Page created: 6 Nov 2019
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Page updated: 25 Mar 2020
In an entry-balancing deployment, access control instructions (ACIs) are still configured in the backend Directory Server data. When defining access controls in an entry-balancing deployment, you need to ensure that the data used by the access control rule is available for evaluation on all datasets.
If you use groups for access control and a group contains users from different data sets, then
that group must exist on each dataset. For a single ACI to be applicable to entries in all
datasets, it must be specified above the entry-balancing point. For example, if an ACI allows
access to modify users that are part of group 1, then two things must exist on both data sets:
- Group 1 must exist in the
ou=groups
branch of both datasets. - The ACI referencing group 1 must exist in the
ou=people
branch or above. Theou=people
branch entry itself is part of the common data.
The Directory Proxy Server ensures that any changes to entries within the scope of the entry-balancing request processor, but outside the balancing point, are applied to all backend server sets. Any ACI stored at the entry-balancing point will be kept in sync if changes are made through the Directory Proxy Server.