How To Configure NIS Master, Slave And Client Configuration In Exalogic Virtual Environment (Doc ID 1516025.1)

Last updated on MAY 15, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software - Version 2.0.1.0.0 and later
Exalogic Elastic Cloud X3-2 Half Rack
Exalogic Elastic Cloud X3-2 Hardware
Exalogic Elastic Cloud X5-2 Eighth Rack
Linux x86-64
Oracle Virtual Server(x86-64)

**** Steps in this Note are for OL6 and OL5 guest VM's in 2.0.6.2.X, 2.0.6.0.X, 2.0.6.3.X, 2.0.6.4.X racks. If NIS setup is being done on OL7 VM's in 2.0.6.4.X racks NIS setup commands may be different.

Purpose

This document provides a step-by-step illustration of how to setup and configure Exalogic virtual environment to provide an NIS environment comprised of MASTER/SLAVE servers and NIS CLIENTS.

Scope

Prerequisites for NIS configuration

Create NIS vServers used as Master and Slave by selecting “LARGE” for vServer type and “IPoIB-vserver-shared-storage” & “Client Access EoIB network” for vNet Selection.
Verify that you have following yp rpm’s installed on NIS vServers.

c) Run “yum install ypserv” command to install YP serv on NIS VMs