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Changing the IP address information about the existing LDAP server
Assigning a different LDAP server for the cluster to use
Adding LDAP servers to the list of ones that the cluster can use
You can modify these settings at any time. Novell Cluster Services can be running or not running.
To modify the LDAP server IP address or administrator credentials in the Novell Cluster Services
configuration settings:
1 Make sure that the IP addresses and administrator username that you plan to use meet the
requirements specified in
2 Log in as the
3 In a text editor, create a text file, specify the configuration information for the Novell Cluster
Services cluster in it, then save the file.
Two examples are shown below of the content of the file with sample values. The directives are
self-explanatory.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to change the values inside the quotation marks to the actual
settings for your cluster.
The following lines are the content of a sample configuration file for a Novell Cluster Services
cluster when you have a single LDAP server.
CONFIG_NCS_CLUSTER_DN="cn=svr1_oes2_cluster.o=context"
CONFIG_NCS_LDAP_IP="10.1.1.102"
CONFIG_NCS_LDAP_PORT="636"
CONFIG_NCS_ADMIN_DN="cn=admin.o=context"
CONFIG_NCS_ADMIN_PASSWORD="password"
If you have multiple LDAP servers, the syntax is slightly different. The following lines are the
content of a sample configuration file for a Novell Cluster Services cluster when you have
multiple LDAP servers.
CONFIG_NCS_CLUSTER_DN="cn=svr1_oes2_cluster.o=context"
CONFIG_NCS_LDAP_INFO="ldaps://10.1.1.102:636,ldaps://10.1.1.101:636"
CONFIG_NCS_ADMIN_DN="cn=admin.o=context"
CONFIG_NCS_ADMIN_PASSWORD="password"
4 As the
/opt/novell/ncs/install/ncs_install.py -l -f configuration_filename
Replace configuration_filename with the actual name of the file you created.
5 Delete the configuration file that you created.
6 For each of the other nodes in the cluster, log in as the
Step 3
Modifying the information on each node allows iManager to manage the cluster after a
different node becomes the master. This step is necessary because credentials are stored on
CASA, and CASA does not synchronize across clustered nodes.
7 Push this update to all nodes on the cluster by entering the following as the
the cluster nodes:
cluster exec "/opt/novell/ncs/bin/ncs-configd.py -init"
106 OES 2 SP2: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux Administration Guide
Section 3.1.3, "Configuration Requirements," on page
user to the master node of the cluster.
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user, enter the following command at a terminal console prompt:
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to Step 5.
user for the node, then repeat
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user on one of