Re: centos + ldap + syncrepl (push vs pull)

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Hi Craig,

Will the below config allow me to push using slurp... to the d that is;

primary ldap slapd.conf;
replica uri=ldap://ldap.dns.name:389  
binddn="cn=replicauser,dc=domain,dc=name" bindmethod=simple  
credentials=passofreplicauser

secondarie{s} ldap slapd.conf;
updatedn cn=replicauser,dc=domain,dc=name
updateref ldap://ldap.dns.name

- Brian


On Apr 1, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Craig White wrote:

> slurpd is a push technology and yes, I have multiple 'slaves' on  
> slurpd.
>
> Craig
>
> On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 11:50 -0700, aurfalien@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Thanks Craig,
>>
>> Do you have multiple secondary LDAPs using slurpd?
>>
>> Its is pushing or pulling?
>>
>> I may just use that.
>>
>> - Brian
>> On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Craig White wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 10:36 -0700, aurfalien@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> From what I gather, OpenLDAP on Centos 5.x pulls LDAP changes from
>>>> central LDAP server to a secondary LDAP server.
>>>>
>>>> So in other words, you can have your second LDAP server pull the db
>>>> based on either;
>>>>
>>>> type=refreshOnly
>>>>
>>>> which mean the pull interval will happen when ever you specify or;
>>>>
>>>> type=refreshAndPersist
>>>>
>>>> which mean after a pull, keep the pipe open for any changes made.
>>>>
>>>> Now in Ubuntu one can have there primary LDAP push the changes to  
>>>> all
>>>> the secondaries.
>>>>
>>>> Can I somehow enable push in Centos OpenLDAP because pull seems
>>>> pretty
>>>> lame in this case.
>>>>
>>>> I tried but to no avail.
>>>>
>>>> Hope the answer isn't "Son, thats just the way it iz".
>>> ----
>>> my reading of syncrepl matches your understanding but I'm still  
>>> using
>>> slurpd so what do I know.
>>>
>>> You should know that the philosophy of OpenLDAP software  
>>> developers is
>>> that if you actually want to run an OpenLDAP server using newer edge
>>> features (and syncrepl is surely one of them), then you should be
>>> building the latest from source and not relying on distribution
>>> packages
>>> which exist mostly for providing ldap libraries for other software.
>>> There was a recent discussion about this very topic because
>>> Debian/Ubuntu is using a 2.4 version that is also out of date and  
>>> very
>>> buggy where syncrepl is concerned. Obviously CentOS is using 2.3.43
>>> which is considered out of date by OpenLDAP software developers.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
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