recommended configuration of referral url setting?
For load-balance, I have a load-balancer install infront of the 2 masters of my ldap (DS5.2 sp4). The default referral url of my replicas is set to the physical server name of my 2 masters. What's the best or recommended practice in configuring the referral url - use of the load-balance vip or use of the ldap master vip?
Thanks
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612158a] at [2007-11-27 6:02:06]
# 1
These referrals are mostly used when one of the server goes in maintenance mode (ie a backend is being reinitialized). It is better to redirect directly to the right Master rather than going to the VIP which may redirect to the same server again.Regards,Ludovic
# 3
On a read-only replica, the server by default returns referrals to all of the known Masters.
This is a good and working configuration. At worst, if the 1st master is down, the client will have to try the second referral.
You may decide to change them and have the read-only replica to refer to the virtual IP for the service.
This leaves the HW LB choosing the Master.
Regards,
Ludovic.
