[389-users] Replication
Rich Megginson
rmeggins at redhat.com
Fri Jan 14 17:42:44 UTC 2011
On 01/14/2011 10:32 AM, Brian LaMere wrote:
> Odd, I got MMR working with SSL...and I only referenced that documentation
which documentation?
> (well, and assistance from this list and the IRC room...). It was
> 1.2.6, but surely that didn't really change things?
It hasn't changed between 1.2.6 and 1.2.7
>
> Sounds like everyone is agreeing (even if indirectly) that the
> documentation is outdated though
Which documentation?
> - is it due to work focusing on FreeIPA? Some say good software with
> bad documentation is worse than bad software with good
> documentation...I'm a hands-on guy so I would disagree, but I do see
> the point none the less.
>
> I did make a few howtos for internal use, covering everything from
> setting up the first server, getting SSL working, getting replication
> working, then getting OSX and Linux hosts pulling from the mess. They
> were docs meant for me to read (complete with the shorthand and
> shortcuts that I understand) but if you have problems then let me know
> and I'll see what I can clean up. As it so happens, I'm setting up an
> all new MMR 389 pair in the next few days (our company is somewhat
> splitting, and I don't want to have it be different trees on the same
> directory)...so I'll know pretty quick if something has changed the
> last half-year. Hell, if you were maybe going to be working on it in
> the next few days anyway, we can sortof step through it together
> online - just let me know.
I have mmr.pl in my private github repo - if anyone wants to send me
patches, I will push them.
>
> Brian
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:14 PM, crashingdaily
> <crashingdaily at gmail.com <mailto:crashingdaily at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Jan 11, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:
>
> > On 01/11/2011 01:40 PM, harry.devine at faa.gov
> <mailto:harry.devine at faa.gov> wrote:
> >>
> >> We just ran the mmr.pl <http://mmr.pl> script from server 1,
> and the data got
> >> replicated across to server 2. If we create a new user on server
> >> 2, it does not get replicated to server 1. It appears to be a 1
> >> way replication.
> > mmr.pl <http://mmr.pl> has bit rotted - no one maintains it any
> more - you're on
> > your own if you decide to use it - patches/maintainer welcome
>
>
> I've successfully used mmr.pl <http://mmr.pl> (last time with 389
> 1.2.6.1). I would
> try restarting your two 389 instances, and if that doesn't magically
> fix it, use the mmr.pl <http://mmr.pl> script to --remove the
> existing replication
> agreement and then add it back while keeping an eye on the 389 logs
> for errors. I've had rare cases where I've had to run mmr.pl
> <http://mmr.pl> twice to
> get it to take.
>
> The --with-ssl option was broken in the last version I used (but
> that's clearly not the cause of Harry's issue). For working patched
> version, should you want SSL replication, see
> http://crashingdaily.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/fixing-the-mmr-pl-script-for-ssl/
>
>
>
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >> Harry
> >>
> >> Harry Devine
> >> Common ARTS Software Development
> >> AJT-144
> >> (609)485-4218
> >> Harry.Devine at faa.gov <mailto:Harry.Devine at faa.gov>
> >>
> >> -----Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com
> <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>> wrote: -----
> >>
> >> To: "General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project."
> >> <389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> <mailto:389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org>>
> >> From: Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com
> <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>>
> >> Date: 01/11/2011 03:09PM
> >> cc: Harry Devine/ACT/FAA at FAA, Ted Rush/ACT/FAA at FAA
> >> Subject: Re: [389-users] Replication
> >>
> >> On 01/11/2011 12:53 PM, harry.devine at faa.gov
> <mailto:harry.devine at faa.gov> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> OK, so we are testing 389-ds in our environment (version
> >>> 1.2.7.5). We have 1 machine set up with user accounts, and we
> >>> just set another one up. The new one doesn't have any accounts or
> >>> anything on it yet. We would like to get replication going
> >>> between the 2 DS's, but can't find any current documention on how
> >>> to do it. When we set up the 2nd machine, we set it up as if it
> >>> were its own DS (i.e. not tied into the existing one). Not sure
> >>> it that is relevant, but I thought I'd mention it for full
> >>> disclosure.
> >> Should not be a problem.
> >>>
> >>> We'd like to have this be a 2-way multi-master replication, so if
> >>> our main DS server ever went down, the 2nd one could pick up and
> >>> service login requests. Is there any current documention that
> >>> explains this anywhere?
> >>
> >>
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/8.2/html-single/Administration_Guide/index.html#Managing_Replication
> >>> Is multi-master the correct method to use for this type of setup?
> >> Yes.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Harry
> >>>
> >>> Harry Devine
> >>> Common ARTS Software Development
> >>> AJT-144
> >>> (609)485-4218
> >>> Harry.Devine at faa.gov <mailto:Harry.Devine at faa.gov>
> >>>
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