• Logs syslog output from the Point of Service terminals (optional).
For information on installing and configuring the Branch Server, see Chapter 6, Setting
Up a Branch Server (page 49). Find out more about the Branch Server structure and
functions in the following sections.
LDAP Branch Server Object
Each Branch Server has a corresponding Branch Server object (
scBranchServer
)
in the LDAP directory. This object stores configuration information that is specific to
each Branch Server.
For more information on the
scBranchServer
object, see Chapter 10, The SUSE
Linux Enterprise Point of Service LDAP Directory (page 121).
LDAP Access
To complete its initial configuration and perform basic functions (such as registering
Point of Service terminals and downloading system images and configuration files),
the Branch Server must have administrator level access to the LDAP directory. This
admin account and password are created by the
posInitAdminserver.sh
script
during the initial configuration of the Administration Server. Once created, this account
is not accessible in the LDAP tree.
LDAP communications can be secured with SSL. When you run the
posInitAdminserver.sh
script, you can enable or disable SSL communication.
Note that the firewall running on the Administration Server must allow traffic on the
ldap and ldaps ports, 389 TCP/UDP and 636 TCP/UDP, respectively. For more infor-
mation, refer to Section 4.2, “Initializing the LDAP Directory” (page 38).
Administrative Tasks
Other than emergency handling, no system administration is necessary on the Branch
Server. All administrative tasks are controlled from the central Administration Server
or are regularly executed by daemons running on the Branch Server. For emergencies
and debugging, all administrative functions can be triggered locally or via SSH login
by calling scripts with few or no command line parameters.
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