Re: Configuring replication and creating the supplier bind DN

[Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Christopher Waltham wrote:
> Is there a tutorial out there anywhere for setting up master/slave (as 
> opposed to multi-master) replication?
Well, it's pretty similar.
> I'm having issues getting the replication agreement setup; I've 
> created cn=replication manager inside of cn=config but I get error 
> messages when trying to create the agreement.
What error messages?
> When I use cn=Directory Manager instead, it works -- so it's not a 
> networking issue.
>
> I've tried various permutations of cn=replication manager inside the 
> "Simple authentication" field on the "Source and Destination" tab of 
> the replication agreement tab, but with no success. I've checked the 
> FDS FAQ & Wiki and can't find a walk-through...
What error messages do you get?
> Chris
>
> On Dec 3, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:
>
> > Christopher Waltham wrote:
> > > I'm having a little trouble creating a simple, master/slave 
> > > replication configuring using FDS 1.1.3. I'm following the Red Hat 
> > > documentation here: 
> > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/8.0/Creating_the_Supplier_Bind_DN_Entry.html but 
> > > am having trouble creating the supplier bind DN.
> > >
> > > This is what I'm appending to /etc/dirsrv/slapd-ldap/dse.ldif:
> > >
> > > dn: cn=replication manager,cn=config
> > > objectClass: inetorgperson
> > > objectClass: person
> > > objectClass: top
> > > cn: replication manager
> > > sn: RM
> > > userPassword: secretPassword
> > > passwordExpirationTime: 20380119031407Z
> > >
> > > However, as soon as I start the directory server back up, the 
> > > changes I made to dse.ldif disappear. Am I missing something?
> > Yes.  You cannot edit dse.ldif while the server is running.  If you 
> > really want to edit dse.ldif, you must shutdown the server first.
> >
> > If you did stop the server first, make sure there is a blank line 
> > before dn: cn=replication manager,cn=config - a blank line is the 
> > entry delimiter in LDIF - if there is no blank line, the server may 
> > just report a warning to the error log and continue.
> >
> > But you do not have to do that - you can just use ldapmodify -a to 
> > add this entry while the server is running
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris
>
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