[Freeipa-users] certificate renewal stuck

[Rob Crittenden]

Mike LoSapio wrote:
> Hey there -
>
> I’m working a FreeIPA box (ipa-server-3.0.0-42) - Our original PKI
> “master” was nuked a while ago and I have a suspicion that none of the
> other “master” freeipa replicas were “promoted” (sorry for the over-use
> of “ )
>
>
> So we went ahead and ran through these instructions and are currently in
> a weird state:
> http://www.freeipa.org/page/IPA_2x_Certificate_Renewal
>
> krb5 won’t start and the getcert list command is returning CA_UNREACHABLE
>
> krb5kdc: Server error - while fetching master key K/M for realm

See if the LDAP server is running.

> status: CA_UNREACHABLE
> ca-error: Error setting up ccache for "host" service on client using
> default keytab: Cannot contact any KDC for realm

This makes sense since the KDC isn't running.

> So I don’t think I can promote another master/replica ?

There really is no promotion, all IPA servers are masters. The only 
difference is what extra services (CA, DNS) may be running and who 
controls renewal and CRL generation. See 
http://blog-rcritten.rhcloud.com/?p=67

rob