Creating a mirror virtual attribute using dsconfig in non-interactive mode

Create a mirror virtual attribute using dsconfig in non-interactive command-line mode.

About this task

The following example sets up the managerName virtual attribute introduced in the previous section:

Steps

Update the schema to define the managerName attribute.

You can optionally add the attribute to an object class.

In a text editor, create a file with the following schema definition for the attribute.

dn: cn=schema
objectClass: top
objectClass: ldapSubentry
objectClass: subschema attributeTypes: ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.32473.3.1.9.4 NAME 'managerName'
  EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.44{256}
  X-ORIGIN 'PingDirectory Server Example' )

Save the file as 98-myschema.ldif in the <server-root>/config/schema folder.

Restart the PingDirectory server.
```
$ bin/stop-server --restart
```

To create the virtual attribute, use dsconfig.

$ bin/dsconfig create-virtual-attribute \
  --name "managerName" \
  --type mirror \
  --set "description:managerName from manager cn" \
  --set enabled:true \
  --set attribute-type:managerName \
  --set source-attribute:cn \
  --set source-entry-dn-attribute:manager

To verify the mirror virtual attribute, search for an entry.

$ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com "(uid=apeters)"

Result:

Your search results in the following.

dn: uid=apeters,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
... (attributes) ...
manager: uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
managerName: John Doe