Tri Tu wrote:
> Hi Howard,
>
> Thanks for your replying.
>
> If we set the pcacheOffline FALSE (default) then when the cache is expired,
> query would failed with "Proxy operation retry failed" because the DSA is
> offline/unreachable.
>
> pcacheOffline { TRUE | FALSE }
> Set the cache to offline mode. While offline, the consistency
> checker will be stopped and no expirations will occur. This allows the cache
> contents to be used indefinitely
> while the proxy is cut off from network access to the remote
> DSA. The default is FALSE, i.e. consistency checks and expirations will be
> performed.
>
> If we manually update configuration to pcacheOffline TRUE and restarted slapd,
Don't restart slapd. The pcacheOffline setting is meant to be used by changing
it dynamically as your network status changes.
> the existing cached data is still existing on database (hdb/dbd) but it can't
> query proxycache (QUERY NOT ANSWERABLE) and tries to update the cache (QUERY
> CACHEABLE) and would fail with "Proxy can't contact remote server" as below.
> How do we continue to use the ldap proxy when the remote DSA is cut off from
> network / server is unavailable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 08:07:25 AM PDT, Howard Chu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Read the slapo-pcache manpage more carefully. Setting pcacheOffline TRUE
> disables cache expiration.
>
>
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Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
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