Hi All,<br>I&#39;m in need of figuring out how I can effectively backup my ldap server then restore it in case of crisis.  <br><br>I have a master and consumer ldap server running in replication mode with latest ldap 2.4 version on ubuntu 10.  I have an idea on backup and restore procedures but I need verification.<br>

<br>Backup procedures:<br><br>1. /etc/init.d/slapd stop<br><br>2.  tar the following directories<br>/etc/ldap<br>/var/lib/ldap<br><br># tar -pczf compressed.tar.gz /etc/ldap/ /var/lib/ldap/<br><br>3.  convert the configs and dit to ldif<br>



	
	
	
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<pre class="western">sudo slapcat -n 0 &gt; backup/config.ldif
sudo slapcat -n 1 &gt; backup/users.ldif<br><br>4./etc/init.d/slapd start<br><br>Restore procedures:<br><br>1.  Reinstall a fresh vanilla ubuntu ldap server<br><br>2.  untar the compessed.tar.gz to original location<br><br>
3.  /etc/init.d/slapd stop
sudo slapadd -n 0 -l backup/config.ldif
sudo slapadd -n 0 -l backup/users.ldif
sudo cp backup/ldap.secret /etc/ldap.secret
/etc/init.d/slapd start<br><br>Just a brainstorm and I&#39;m sure it needs revising. <br><br>TIA,<br>Anton<br></pre>
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