Creating A Database Link From The Command-Line - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Enter the name of a failover server in the "Failover Server(s)" field, and specify
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a port number in the "Port" field. The default port number is
add the failover server to the list.
You can specify multiple failover servers. If the primary remote server fails, the
database link contacts the first server in the Failover Servers list. If it fails, it
contacts the next in the list, and so on.
Click OK to create the new database link. Click OK to dismiss the success
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dialog box that appears after the database link has been created.
Your new database link appears under the suffix in the left navigation pane.
TIP The Console provides you with a checklist of information that
needs to be present on the remote server for your database link to
bind successfully. To view this checklist, click your new database
link, and click the Authentication tab. The checklist appears in the
"Remote server checklist" box.

Creating a Database Link from the Command-Line

Use the
ldapmodify
command-line.
Your new instance must be located in the
entry.
cn=config
Default configuration attributes are contained in the
cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,cn=config
attributes apply to all database links at creation time. Changes to the default
configuration only affect new database links. You cannot change the default
configuration attributes on existing database links.
Each database link contains its own specific configuration information, which is
stored with the database link entry itself,
database,cn=plugins,cn=config
attributes, refer to the Red Hat Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File
Reference.
This section contains the following procedures for configuring a database link from
the command-line:
• Providing Suffix Information
• Providing Bind Credentials
command-line utility to create a new database link from the
cn=database_link_name,cn=chaining
. For more information about configuration
Creating and Maintaining Database Links
cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,
cn=default config,
entry. These configuration
Chapter 3 Configuring Directory Databases
. Click Add to
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