Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR, Administrator'S Manual

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Creating and Maintaining Databases
94 Netscape Directory Server Administrator’s Guide • August 2002
Once Netscape Professional Services has helped you create a custom distribution logic
plug-in, you need to add it to your directory. The following procedures describe
adding distribution logic to a suffix in your directory.
Adding the Custom Distribution Function to a Suffix
The distribution logic is a function declared in a suffix. This function is called for
every operation reaching this suffix, including subtree search operations that start
above the suffix. You can insert a distribution function into a suffix using both the
console and the command line.
For information about creating your own custom distribution logic, contact
Netscape Professional Services.
Adding Custom Distribution Using the Console
1.
On the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
2.
Expand Data in the left navigation pane. Select the suffix to which you want to
apply your distribution function.
3.
Select the Databases tab in the right window.
4.
Click Add to associate additional databases with the suffix.
The “Database List” dialog box is displayed. Select a database from the list and
click OK.
5.
Enter the path to your distribution library in the “Distribution library” field, or
click Browse to locate a distribution library on your local machine.
6.
Enter the name of your distribution function in the “Function name” field.
7.
Click Save to save your changes.
Adding Custom Distribution From the Command Line
Use the
ldapmodify
command-line utility to add the following attributes to the
suffix entry itself:
nsslapd-backend: Database1
nsslapd-backend: Database2
nsslapd-backend: Database3
nsslapd-distribution-plugin:
/full/name/of/a/shared/library
nsslapd-distribution-funct:
distribution-function-name
The
nsslapd-backend
attribute specifies all of the databases associated with this
suffix. The
nsslapd-distribution-plugin
attribute specifies the name of the
library that your plug-in uses. The
nsslapd-distribution-funct
attribute
provides the name of the distribution function itself.