Q: Using a stock OpenLDAP install as replica?

[Alex Chejlyk]

Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a dumb question whether it is possible to use a "stock" OpenLDAP  
> installation as replica for the Kolab OpenLDAP data base.  The  
> background:  Running Kolab on a 64-bit box, I am hit by issue #2982,  
> which in turn makes (as I also use OpenLDAP for Linux/Samba Logins and  
> for DHCP) my whole installation inoperative.
> 
> My idea is to have an other box which "only" runs OpenLDAP (of course  
> with the correct schema files) and holds a copy of the LDAP data (but  
> nothing else).  All involved instances (DHCP, Samba, maybe also Kolab)  
> would get this installation as secondary servers which are used as  
> fallback in case the primary fails.  The secondary box could be an old  
> (32-bit ;-) box as it wouldn't see much traffic in the normal case.
> 
> Any idea if this would be feasible?  Any pointer/howto?
> 
> TIA, Albrecht.
> 
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This is not an answer to your question. I was wondering if you thought 
about running Kolab in a KVM guest? That is how I deploy Kolab for all 
of my clients. Before KVM I used VMware. This would allow you to run 
Kolab on the same iron you are currently using...just a thought.

Cheers,

Alex C.