ipa-ldap-updater(1) IPA Manual Pages ipa-ldap-updater(1)NAMEipa-ldap-updater - Update the IPA LDAP configuration
SYNOPSISipa-ldap-updater [options] input_file(s)ipa-ldap-updater [options]
DESCRIPTIONipa-ldap-updater is used to apply updates to the IPA LDAP server when
the IPA packages are being updated. It is not intended to be executed
by end-users.
When run with no file arguments, ipa-ldap-updater will process all
files with the extension .update in /usr/share/ipa/updates.
An update file describes an LDAP entry and a set of operations to be
performed on that entry. It can be used to add new entries or modify
existing entries.
Blank lines and lines beginning with # are ignored.
There are 7 keywords:
* default: the starting value
* add: add a value (or values) to an attribute
* remove: remove a value (or values) from an attribute
* only: set an attribute to this
* onlyifexist: set an attribute to this only if the entry exists
* deleteentry: remove the entry
* replace: replace an existing value, format is old: new
* addifnew: add a new attribute and value only if the attribute
doesn't already exist. Only works with single-value attributes.
* addifexist: add a new attribute and value only if the entry
exists. This is used to update optional entries.
Values is a comma-separated field so multi-values may be added at one
time. Double or single quotes may be put around individual values that
contain embedded commas.
The difference between the default and add keywords is if the DN of the
entry exists then default is ignored. So for updating something like
schema, which will be under cn=schema, you must always use add (because
cn=schema is guaranteed to exist). It will not re-add the same informa‐
tion again and again.
It alsos provide some things that can be templated such as architecture
(for plugin paths), realm and domain name.
The available template variables are:
* $REALM - the kerberos realm (EXAMPLE.COM)
* $FQDN - the fully-qualified domain name of the IPA server being
updated (ipa.example.com)
* $DOMAIN - the domain name (example.com)
* $SUFFIX - the IPA LDAP suffix (dc=example,dc=com)
* $ESCAPED_SUFFIX - the ldap-escaped IPA LDAP suffix
* $LIBARCH - set to 64 on x86_64 systems to be used for plugin
paths
* $TIME - an integer representation of current time
A few rules:
1. Only one rule per line
2. Each line stands alone (e.g. an only followed by an only results
in the last only being used)
3. adding a value that exists is ok. The request is ignored, dupli‐
cate values are not added
4. removing a value that doesn't exist is ok. It is simply ignored.
5. If a DN doesn't exist it is created from the 'default' entry and
all updates are applied
6. If a DN does exist the default values are skipped
7. Only the first rule on a line is respected
Adds and updates are applied from shortest to longest length of DN.
Deletes are done from longest to shortest.
OPTIONS-d, --debug
Enable debug logging when more verbose output is needed
-t, --test
Run through the update without changing anything. If changes are
available then the command returns 2. If no updates are avail‐
able it returns 0.
-y File containing the Directory Manager password
-l, --ldapi
Connect to the LDAP server using the ldapi socket
-p, ---plugins
Execute update plugins as well as any update files. There is no
way to execute only the plugins.
-u, ---upgrade
Upgrade an installed server in offline mode (implies --ldapi and
--plugins)
-W, ---password
Prompt for the Directory Manager password
EXIT STATUS
0 if the command was successful
1 if an error occurred
2 if run with in test mode (-t) and updates are available
IPA Sep 12 2008 ipa-ldap-updater(1)
