LDAP
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LDAP server is on srv1 (master) and srv2 (slave). failover should be automatic. to add new users, add them on srv1, then run /home/wikipedia/bin/ldapsync. srv2 will update automatically. | LDAP server is on srv1 (master) and srv2 (slave). failover should be automatic. to add new users, add them on srv1, then run /home/wikipedia/bin/ldapsync. srv2 will update automatically. | ||
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| + | == Overload == | ||
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| + | If the local caching daemon [[nscd]] dies on clients, the server can get badly overloaded and logins can fail. | ||
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| + | If necessary restart it sitewide. :P | ||
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Revision as of 19:36, 4 November 2006
Hosts should be to use LDAP for users and some other stuff.
setup LDAP client on new machine
- run /home/wikipedia/bin/setup-ldap
- copy zwinger:/etc/ldap.conf to the new machine
LDAP server is on srv1 (master) and srv2 (slave). failover should be automatic. to add new users, add them on srv1, then run /home/wikipedia/bin/ldapsync. srv2 will update automatically.
Overload
If the local caching daemon nscd dies on clients, the server can get badly overloaded and logins can fail.
If necessary restart it sitewide. :P
