[Freeipa-users] ipa-replica-install fails

[Martin Kosek]

On 12/11/2012 05:25 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
> On 12/11/2012 10:53 AM, Bret Wortman wrote:
>> My replica install fails to create a DS instance:
>>
>> :
>> [2/30]: creating directory server instance
>> ipa      : CRITICAL failed to create ds instance Command
>> '/usr/sbin/setup-ds.pl <http://setup-ds.pl> --silent --logfile - -f
>> /tmp/tmpp80GFc' returned non-zero exit status 1
>> [3/30]: adding default schema
>> :
>> :
>> [21/30]: setting up initial replication
>> Starting replication, please wait until this has completed.
>> [ipa.damascusgrp.com <http://ipa.damascusgrp.com>] reports: Update failed!
>> Status: [-2 - System error]
>> creation of replica failed: Failed to start replication
>>
>> What could cause the DS setup to fail?
> 
> SELinux policy for example, disk being out of space, previous install of DS
> that has not been properly cleaned, etc...
> 
>> And is the second error likely related as I believe it to be?
>>
> Yes.
> Please look at the install logs, they might have more info about what is going
> on and why DS install failed.
> 

I am not sure what version of IPA/DS you use, but if you are using Fedora 18,
you may need to update your SELinux version. There was a relevant fix to the
behavior you described. This is the most recent build available:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=372172

Martin