Re: Adding new Indexes while the directory is running

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Diego Lima wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've recently migrated my OpenLDAP servers configurations to the
> online configuration (cn=config) and I have a question on how to deal
> with indexes. I can add a new index directive while the base is
> running, but should I do this? Don't I need to stop the directory and
> reindex the whole database when I add the new index entry? Or can I
> add it and postpone running slapindex to a later time?

Next time read the slapd-bdb(5) manpage first before wasting your time and ours.

              changing index settings dynamically by LDAPModifying "cn=config"
              automatically causes rebuilding of the indices online in a backâ
              ground task.

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