Using the command line

Define a default referral to reference a directory on another server using the information and commands provided here.

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Note: The default referral LDAP URL does not include the DN portion. It includes only the ldap:// identifier and the hostname:port.

For example:

Note: This example is of a local LDAP server on port 389.

idsldapadd -D <adminDN> -w <adminpw> -i <filename>

where <filename> contains:

# referral
dn: cn=Referral, cn=Configuration
cn: Referral
ibm-slapdReferral: ldap://<additional hostname:port>/<baseDN>?<attributes>?
<scope>?<filter>
ibm-slapdReferral: ldap://<additional hostname:port>/<baseDN>?<attributes>?
<scope>?<filter>
ibm-slapdReferral: ldap://<additional hostname:port>/<baseDN>?<attributes>?
<scope>?<filter>
objectclass: ibm-slapdReferral
objectclass: top
objectclass: ibm-slapdConfigEntry

For example, to set up referrals to two servers, server1 and server2 (a secure server), listening on port 389, with a base of ou=austin,o=sample , with the attributes cn, sn, and description, a scope of base, and a filter of objectclass=*, the LDIF file is :

# referral
dn: cn=Referral, cn=Configuration
cn: Referral
ibm-slapdreferral: ldap://server1.mycity.mycompany.com:389/
ou=austin,o=sample?cn,sn,description?base?objectclass=*
ibm-slapdreferral: ldaps://server2.mycity.mycompany.com:389/
ou=austin,o=sample?cn,sn,description?base?objectclass=*
objectclass: ibm-slapdReferral
objectclass: ibm-slapdConfigEntry
objectclass: top

SeeIPv6 support for more information about supported URL formats.