Re: [Openca-Users] ca_node ra_node switched

[Nicholas T. Roussos]

Alexandre,   >Yes, i've installed openLDAP and it runs but i don't understand well if the ra use LDAP or database or both, and what is initialized >when i've got the error. >The error comes when i make server-init->initialize database in the ra node it returns error 690 error during initializing the database > (ldap or mysql or other?) RA uses whatever you tell it. If you configure it with the LDAP "directives" (e.g. --with-ldap-host, --with-ldap-root and --with-ldap-root-pw) and specify in your etc/servers/ directory that LDAP is enabled (I believe in ldap.conf and ra_node.conf), then LDAP will be used. However, when you do server-init->initialize, that concerns the database (mysql in your case?) and NOT the LDAP. LDAP is accessed when you go through the LDAP web interface and try to import CA-Certificates or other valid certificates. Also, if you are importing certificates from the CA and you have the option of automatic LDAP update, LDAP will be accessed too (I think this is set by default as long as you configure the ldap host).     >and i didn't see this message coupled with this error on the mailing list. >Apache and mysql logs keep no trace about this. Check to make sure you give the correct information regarding your mysql database when you use ./configure. As I said I don't use an external database, so hopefully someone else might be able to help you out with that.   Nicholas