Setting Up Replication During Installation

If you install the directory server by using the GUI, you can set up replication as part of the installation. If you install the server by using the command-line interface, you must set up replication by using the dsreplication command after the server is installed. For more information, see Configuring Data Replication With dsreplication in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide for Oracle Unified Directory.

To Set Up Replication in GUI Mode

1. For the first directory server in your replication topology, follow the instructions in To Set Up the Directory Server Using the GUI.
2. On the Topologies screen, do the following:
   1. Select This server will be part of a replication topology.
   2. Enter the replication port number or accept the default port 8989.

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      Note - The replication port must be an available port on the server, and must therefore be different for each directory server in a topology if all of them are running on the same host.

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   3. Select Configure as Secure if you want to use encrypted communication when connecting to the replication port on the first server.

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      Note - Record the host name, and administration port, for this first directory server. You will need this information when you configure the second directory server.

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3. Complete the configuration of the first server.
4. For the second directory server in your replication topology, follow the instructions in To Set Up the Directory Server Using the GUI.
5. On the Topologies screen, do the following:
   1. Select This server will be part of a replication topology.
   2. Enter the replication port number for this directory server.

      The replication port must be different from the replication port of the first directory server if both servers are running on the same host.

   3. Select There is already a server in the topology.
      • Host Name. Enter the Host Name for the first directory server.
      • Port. Enter the administration port for the first directory server.
      • Admin User. Enter the bind DN for the first directory user, or accept the default.
      • Admin Password. Enter the bind password for the Admin user.
6. On the Global Administrator screen, provide the following information:

   • The UID for the new global administrator.

   • The password for the new global administrator.

   • Confirm the password for the new global administrator.

7. On the Data Replication screen, select one of the following options, and click Next.
   1. Create first instance of base DN to be replicated.
   2. Create local instance of existing base DNs and configure replication. Click the base DN for the first directory server.
8. Review the configuration settings for the second server, and click Finish.
9. Repeat these procedures to set up additional servers in the replication topology.

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   Note - When you have defined the Global Administrator, the entry with the DN and the password that you provided in step 5c must be defined on all servers in the topology.

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