> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:35:46 +0100
> From: Ludwig Krispenz <lkris...@redhat.com>

> On 02/20/2019 03:24 PM, Howard Chu wrote:
>> > Mark Reynolds wrote:
>>> >> On 2/20/19 5:59 AM, Howard Chu wrote:
>>>>> >>>> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:50:11 +0100
>>>>> >>>> From: wodel youchi <wodel.you...@gmail.com>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Hi,
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> is it possible to create a replication matser/master or master/slave
>>>>> >>>> between 389DS and another LDAP server openldap for example?
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Regards.
>>>> >>> Maybe. OpenLDAP has recently added support for replication using a 
>>>> >>> retro changelog.
>>>> >>> It has only been tested against Sun/Oracle DSEE so far
>>> >> 389's retro changelog should be the same as DSEE, so this would be an 
>>> >> option.  Howard, does this new replication feature in OpenLDAP work in 
>>> >> both directions?
>> > Not at the moment. It only allows OpenLDAP to replicate from DSEE. It 
>> > probably wouldn't be
>> > difficult to write an overlay to generate a compatible changelog, for 
>> > going the other
>> > direction.
> 390ds also impelments SyncRepl as a plugin, so this could also be an 
> option to try, but it would still provide only the direction 389ds 
> -->openldap.
> For the other direction 389ds would have to offer some "pull 
> replication" feature, which doesn't exist.

Not necessarily. OpenLDAP can also push changes; this configuration is sometimes
needed for syncrepl behind various firewall setups.

> A further problem would be in synchronizing updates from several 
> sources, 389ds uses CSNs and RUVs, openldap also has CSN, which are a 
> similar concept, but not directly compatible.
> So, even if there are approaches to do it, I think we are not there.

Indeed, I don't see a straightforward way to support master/master at the 
moment.
But for typical provider/consumer replication it could be done, with a couple
remappings of operational attributes in the middle.

-- 
  -- Howard Chu
  CTO, Symas Corp.           http://www.symas.com
  Director, Highland Sun     http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
  Chief Architect, OpenLDAP  http://www.openldap.org/project/
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