[Freeipa-users] IPA active-active node failure

[Rob Crittenden]

Auerbach, Steven wrote:
> We have an active-active dual-node IPA.  The second node stopped
> accepting logins thru the Web GUI.  I rebooted the server. Now it is
> really botched.
>
> Directory service will not restart:
>
> # service ipa restart
>
> Restarting Directory Service
>
> Shutting down dirsrv:
>
>      domain-LOCAL... server already stopped                   [FAILED]
>
>    *** Error: 1 instance(s) unsuccessfully stopped          [FAILED]
>
> Starting dirsrv:
>
>      domain-LOCAL...                                          [FAILED]
>
>    *** Error: 1 instance(s) failed to start
>
> Failed to restart Directory Service: Command '/sbin/service dirsrv
> restart ' returned non-zero exit status 1
>
> Web service is running enough to load the “Identity Management” banner
> then pops up an “unknown error” dialog box.

You want to look at /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-domain-LOCAL/errors for 
details on why it failed to start.

rob