You can also use dsconfig in non-interactive command-line mode to create a mirror virtual attribute. The following example sets up the managerName virtual attribute introduced in the previous section:

  1. Update the schema to define the managerName attribute. In a text editor, create a file with the following schema definition for the attribute and save it as 98-myschema.ldif, for example, in the <server-root>/config/schema folder. You can optionally add the attribute to an object class. 
    dn: cn=schema 
objectClass: top 
objectClass: ldapSubent
ry 
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 ‘Directory Server Example’ )
  2. Restart the Directory Server. 
    $ bin/stop-server --restart
  3. Use dsconfig to create the virtual attribute. 
    $ 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
  4. Verify the mirror virtual attribute by searching for an entry. 
    $ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com "(uid=apeters)"
    dn: uid=apeters,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com 
... (attributes) ... 
manager: uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com 
managerName: John Doe