Configuring The Read-Only Replica On The Consumer Server - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Configuring Cascading Replication
• Configuring the Read-Write Replica on the Supplier Server
• Initializing the Replicas for Cascading Replication
Configuring the Read-Only Replica on the
Consumer Server
To configure the read-only replica in a consumer server:
On the consumer server, create the database for the replica if it does not exist.
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For instructions, refer to "Creating Suffixes," on page 80.
On the consumer server, create the entry corresponding to the supplier bind
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DN if it does not exist. This is the special entry that the supplier will use to
bind.
On the consumer server, specify the replication settings for the read-only
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In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
In the navigation tree, expand the Replication folder, and highlight the
replica database.
The Replica Settings tab is displayed on the right pane.
Check the Enable Replica checkbox.
In the Replica Role section, select the Dedicated Consumer radio button.
In the Common Settings section, specify a purge delay in the "Purge
delay" field.
This option indicates how often the state information stored in the
replicated entries is purged.