Failover between masters

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Coe, Colin C. (Unix Engineer) wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> We are currently using Sun's Directory server and have had some 
> problems with clients failing over to the other master if one fails.  
> The clients are a minxute of RHEL 3 WS and Solaris 8 (SPARC), and the 
> Sun Directory servers are both Solars 9 (SPARC) running Directory One 5.1.
>
> /etc/ldap.conf
> host 1.1.1.1 2.2.2.2
> port 636
> ldap_version 3
> base o=unix,dc=company,dc=com
> scope sub
> timelimit 5
> bind_timelimit 3
> ssl on
> pam_filter objectclass=posixAccount
> pam_login_attribute uid
> pam_member_attribute memberUid
> pam_password crypt
> idle_timelimit 3600
>
> /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
> BASE o=unix,dc=company,dc=com
> HOST ldap1.company.com ldap2.company.com
> PORT 636
> SASL_SECPROPS "noanonymous,noplain"
> SIZELIMIT 0
> TIMELIMIT 0
> DEREF never
> TLS_CACERT      /etc/ssl/ldap/cacert.pem
> TLS_REQCERT     demand
>
> We're using the bog standard nscd daemons provided by the OS vendors.  
> We also use IDSync to synchronise user passwords from AD to LDAP but 
> not from LDAP to AD.
>
> What we're finding is if ldap1 dies for some reason, the clients don't 
> failover to ldap2. 
>
> We don't know if the problem is client side or server side.  Would 
> Fedora Directory Server, set up in a similar manner, also not failover 
> properly?
>
It wouldn't make any difference.  I'm pretty sure failover is a properly 
of the client.  Are you sure you have the multiple hosts configured 
correctly in your ldap.conf files?
>
> While we're prepared to look at Fed DS, there is a feeling that it too 
> will behave in the same manner, given they are both forks of the same 
> project.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks
>
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