Hi,

I installed and configured many LDAP servers in a multi-master environment.  Work very well.

Now, I want to do a failover of the Configuration Directory Server between two masters, just in case.  I tried to follow the instructions right here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/8.0/Managing_Replication-Replicating-ADS-for-Failover.html

It's just as clear as a mud...

I would really like to have an real-life scenario example to help me because I'm struggling to configure it and it doesn't work at all.

For example, the step 1 instruct us to create a file.inf and 4 ldif files:

0.- file.inf

FullMachineName = MY FULL HOSTNAME
AdminDomain = MY DOMAIN NAME
SuiteSpotUserID = nobody
SuiteSpotGroup = nobody
ConfigDirectoryLdapURL = ldap://MY FULL HOSTNAME:389/o=NetscapeRoot
ConfigDirectoryAdminID = admin
ConfigDirectoryAdminPwd = MY PASSWORD

[admin]
ServerAdminID = admin
ServerAdminPwd = MY PASSWORD
SysUser = nobody
ServerIpAddress = MY SERVER IP ADDRESS
Port = 9830

[slapd]
InstallLdifFile = suggest
ServerIdentifier = MY SERVER HOSTNAME
ServerPort = 389
AddOrgEntries = Yes
RootDN = cn=Directory Manager
RootDNPwd = MY DS PASSWORD
SlapdConfigForMC = yes
Suffix = dc=EXAMPLE, dc=NET
UseExistingMC = 0
AddSampleEntries = Yes
ConfigFile = repluser.ldif
ConfigFile = changelog.ldif
ConfigFile = replica.ldif
ConfigFile = replagreement.ldif


1.- repluser.ldif

dn: cn=replication manager,cn=config
changetype: add
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top
cn: replication manager
sn: RM
userPassword: MY ENCRYPTED PASSWORD
passwordExpirationTime: 20380119031407Z

2.- changelog.ldif

dn: cn=changelog5,cn=config
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: extensibleObject
cn: changelog5
nsslapd-changelogdir: /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-MYINSTANCE/changelogdb

3.- replica.ldif

dn: cn=replica,cn="o=NetscapeRoot",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: nsds5replica
objectclass: extensibleObject
cn: replica
nsds5replicaroot: o=NetscapeRoot
nsds5replicaid: 1
nsds5replicatype: 3
nsds5flags: 1
nsds5ReplicaPurgeDelay: 604800
nsds5ReplicaBindDN: cn=replication manager,cn=config


4.- replagreement.ldid


dn: cn=replication_netscaperoot,cn=replica,cn="o=Netscaperoot",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: nsds5replicationagreement
cn: replication_netscaperoot
nsds5replicahost: SECONDARY LDAP SERVER HOSTNAME
nsds5replicaport: 389
nsds5ReplicaBindDN: cn=replication manager
nsds5replicabindmethod: SIMPLE
nsds5replicaroot: o=Netscaperoot
description: replication netscaperoot
nsds5replicacredentials: ENCRYPTEDPASSWORD
nsds5BeginReplicaRefresh: start


Then, I ran: /usr/sbin/setup-ds-admin.pl -s -f file.inf 

It went without errors.

And then... I don't see any replica nor replica agreement.  Even the user "cn=replication manager,cn=config' doesn't appear in the console. 

So, I'm wondering if any of you has succeeded to configure a replication/failover of o=NetscapeRoot ?  If yes, I would be greatly appreciated if you could put your examples in real-life scenaro, it would help me alot.

Thank you very much!

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