[Freeipa-devel] New replica installation and topology - we need stable base

[Martin Kosek]

On 05/28/2015 03:57 PM, Ludwig Krispenz wrote:
> 
> On 05/28/2015 03:47 PM, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> On 05/27/2015 04:59 PM, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> ...
>>> Domain Levels
>>> - Done, committed
>>> - Defaults to Level 1, i.e. Topology plugin powered infra enabled
>> With respect to related Simo's response in
>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-devel/2015-May/msg00553.html
>>
>> Would we want to enable Topology (i.e. Domain Level 1) even if Replica
>> promotion is not done?
> who is we ? I thought there is an api to set the domain-level and the admin
> decides if, or do you mean to have  it by default during installation ?

The question here is if Topology plugin (i.e. Domain Level 1) shall be enabled
during new FreeIPA 4.2 installation or if would be still disabled and only
enabled by domain-level-set request.

>> I thought we do as I see those as orthogonal features.
>> Replica promotion would take advantage of the Topology plugin, but it does not
>> mean you cannot benefit from Topology plugin without it.
>>
>> You can still use the API to see/manage the topology and set replication
>> settings with it. You do not need Replica Promotion for that...
> well, it is not just for viewing, you restrict management to use the
> ipa-toplogy commands

Right.