LDAP replication
In certain configurations, a single slapd instance may be
insufficient to handle the number of clients requiring directory service
via LDAP. It may become necessary to run more than one
slapd instance. At a sample site, for instance,
there are four slapd servers, one master and three slaves. A
DNS lookup of the name ldap.itd.antbear.com returns the
IP addresses of those four servers, distributing the load among
them. This master/slave arrangement provides a simple and effective way
to increase capacity, availability and reliability.
slurpd provides the capability for a master slapd to
propagate changes to slave slapd instances, implementing the
master/slave replication scheme described above. slurpd runs on
the same host as the master slapd instance.
For a full description of slurpd command line options and usage,
see the
slurpd(1Mldap)
manual page. For details of how to configure replication using the
graphical LDAP Manager, see
``Managing LDAP replications''.
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