[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Updated: (JBAS-3553) Failover 'java.naming.provider.url' entries

[Andy Brook (JIRA)]

     [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-3553?page=all ]

Andy Brook updated JBAS-3553:
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    Attachment: DCFailoverLDAPLoginModule.java

extension of LdapExtLoginModule that (I think) will, at initialisation, find a valid DC and configure it appropriately if the primary or previous host is toast.

> Failover 'java.naming.provider.url' entries
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>
>                 Key: JBAS-3553
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-3553
>             Project: JBoss Application Server
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Security
>    Affects Versions: JBossAS-4.0.4.GA
>         Environment: Linux, Debian (Ubuntu 6.0.6).  LDAP server is M$ Active Directory
>            Reporter: Andy Brook
>         Assigned To: Scott M Stark
>         Attachments: DCFailoverLDAPLoginModule.java
>
>
> We have a corporate net with multiple DC servers each acting as failovers for eachother.  I have to pick one as the naming provider in the LDAP LoginModules login-config.xml section.  A recent outage identified a weakness in this approach, the server was turned off and all applicaitons went offline.  I would like to suggest a bunch of alternate naming providers that can be used if the main one goes offline.
> I've just implemented this to address the problem but have yet to test it extensively.  Its not a complex fix, I just pull out <module-option name="java.naming.provider.url.backups">abc|def</module-option> tags.
> I check the availability of the given server at login module initialisation.  I havent figured out whether this is enough to work 'live' or require a server restart.
> I'll attach what ive done for reference.

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