Quickstart guide¶
Configuration¶
The configuration file used to configure the BDII itself is /etc/bdii/bdii.conf. The format is key/value pairs with an ‘=’ sign as the separator. A default configuration file comes with the BDII. This may require editing in order for the BDII to function as desired. The table belows describes the key/value pairs found in the configuration file.
Key |
Typicaly Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
BDII_LOG_FILE |
/var/log/bdii/bdii-update.log |
The log file for the BDII update process |
BDII_PID_FILE |
/var/run/bdii/bdii-update.pid |
PID file for the bdii-update daemon |
BDII_LOG_LEVEL |
ERROR |
The log level for the update process [ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG ] |
BDII_LDIF_DIR |
/var/lib/bdii/gip/ldif |
The directory containing LDIF files |
BDII_PROVIDER_DIR |
/var/lib/bdii/gip/provider |
The directory containing information providers |
BDII_PLUGIN_DIR |
/var/lib/bdii/gip/plugin |
The directory containing plugins |
BDII_PORT |
2170 |
The port which is used for the LDAP server |
BDII_VAR_DIR |
/var/lib/bdii |
The directory to use by the BDII for writing data |
BDII_BREATHE_TIME |
120 |
Time to wait before updating the next database |
BDII_READ_TIMEOUT |
300 |
Time to wait for LDAP sources to return |
BDII_ARCHIVE_SIZE |
0 |
The number of updates that the changes should be logged |
BDII_USER |
ldap |
The user runing the update process and the slapd databases |
BDII_DELETE_DELAY |
43200 |
Time to wait in seconds before deleting removed entries. Default is 12 hours. This variable enables the caching mode. For disabling it set it to 0. |
Starting and Stopping the BDII¶
The BDII is started and stopped by the daemon script /etc/init.d/bdii. The following commands can be used:
service bdii start
service bdii stop
File Locations and Descriptions¶
The following table contains a list of files and locations which may be useful during troubleshooting.
Location |
Description |
|---|---|
/etc/bdii/bdii.conf |
BDII configuration file |
/etc/bdii/bdii-(top-)slapd.conf |
The slapd.conf template for use with the bdii |
/var/lib/bdii/gip/ldif/default.ldif |
A default LDIF file to populate the bdii |
/etc/init.d/bdii |
BDII init.d script |
/usr/sbin/bdii-update |
Main update script |
/opt/bdii/bin/bdii-proxy |
Creates proxy for the BDII |
/var/log/bdii/bdii-update.log |
The BDII log file |
/var/run/bdii-update.pid |
Te bdii-update.pid of the main process |
Running Processes¶
When a BDII is started, the following processes run:
One multithreaded slapd process.The number of (active) threads may depend on the query load and/or the /opt/bdii/etc/bdii-slapd.conf file.
1 bdii-update process.
Periodically, one ldapadd, ldapdelete or ldapmodify process.