topic Re: How to ensure only one node runs the LDAP sync? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-ensure-only-one-node-runs-the-ldap-sync/m-p/229396#M182526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>&gt; but we do want to avoid having these run in parallel.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Indeed the simplest way is disabling ldap sync on the other nodes&nbsp; (using the ldap.synchronization.full.enabled and ldap.differential.full.enabled) properties on the other nodes.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, if you can't distinguish nodes from each other … that's not going to work … I would indeed go for the route you suggest there: have something that all nodes can write to globally and to the 'selecting the master node' via that data. Could use the database for it … that will do the trick for sure or maybe something like Hazelcast. And then triggers the ldap sync bean when it becomes the master.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 May 2016 13:20:07 GMT jbarrez 2016-05-26T13:20:07Z How to ensure only one node runs the LDAP sync? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-ensure-only-one-node-runs-the-ldap-sync/m-p/229395#M182525 In our environment, all of our deployments are automated, and we at present have no way of distinguishing one node from another. We will probably find a way to do this, but it won't be completely failsafe.I ask this to see that we can have just one server run the LDAP sync. Testing in 1.4.2, we see Wed, 18 May 2016 19:08:10 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-ensure-only-one-node-runs-the-ldap-sync/m-p/229395#M182525 jonnyg 2016-05-18T19:08:10Z Re: How to ensure only one node runs the LDAP sync? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-ensure-only-one-node-runs-the-ldap-sync/m-p/229396#M182526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>&gt; but we do want to avoid having these run in parallel.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Indeed the simplest way is disabling ldap sync on the other nodes&nbsp; (using the ldap.synchronization.full.enabled and ldap.differential.full.enabled) properties on the other nodes.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, if you can't distinguish nodes from each other … that's not going to work … I would indeed go for the route you suggest there: have something that all nodes can write to globally and to the 'selecting the master node' via that data. Could use the database for it … that will do the trick for sure or maybe something like Hazelcast. And then triggers the ldap sync bean when it becomes the master.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 May 2016 13:20:07 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-ensure-only-one-node-runs-the-ldap-sync/m-p/229396#M182526 jbarrez 2016-05-26T13:20:07Z