[redirected to the openldap-software list] At 08:17 PM 7/4/2006, Chen, Shi Jun SLC CT PEK wrote: >Howard Chu wrote: >>This sounds to me like just using back-ldap all by itself. Why do you >Think this needs to be an overlay? > >Yes, I can configure slapd.conf to use back-ldap as the backend >database. >But how can I make back-ldap to select the server dynamically according >to the concrete content of LDAP request? > >For example, the entries are in the same sub-tree, but are devided in >three remote DSAs (A, B & C). When the local DSA receives the request on >entry resided in B, how to use back-ldap to route the request to DSA B?
You configure a separate back-ldap instance for each distinct DIT context being proxied. Or you configure the local with a single database (hdb/bdb) holding named references for A, B, C pointed to the appropriate servers, and then use the chaining overlay. Or a combination approach. Kurt
