[Fedora-directory-users] Fedora directory Server 7.1 with BDB/MySQL Backend

[Richard Megginson]

Hariharan R wrote:
>
> Hai,
>  Can any one configured Fedora Directory server7.1 (or any version) with
>  MySQL as backend?
There's no "pre-canned" back-sql.  You will have to write a considerable 
amount of plug-in code in order to support this.
>  Is there is any documentation for dong it?
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/FAQ#Can_I_replace_Sleepycat_with_Oracle.2C_or_Postgres.2C_etc..3F
>
>  Can anyone pls advise me in this regard.I am in an urgent need of it.
>
> Regards,
> Hariharan R
>
> Well let's see...
>
> 1. The LDBM/BDB thing is an OpenLDAP-ism. OpenLDAP created the 'BDB' 
> backend
>
> as the new transacted store, leaving the older LDBM code as it was. 
> FDS is not OpenLDAP. It forked from the UMich code in 1995. In FDS the 
> name of the files is still 'ldbm' but the functionality is roughly 
> similar to that of the 'BDB' backend in OpenLDAP (at least
>
> as far as having ACID properties and using transactions in BekeleyDB 
> goes).
> So you need do absolutely nothing to get 'BDB'.
>
> 2. There is no SQL back end for FDS at present. So to change to a MySQL
> backend database you'd need to write code.
>
>
> -------------------
>  Fedora DS 7.1 by default supports LDBM database as a backend data store.
>
>  I want to change the backend database to BDB or MySQL.
>
>
> How i can make the Fedora DS 7.1 to interface with BDB or MySQL database?
>
>
> ---
> Hariharan.R
>
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