Replication Basics

Producers = Masters

Consumers = Slaves/Replicas

MMR = Multi-Master Replication

Non-MMR Providers do not require a syncrepl section

Non-MMR Providers require the following:

moduleload syncprov.la

index entryCSN eq

index entryUUID eq

overlay syncprov

MMR Providers (aka MMR Cluster Members) do require a syncrepl section and the “mirrormode on” option

If syncrepl is present no writes are allowed.

If syncprov is present writes are allowed.

If syncprov and syncrepl are present writes are allowed if mirrormode is set to on.

The overlay syncprov stanza should be located below (after) the syncrepl section on MMR Producers

Non-MMR and MMR Consumers do not require the syncprov module or overlay

Non-MMR and MMR Consumers do require the following:

index entryCSN eq

index entryUUID eq

syncrepl section

Indexing should be the same on Providers and Consumers

MMR and Non-MMR Consumers and MMR Providers syncrepl sections can be identical since slapd overlooks any RID that points to the server itself.

Basic replicator entry to database

dn: cn=replicator,dc=vmware,dc=com

objectClass: organizationalRole

objectClass: simpleSecurityObject

cn: replicator

userPassword: secret

description: LDAP Replication Account