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, > -- > > Vince | Michael Smith Laboratories > IT Systems Coordinator | University of British Columbia > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3258 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20090629/6ce601a2/attachment.bin