[Freeipa-users] ipa-client-install fails on replica because of kinit cannot contact any KDC

[Dmitri Pal]

On 02/09/2014 07:44 AM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Shree wrote:
>> Lukas
>> Perhaps I should explain the design a bit and see if FreeIPA even
>> supports this.Our replica is in a separate network and all the
>> appropriate ports are opened between the master and the replica. The
>> "replica" got created successfully and is in sync with the master
>> (except the CA services which I mentioned earlier)
>> Now,when I try to run ipa-client-install on hosts in the new network
>> using the replica, it complains that about "Cannot contact any KDC for
>> realm".
>> I am wondering it my hosts in the new network are trying to access the
>> "master" for certificates since the replica does not have any CA
>> services running? I couldn't find any obvious proof of this even running
>> the install in a debug mode. Do I need to open ports between the new
>> hosts and the master for CA services?
>> At this point I cannot disable or  move the master, it needs to function
>> in its location but I need
>
> No, the clients don't directly talk to the CA.
>
> You'd need to look in /var/log/ipaclient-install.log to see what KDC 
> was found and we were trying to use. If you have SRV records for both 
> but we try to contact the hidden master this will happen. You can try 
> specifying the server on the command-line with --server but this will 
> be hardcoding things and make it less flexible later.
>
> rob
>
>> Shreeraj
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>
>>
>>
>> Change is the only Constant !
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, February 8, 2014 1:29 AM, Lukas Slebodnik
>> <lslebodn at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On (06/02/14 18:33), Shree wrote:
>>
>> >First of all, the ipa-replica-install did not allow me to use
>> the --setup-ca
>> > option complaining that a cert already exists, replicate creation was
>> > successful after I skipped the option.
>> >Seems like the replica is one except
>> >1) There is no CA Service running on the replica (which I guess is
>> expected)
>> >and
>> >2) I am unable to run ipa-client-install successfully on any clients 
>> using
>> > the replica. (I don't have the option of using the primary master as
>> it is
>> > configured in a segregated environment. Only the master and replica 
>> are
>> > allowed to sync.
>> >Debug shows it fails at
>> >
>> >ipa         : DEBUG    stderr=kinit: Cannot contact any KDC for realm
>> 'mydomainname.com' while getting initial credentials
>>
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I was not able to install replica witch CA on fedora 20,
>> Bug is already reported https://fedorahosted.org/pki/ticket/816
>>
>> Guys from dogtag found a workaround
>> https://fedorahosted.org/pki/ticket/816#comment:12
>>
>> Does it work for you?
>>
>> LS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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What server provides DNS capabilities to the clients?
Do you use IPA DNS or some other DNS?
Clients seem to not be able to see replica KDC and try to access hidden 
master but they can know about this master only via DNS.


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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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