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Page updated: 14 Jan 2022
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9.0 Product PingDirectory Directory Capability Product documentation Content Type Administration User task Configuration System Administrator Administrator Audience IT Administrator Software Deployment Method
Add new external servers using dsconfig.
Add new external servers by selecting External Server
from the main
menu.
- Run dsconfig and enter the LDAP connection parameters when prompted.
-
In the
External Server menu
, enter the number corresponding toCreate a new External Server
. -
Base the configuration of the new external server on the existing configuration of
the
ds-east-01
server. Enter t to use an existing external server as a template. -
Enter the number to base the configuration of the new server on the configuration
of the
ds-east-01
server. -
Enter a name for the new
ds-central-01
server that complies with the naming strategy.>>>> Enter a name for the Ping Identity DS External Server that you want to create: ds-central-01.example.com:389
-
Enter the value of the
server-host-name
property. - Review and modify the configuration properties of the external server.
-
In the
External Server menu
, change theserver-host-name
property to reflect the name of theds-central-01
server. -
In the
External Server menu
, change thelocation
property to reflect the central location. -
Change the
health-check
property to reflect the new health check created for theds-central-01
server in the previous section. -
On the
'health-check' Property
menu, enter the number to remove one or more values. - Add the health-check created in the previous section.
-
Select the health check associated with the
ds-central-01
server. -
Press Enter to use the value associated with
ds-central-01
health check. - Review the configuration of the new external server and enter f to create the server.
-
Repeat steps 1-15 to add the new
ds-central-02
external server.