[Fedora-directory-devel] How to configure new Backend

[Richard Megginson]

Eswar S wrote:
> Thank you for Replay. As per FAQ I need to write my own plug-in for storing
> ldap entries into mssql/oracle database.
> I have seen slapi to write Server plug-in and examples provided at
> /opt/fedora-ds/plugins/slapd/slapi/examples. But I am not finding sample
> code for writing plug-in for Backend databases.
> Is there any sample code for writing plug-in for backend database?
>   
I would suggest starting here - 
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Plugins

For a pure backend database plugin, your best bet would be to start with 
the source code for the chaining database (which is an LDAP backend).
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/ldapserver/ldap/servers/plugins/chainingdb/?root=dirsec

However, for your purposes, you might find it easier to write a data 
interoperability plugin.  We had a Netscape customer who did this very 
same thing - write a data interop plugin which put an LDAP frontend on 
their Oracle backend database (really just a simple LDAP<->SQL 
converter) - and, in case you were wondering, no, the code is 
proprietary to that particular customer (this was a few years ago).  
There are some examples for data interop here - 
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/ldapserver/ldap/servers/slapd/test-plugins/?root=dirsec
> I am referring this link to write  plug-in.
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/plugin/7.1/pluginTOC.html
>
> Thank you 
> Eswar S
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> Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:39:45 -0700
> From: Richard Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-devel] How to configure new Backend
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> Eswar S wrote:
>   
>> Hi
>> I have configured my fedora LDAP with LDBM (as Default Installation) on
>>     
> Red
>   
>> Hat machine. If I wanted to change my backed database. How can I change? 
>> Means how can I change to msSql /oracle/BDB..........
>>   
>>     
> http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/FAQ#Can_I_replace_Sleepycat_with_Ora
> cle.2C_or_Postgres.2C_etc..3F
>   
>> I observed that we need to add an entry under config tree of Fedora-ds
>> with plug-in xxxx.so file with initialize function name.
>> But for other database what is that xxxxxxx.so file and corresponding
>> Function name??
>>
>> I am posting same second time ...... 
>> Please help me to configure fedora-ds 7.1 ldap.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eswar S
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