Re: Adding new Indexes while the directory is running

Diego Lima wrote:

Hello all,

I've recently migrated my OpenLDAP servers configurations to the online configuration (cn=config) and I have a question on how to deal with indexes. I can add a new index directive while the base is running, but should I do this? Don't I need to stop the directory and reindex the whole database when I add the new index entry? Or can I add it and postpone running slapindex to a later time?

Next time read the slapd-bdb(5) manpage first before wasting your time and ours.

changing index settings dynamically by LDAPModifying "cn=config" automatically causes rebuilding of the indices online in a back‐ ground task.