Author: tchemineau Date: 2010-09-23 11:40:17 +0200 (Thu, 23 Sep 2010) New Revision: 133
Modified: openldap-mmr/trunk/README Log: adding some details on how to use openldap-mmr tools Modified: openldap-mmr/trunk/README =================================================================== --- openldap-mmr/trunk/README 2010-09-23 09:00:41 UTC (rev 132) +++ openldap-mmr/trunk/README 2010-09-23 09:40:17 UTC (rev 133) @@ -1,19 +1,17 @@ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - README + README - Openldap MMR Tools + Author(s): Thomas Chemineau - [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1. Configure MMR Tools Edit the configuration file (openldap-mmr.conf), to fit your installation. Then, take care of a few needs, such as the following: - Create all missing directories on the system; - - Allow directories should be own by appropriate user/group + - Allowed directories should be own by appropriate user/group. - 2. Initialize the first provider Then, choose a server. It will be used as the first provider. Type the @@ -21,8 +19,17 @@ ./mmr-initprov + It will ask you: + - The local IP to use for this first provider; + - The new password for the cn=config backend. + Once you have answer to all questions, it will: + - Create a boostrap file for your provider installation; + - Replace all variables into this bootstrap file; + - Create the slapd.d directory, which will store files for cn=config; + - Fixe rights on few directories (databases, etc.). + 3. Initialize other provider(s) On a provider (not the first one), type the following command, and follow @@ -30,8 +37,23 @@ ./mmr-addnode + It will ask you: + - The local IP to use for this new node; + - The remote IP to use to connect to the first provider; + - The password for the cn=config backend; + - The serverID for this node (automatically calculated from the provider). + Once you have answer to all questions, it will: + - Create a simple boostrap file for your node installation; + - Replace all variables into this bootstrap file; + - Create the slapd.d directory, which will store files for cn=config; + - Fixe rights on few directories (databases, etc.). + When you will run your Openldap server, replication should work and all + configuration should be synchronized. I recommand you to stop your Openldap + server one time, and restarting it, to make databases replications work. + + 4. Adapt Openldap settings Once all of the above command was successfully executed, adapt settings @@ -44,6 +66,8 @@ #SLAPD_CONF="$SLAPD_PATH/etc/openldap/slapd.conf" SLAPD_CONF_DIR="$SLAPD_PATH/etc/openldap/slapd.d" + You should also fix IP into each server configuration, in /etc/default/slapd + too (simple and SSL). 5. Run Openldap servers _______________________________________________ ltb-changes mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ltb-project.org/listinfo/ltb-changes
