[Freeipa-devel] Move replication topology to the shared tree

[Ludwig Krispenz]

On 06/03/2014 02:53 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-06-03 at 14:15 +0200, Ludwig Krispenz wrote:
>> Hi Simo,
>>
>> just for clarification. The plan is to move the repl config into the
>> shared tree for the main database and eventually for others like
>> o=ipaca. Should the topology info live in cn=etc for all databases or
>> each in the database it configures ?
>> If the main database is always replicated I think all topology info
>> should be concentrated in cn=etc.
> This is actually a good question, I think we want to keep it in the main
> database, but to be forward looking, we should set the basedn of the
> configuration (per topology) in the topology plugin configuration entry,
> this way if it turns out we should move it in their own dbs we can just
> do it.
yes, this can be handle in the topology plugin configuration, we need to 
define which databases should be controlled and where the root for the 
replicated topology information is.
I assume we want only one plugin instance.
>
> The other issue is the list of masters though. I do not want to move
> them in the topology tree (breaks compatibility) nor duplicate those
> entries if possible, but we may need to do it or also configure where
> the "nodes" are stored.
Agreed. What about non-masters, in the ticket there was also discussion 
about read only replicas - to be delayed ?
>
> Simo.
>