James Deuchar wrote: > Thanks for your patience - and apoloiges for that rookie typo error. > > Fixed that and retried a few times but still to no avail - new > instance is created and running ok but doesn't show up in the admin > console. Where does the admin server get this list of servers etc from > (and will that info help me!?). /opt/fedora-ds/shared/config/dbswitch.conf points to only one config DS at a time. There is no provision for multiple active config DS or automatic failover. > > If I install an instance on server2 and point it towards the config > instance on server1 as part of the setup script then it does appear in > the console and all is well in my DS world... > > Seems only to cause problems when I'm trying to create a new data > instance (using ds_newinst.pl) on the server1 when the config instance > (created during install/setup) is already there. If there were an > option to create a new instance via the console and specify a separate > configuration directory it'd be easy...presumably! > > Is this the normal way to do this? > > Kind regards, > > James > > > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:03:28 -0600 > > From: rmeggins at redhat.com > > To: fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > > Subject: Re: Configuration Directory Question > > > > James Deuchar wrote: > > > Thanks for the swift response - size depends on the success of the > > > project - am tempted to go with external config directory assuming I > > > can get it working... > > > > > > I tried to the procedure I listed below i.e. installed the RPM, ran > > > setup to create a 'dsconfig' instance on port 5555. > > > > > > Then I created a master.inf file for inputing into the ds_newinst.pl > > > script: > > > > > > [General] > > > FullMachineName= server1.jamesd.com > > > SuiteSpotUserID= ldap > > > ServerRoot= /opt/fedora-ds > > > ConfigDirectoryAdminID= admin > > > ConfigDirectoryAdminPwd= blah > > > ConfigDirectoryLdapURL= ldap://server1.jamesd.com:5555/o=NetscapeRoot > > > AdminDomain= jamesd.com > > > > > > [slapd] > > > ServerPort= 389 > > > ServerIdentifier= master01 > > > Suffix= dc=jamesd,dc=com > > > RootDN= cn=Directory Manager > > > RootDNPwd= blah > > > UserExistingMC=1 > > This should be "UseExistingMC" not "User" > > > > > > When I ran that it seemed to work - instance called master01 was > > > created and is running. > > > > > > When running the console though, it's not listed - only the > > > Administration Server and 'dsconfig' Directory Server instance. > > > > > > How can I make the master01 instance appear in the admin console and > > > also verify that master01 is using dsconfig to stores is > configuration > > > data? > > > > > > Thanks again > > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:33:37 -0600 > > > > From: rmeggins at redhat.com > > > > To: fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > > > > Subject: Re: Configuration Directory > Question > > > > > > > > James Deuchar wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I've got a what I thought was a relatively simple DS setup > with two > > > > > master DS servers doing master-master replication. In the future > > > > > slaves may be added into the equation. > > > > > > > > > > Initially I installed both servers the same - as standalone > DS' each > > > > > with it's own admin server and 'in-house' o=NetscapeRoot > > > configuration > > > > > directory. > > > > > > > > > > Reading some of the Redhat docs on 'Configuration decisions' > it talks > > > > > about having the configuration directory in a separate directory > > > > > instance - based on what I've seen from the DS setup script this > > > > > implies supplying those details during the install of the real DS > > > > > instances that will contain the data. > > > > > > > > > > Is my understanding correct? Does this mean I should be > installing an > > > > > independent configuration directory on both masters and setup > > > > > replication between them to provide a redundant configuration > > > > > directory alongside the redundant data directories? > > > > For small deployments, you can have your config DS and data DS be > > > the same. > > > > > > > > > > If so is the install procedure reasonable?: > > > > > > > > > > - install fedora RPM on server 1 > > > > > - Run setup script to create server 1 config directory > > > > > - Run ds_newinst.pl to create data directory on the same server > > > > > pointing it to the local config directory during setup > > > > > - Repeat on server 2 > > > > > - Setup replication on data masters and on config directories > > > > Sure. > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > Are you the Quizmaster? 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