[Freeipa-users] Problem installing replica CA

[Dan Scott]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 02:58, Ondrej Hamada <ohamada at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 04/20/2012 09:35 PM, Dan Scott wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 15:26, Dmitri Pal<dpal at redhat.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/20/2012 12:15 PM, Dan Scott wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My FreeIPA servers were in a real mess recently and I think I've
>>>> finally got them into a reasonable state by cleaning up the tombstone
>>>> entries and fixing some broken replication agreements.
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to setup a new replica and receive the following error:
>>>>
>>>> Configuring certificate server: Estimated time 3 minutes 30 seconds
>>>>   [1/12]: creating certificate server user
>>>>   [2/12]: creating pki-ca instance
>>>>   [3/12]: configuring certificate server instance
>>>> root        : CRITICAL failed to configure ca instance Command
>>>> '/usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/pkisilent 'ConfigureCA' '-cs_hostname'
>>>> 'fileserver4.ecg.mit.edu' '-cs_port' '9445' '-client_certdb_dir'
>>>> '/tmp/tmp-JwjkjT' '-client_certdb_pwd' XXXXXXXX '-preop_pin'
>>>> '5wVoLxO2KJ1aOlOk74mA' '-domain_name' 'IPA' '-admin_user' 'admin'
>>>> '-admin_email' 'root at localhost' '-admin_password' XXXXXXXX
>>>> '-agent_name' 'ipa-ca-agent' '-agent_key_size' '2048'
>>>> '-agent_key_type' 'rsa' '-agent_cert_subject'
>>>> 'CN=ipa-ca-agent,O=ECG.MIT.EDU' '-ldap_host' 'fileserver4.ecg.mit.edu'
>>>> '-ldap_port' '7389' '-bind_dn' 'cn=Directory Manager' '-bind_password'
>>>> XXXXXXXX '-base_dn' 'o=ipaca' '-db_name' 'ipaca' '-key_size' '2048'
>>>> '-key_type' 'rsa' '-key_algorithm' 'SHA256withRSA' '-save_p12' 'true'
>>>> '-backup_pwd' XXXXXXXX '-subsystem_name' 'pki-cad' '-token_name'
>>>> 'internal' '-ca_subsystem_cert_subject_name' 'CN=CA
>>>> Subsystem,O=ECG.MIT.EDU' '-ca_ocsp_cert_subject_name' 'CN=OCSP
>>>> Subsystem,O=ECG.MIT.EDU' '-ca_server_cert_subject_name'
>>>> 'CN=fileserver4.ecg.mit.edu,O=ECG.MIT.EDU'
>>>> '-ca_audit_signing_cert_subject_name' 'CN=CA Audit,O=ECG.MIT.EDU'
>>>> '-ca_sign_cert_subject_name' 'CN=Certificate Authority,O=ECG.MIT.EDU'
>>>> '-external' 'false' '-clone' 'true' '-clone_p12_file' 'ca.p12'
>>>> '-clone_p12_password' XXXXXXXX '-sd_hostname'
>>>> 'fileserver3.ecg.mit.edu' '-sd_admin_port' '443' '-sd_admin_name'
>>>> 'admin' '-sd_admin_password' XXXXXXXX '-clone_start_tls' 'true'
>>>> '-clone_uri' 'https://fileserver3.ecg.mit.edu:443'' returned non-zero
>>>> exit status 255
>>>> creation of replica failed: Configuration of CA failed
>>>>
>>>> The /var/log/pki-ca/debug file contains:
>>>>
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: CertRequestPanel: Failed to
>>>> import user certificate.org.mozilla.jss.crypto.TokenException:
>>>> PK11_ImportDERCertForKey Unable to import certificate to its token:
>>>> (-8054) You are attempting to import a cert with the same
>>>> issuer/serial as an existing cert, but that is not the same cert.
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: Updating local request...
>>>> certTag=sslserver
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: In LdapBoundConnFactory::getConn()
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: masterConn is connected: true
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: getConn: conn is connected true
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: getConn: mNumConns now 2
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: returnConn: mNumConns now 3
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: In LdapBoundConnFactory::getConn()
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: masterConn is connected: true
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: getConn: conn is connected true
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: getConn: mNumConns now 2
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: returnConn: mNumConns now 3
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: getNextPanel input p=12
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: getNextPanel output p=13
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: panel no=13
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: panel name=backupkeys
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: total number of panels=19
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: WizardServlet: found xml
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: Error: unknown type
>>>> org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: Error: unknown type
>>>> java.lang.Boolean
>>>> [20/Apr/2012:12:07:36][http-9445-1]: Error: unknown type
>>>> org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade
>>>>
>>>> So it looks like there's some certificate confusion going on.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone help? Is there anything particularly sensitive in the
>>>> /var/log/ipareplica-install.log or /var/log/pki-ca/debug files that I
>>>> shouldn't send them to the list?
>>>>
>>> Are you installing it on a new machine?
>>> What version of the OS and tomcat is there?
>>> There have been some glitches in the tomcat package in the past.
>>
>> It's quite new - a VM which I installed 10 days ago. I tried to
>> install a replica on it before I cleaned my other IPA servers.
>
> Are you sure that the CA was cleaned up on the replica? Run
> 'ipa-server-install --uninstall' and then check existence of
> /var/lib/pki-ca. if it's still there ->
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Certificate_System/8.0/html/Install_Guide/Installation_and_Configuration-Uninstalling_Certificate_System_Subsystems.html

Yes, the CA was cleaned on the replica - I've also re-installed this
system from scratch and the install still fails.

Thanks,

Dan