[Freeipa-users] Deleting a down ipa master?

[Lager, Nathan T.]

I have an IPA server that i'm rebuilding.  It was part of a 3 server replication.  That is, three ipa replicas. Caroline0 through 2.  

I have the server rebuilt, the problem is, it wasn't cleanly removed from the ipa replication in the first place, so the other two replicas still think it exists.  I thought it should be a simple matter of deleting the down replica on the other two, but thats not working out. 

Yes, I understand that it should have been cleanly uninstalled, and that would have avoided this.  Live and learn. 

Here's some detail. Caroline1 is the server which is to be rebuilt. 

[root at caroline2 PROD ~]# ipa-replica-manage list
caroline0.lafayette.edu: master
caroline2.lafayette.edu: master
caroline1.lafayette.edu: master
[root at caroline2 PROD ~]# ipa-replica-manage del caroline1.lafayette.edu
'caroline2.lafayette.edu' has no replication agreement for 'caroline1.lafayette.edu'
[root at caroline2 PROD ~]# ipa host-del caroline1.lafayette.edu
ipa: ERROR: invalid 'hostname': An IPA master host cannot be deleted or disabled

I have tried the same commands from Caroline0, which is the first ipa server i built, thinking that maybe it was in some way authoritative in some matters because it was the first. Same deal there. 

I've tried simply re-adding my rebuilt caroline1, hoping it would replace the old, no luck there.  

The host caroline1.lafayette.edu already exists on the master server.
You should remove it before proceeding:
    % ipa host-del caroline1.lafayette.edu

I think the key here is to convince the other two ipa servers, that caroline1 is no longer a master, but I haven't found a way to do that yet. 


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Nathan Lager
System Administrator
11 Pardee Hall
Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042