
don't have to use it. Many Fedora DS users don't use the console/admin
server at all and just manage everything directly with scripts and web
based tools.
>
> What are the benefits of using a configuration server in this scenario?
>
> Thank you,
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>
> Vince | Michael Smith Laboratories
> IT Systems Coordinator | University of British Columbia
>
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