Re: OpenLDAP 2.1 High Availability

Kukkala Prasad wrote:

We are planning to configure High Availability for OpenLDAP 2.1 on Linux CentOS.

2.1 is a really ancient release.

1.   Using Replica Service
   
   

a. This is not enough because if master machine goes down then LDAP updates will not be possible.

You could set up a failover mechanism.

2.   Migrating to OpenLDAP2.4
   
   

a. Master-Master solution looks promising but in our current project time line it is not possible to migrate.

I really wonder why you think that the migration is so much effort. Just go for it.

Ciao, Michael.