[Fedora-directory-users] Changing the hostname domain of the fedora server

[Mike Jackson]

Philip Kime wrote:
> Suddenly, I have to change the DNS domain for two Fedora-DS servers. The 
> IP and hostname remain the same. They have replication agreements with 
> other servers. Are there any guidelines for doing this? I suspect it's a 
> horrible thing to have to do ...?

I have done this and tested it in production environments. It's a pretty 
hairy procedure as it is, and would be next to impossible if the files 
were spread around in an FHS setup...

Briefly:

Do a recursive grep for the domain name from /opt/fedora-ds and you will 
find about 25 files in several different subdirectories which need to be 
modified. Do all modifications with the service shut down. Do the same 
mods to all machines.

Start the services up on all machines and check if replication still 
works (probably not). If not, then just remove and recreate the 
replication agreements.


BTW, the procedure is the same for hostname or domain name change.


BR,
Mike

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