Configuring soft deletes on the changelog backend
Steps
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To configure soft deletes on the changelog backend, run the following.
$ bin/dsconfig set-backend-prop \ --backend-name changelog \ --set soft-delete-entry-included-operation:delete \ --set soft-delete-entry-included-operation:modify -
Run a soft-delete operation on an entry.
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To review the changelog for the soft-deleted entry, run the following.
$ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN cn=changelog \ "(objectclass=*)" "+"Result:
dn: cn=changelog subschemaSubentry: cn=schema entryUUID: 9920f7e9-5a04-392a-82a8-32662d7d3863 ds-entry-checksum: 304022441 dn: changeNumber=1,cn=changelog targetUniqueId: 94f634df-c90e-39aa-bd4a-9183c29746d0 changeTime: 20120511154141Z ds-soft-delete-entry-dn: entryUUID=94f634df-c90e-39aa-bd4a- 9183c29746d0+uid=user.9,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com modifyTimestamp: 20131010020345.546Z createTimestamp:: 20131010181148.630Z localCSN: 000001373C900852000000000003 modifiersName: uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com entry-size-bytes: 298 subschemaSubentry: cn=schema entryUUID: 459b06c6-89f3-307e-a515-22433eb420b6 createTimestamp: 20120511154141.431Z modifyTimestamp: 20120511154141.431Z ds-entry-checksum: 1157320579