[Freeipa-users] DNS operation timed out when installing IPA with forwarders

[Petr Spacek]

On 19.2.2016 13:50, Geselle Stijn wrote:
> Hello fellow FreeIPA users,
> 
> I'm trying to setup FreeIPA in a lab environment (VirtualBox):
> 
> 
> -          ad.example.com (Windows Server 2008 R2) - 192.168.1.1
> 
> -          ipa.example.com (CentOS 7.2) - 192.168.1.2
> Both machines can ping each other, DNS resolving works:
> 
> [root at ipa ~] nslookup ad
> Server:         192.168.1.1
> Address:     192.168.1.1#53
> 
> Name:     ad.example.com
> Address: 192.168.1.1
> 
> 
> I executed:
> 
> yum install -y "*ipa-server*" bind bind-dyndb-ldap
> ipa-server-install --domain=example.com --realm=EXAMPLE.COM --setup-dns --forwarder=192.168.1.1
> 
> But the installation wizard fails at:
> 
> Checking DNS forwarders, please wait ...
> ipa            : ERROR   DNS server 192.168.1.1: query '. SOA': The DNS operation timed out after 10.00124242 seconds
> ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Server): ERROR     DNS server 192.168.1.1: query '. SOA': The DNS operation timed out after 10.00124242 seconds
> 
> 
> Is there some way I can better troubleshoot this? Can I increase the DNS timeout (maybe it's simply slow via VirtualBox).

Please try command
$ dig @192.168.1.1 . SOA
and paste the output here.

Also, please run the installer again with option --debug.

I will have a look.

Thank you.

-- 
Petr^2 Spacek