PingAuthorize

Joining a topology with manage-topology

To join an existing PingAuthorize Server to an existing PingDirectory Server topology, you can use the manage-topology add-server command to provide connection information for one of the PingDirectory Servers. This PingDirectory Server must be running when you execute the setup tool.

The following table lists the options that specify connection information for a PingDirectory Server. To see this command’s complete set of options, run manage-topology add-server --help.

Option Description

--remoteServerHostname

The address of a PingDirectory Server in the topology to be joined.

--remoteServerPort

The LDAP / LDAPS port for communication with the PingDirectory Server.

--remoteServerConnectionSecurity

The type of security to use when communicating with the remote server. This value can be:

  • useSSL

    Indicates that the communication should be encrypted with SSL

  • useStartTLS

    Indicates that the communication should be encrypted with the StartTLS extended operation

  • noSecurity

    Indicates that the communication should not be encrypted

--remoteServerBindDN

The DN of the account to use to authenticate to the PingDirectory Server, such as cn=Directory Manager. This account must be able to modify the configuration of the target server.

--remoteServerBindPassword

The password for the account to use to authenticate to the PingDirectory Server.

--remoteServerBindPasswordFile

The path to a file containing the password for the account to use to authenticate to the PingDirectory Server.

--adminUID

User ID of the topology-wide administrator. This is typically the account used to enable replication for the PingDirectory Servers.

--adminPassword

The password of the topology-wide administrator.