Re: How to slapadd cn=config

["Torsten Schlabach (Tascel eG)" <tschlabach@tascel.net>]

Hi Robert!

> Slapd, etc. needs an /etc/openldap/slapd.conf file

Well, either an /etc/openldap/slapd.conf file *or* a cn=config database, I
guess.

Ok, maybe a possible trick is to have a minimal slapd.conf file which just
declares a cn=config database to be able to load it that way.

In that case, a cut & paste example somewhere would come in handy.

But I understand that in OpenLDAP 2.5 they think about doing away with
slapd.conf entirely. This would then break your approach again.

Maybe Howard will explain a bit better what he meand by "slapadd the same
way you slapcat".

Regards,
Torsten

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:54:13 -0400, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com>
wrote:
> At Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:35:32 +0000 "Torsten Schlabach (Tascel eG)"
> <tschlabach@tascel.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Dear list!
>> 
>> If I have an LDIF backup of a cn=config database, taken with slapcat,
how
>> would I use it to bootstrap a new server, for example, in a desaster
>> recovery setting?
>> 
>> I tried it and slapadd required a configuration, but cn=config *is* the
>> configuration and I am trying to restore it. So this is a bit of a
>> chicken
>> and egg problem, isn't it?
>> 
>> Is there an "official" way of doing that?
> 
> Slapd, etc. needs an /etc/openldap/slapd.conf file, which contains some
> root-level (eg bootstrap) configuration.  You need to copy this file
> from the original server to the replacement server, and possibly edit it
> slightly (depending on how much of a 'clone' you are making, eg stuff
> like server IP numbers, hostnames, etc.).
> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Torsten
>> 
>>                           
> 
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