[Fedora-directory-users] Admin Server connecting to two Directory Servers within the same domain

[Richard Megginson]

Daryle A. Tilroe wrote:
> Joel Heenan wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 00:14 +1000, Richard Megginson wrote:
>>
>>> How did you create your directory server instances?  Usually the 
>>> first one you create is your Configuration Directory Server, the one 
>>> the console uses as sort of a network registry (the o=NetscapeRoot 
>>> suffix).  Subsequent directory server instance creation should use 
>>> this one instead of creating a new Config DS.  The setup program 
>>> should give you these options.
>
> I have a closely related question.  Is there a correct way in a simple
> dual multimaster setup to have the two servers both be config servers
> for the same DB?  I tried just replicating NetscapeRoot but I ended up
> with things messed up.
How so?
> I have not yet tried again but was curious
> if there was a 'correct' method.
Not really.  There are too many places where the host:port of the config 
DS are hard coded, and there is not really a provision for specifying 
more than one for failover.
> Otherwise I was just going to have
> the two be independent insofar as the config DB went.  I require
> this so either will be completely, and indefinitely, functional when
> the other is down.
>
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