Cloning The Directory Configuration; Starting The Server In Referral Mode - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Starting the Server in Referral Mode

Enter the a port number for LDAP communications in the Network port field.
4.
Enter the suffix managed by this new instance of the directory in the base
5.
suffix field.
Enter a DN for the Directory Manager in the Root DN field.
6.
For information on the role and privileges of the Directory Manager entry,
refer to "Configuring the Directory Manager," on page 35.
Enter the password for this user in the Password for Root DN field, and
7.
confirm it by entering it again in the Confirm Password field.
Enter the user ID for the Directory Server daemon in the Server Runtime User
8.
ID field.
Click OK.
9.
A status box appears to confirm that the operation was successful. To dismiss
it, click OK.

Cloning the Directory Configuration

In the Red Hat Console window, expand the Server Group folder, and
1.
right-click on the Directory Server that you want to clone.
From the pop-up menu, select Clone Server Config.
2.
A new window is displayed with the list of target servers for cloning.
In this window, select the server to which you want the configuration to
3.
apply, and click the Clone To button.
A message is displayed to give you the status of the operation.
Starting the Server in Referral Mode
Referrals are used to redirect client applications to another server while the
current server is unavailable or when the client requests information that is not
held on the current server.
For example, you can also start Directory Server in referral mode if you're making
configuration changes to the Directory Server and you want all clients to be
referred to another supplier for the duration. To do this, you must start the server
with the command.
refer
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