[Freeipa-users] is not an IPA v2 Server.

[Rob Crittenden]

george he wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to install freeipa for a small lab with <10 computers, all
> running fedora 17.
> I seemed to have installed ipa server (without DNS) successfully,
>
> # ipactl status
> Directory Service: RUNNING
> KDC Service: RUNNING
> KPASSWD Service: RUNNING
> MEMCACHE Service: RUNNING
> HTTP Service: RUNNING
> CA Service: RUNNING
>
> but when I try to run ipa-client-install on a client machine, I get this
> error message:
>
> <server.my.edu> is not an IPA v2 Server.
> Installation failed. Rolling back changes.
> IPA client is not configured on this system.
>
> what am I missing?
> ps, I'm following the instructions here:
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/FreeIPA_Guide/Installing_the_IPA_Client_on_Linux.html
> Thanks,
> George

If you look in /var/log/ipaclient-install.log it may have more details.

Some possible problems:

- It found SRV records for your domain that point to an AD server
- Ports 80, 389 and 443 are not open on your IPA server
- DNS resolution issues

rob