Running Multiple LDM-s
It's possible to run multiple instances of an
LDM
system on a single computer.
This article explains how and leaves the "why" to the reader.
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the installation and
configuration procedures for an
LDM
system.
For each
LDM
system that you want to execute, build and install an
LDM
package
with the following modifications:
- Choose a distinct user-account with its own name (e.g.,
ldm2) and home directory (e.g., /local/ldm2).
- Choose a distinct logging facility to use (e.g.,
local2)
and modify the /etc/syslog.conf file appropriately.
- When executing the configure(1) script, use the
--enable-logging=localn
to set the logging facility.
- Decide on a distinct IP address to use. This necessitates the
use of a distinct network interface, which could be a real one
(implemented in hardware) or a virtual one (implemented in software).
When configuring the
ldmadmin(1)
configuration-file,
etc/ldmadmin-pl.conf,
use the $ip_addr
variable to specify that IP address.
