Chapter 8. Creating and maintaining database links

Procedure

1. Create a new database link :

   # dsconf -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com chaining link-create --suffix="ou=Customers,dc=example,dc=com" --server-url="ldap://remote_server.example.com:389" --bind-mech=SIMPLE --bind-dn="cn=proxy_user,cn=config" --bind-pw="password" "example_chain_name"

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1. Display additional settings that you can set when you create the database link:

Procedure

1. Open the Database menu.

2. Create a new suffix:

   1. Click Create Suffix button.
   2. Enter the DN suffix and back end name.
   3. Select Create The Top Suffix Entry and click Create Suffix.
3. Select the suffix, click Suffix Tasks button on the right side, and select Create Database Link.
4. Fill the fields with the details about the connection to the remote server.
5. Click Create Database Link.

Procedure

1. Display the current default values of the database link:

   # dsconf -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com chaining config-get-def

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2. Use the dsconf chaining config-set-def command to change the new database links configuration. For example, to set the response-delay parameter to 30, run:

   # dsconf -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com chaining config-set-def --response-delay 30

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   The example command sets the default response timeout for all chaining connections. You can overwrite the response timeout for a specific chaining link by using the dsconf instance chaining link-set command.

3. To see the list of all parameters you can set, run:

   # dsconf -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://server.example.com chaining config-set-def --help

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