[Freeipa-users] Not able to pass through ipa-replica-install on centos 7

[Martin Babinsky]

On 10/18/2016 04:59 PM, Deepak Dimri wrote:
> Hi Martin, Before running ipa-replica-install do i need to run
> ipa-server-install script on the replica?
>
>
> I am installing ipa-server-install script on the replica and  then If i
> install ipa-replica-install without uninstalling ipa server then i get
> below errors:
>

No there should be *no* IPa server neither client installed on the 
replica machine, there just needs to be *some* IPA master in some other 
machine to prepare a replica file.

Just run ipa-replica-install on the replica and make sure that *no* 
ipa-server-install/ipa-client-install were run before that.

>>>  [root at ip-172-31-23-230 ipa]#
>>> ipa-replica-install /var/lib/ipa/replica-info-replica.ipa.com.gpg
>>>  ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Replica): ERROR    IPA
>>> client is already configured on this system.
>>> Please uninstall it first before configuring the replica,
>>> using 'ipa-client-install --uninstall'.
>>>
>>> when i try 'ipa-client-install --uninstall' then i am getting bellow
>>>
>>> ipa-client-install --uninstall IPA client is configured as a part of
>>> IPA server on this system. Refer to ipa-server-install for uninstallation
>>>
> Thanks,
>
> Deepak
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Martin Basti <mbasti at redhat.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:40 AM
> *To:* Deepak Dimri; Martin Babinsky; freeipa-users at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeipa-users] Not able to pass through
> ipa-replica-install on centos 7
>
>
>
>
> On 18.10.2016 13:52, Deepak Dimri wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Martin, I had to run ipa-server-install --uninstall -U to get
>> rid of IPA client error message on the replica server and then re run
>> ipa-replica-install script to run it ok. But it does not look clean
>> through - as i understand we do need to run ipa-server-install script
>> ( same as master) on the replica server but that script by default
>> installs the ipa client which then cause replica install to fail.  Is
>> there any way i can avoid IPA client installation on replica?
>>
>>
>
> You need to run ipa-replica-install installer and client is required
> part of any server. Can you be more specific what kind of errors are you
> getting? Logs?
>
> Martin^2
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Deepak
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Martin Babinsky <mbabinsk at redhat.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 1:29 AM
>> *To:* Deepak Dimri; Martin Basti; freeipa-users at redhat.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [Freeipa-users] Not able to pass through
>> ipa-replica-install on centos 7
>>
>> On 10/15/2016 12:41 PM, Deepak Dimri wrote:
>> > Thanks Martin for the reply.
>> >
>> > when i try 'ipa-client-install --uninstall' then i am getting bellow
>> > message:
>> >
>> >
>> > ipa-client-install --uninstall
>> > IPA client is configured as a part of IPA server on this system.
>> > Refer to ipa-server-install for uninstallation.
>> >
>> >
>> > How can i raise domain level to 1 in v4? i tried
>> >
>> > ipa *domainlevel-set* 1
>> >
>> > but i am getting ipa: ERROR: unknown command 'domainlevel-set'
>> >
>> > Thanks again for your help on this.
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > Deepak
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Hi Deepak,
>>
>> IIRC Centos 7 has FreeIPA 4.2.0-15 that does not support replica
>> promotion and domain levels other than 0.
>>
>> The error from ipa-replica-install comes probably from a leftovers of
>> previous client enrollment.
>>
>> Just run `ipa-client-install --uninstall -U` and then re-run replica
>> installation as usual.
>>
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > *From:* Martin Basti <mbasti at redhat.com>
>> > *Sent:* Saturday, October 15, 2016 4:54 AM
>> > *To:* Deepak Dimri; freeipa-users at redhat.com
>> > *Subject:* Re: [Freeipa-users] Not able to pass through
>> > ipa-replica-install on centos 7
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 14.10.2016 18:58, Deepak Dimri wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I am trying to configure replication between two FreeIPA centos 7
>> >> servers.  As per the document i need  same FreeIPA version running on
>> >> both the machines, which i have, and run ipa-replica-prepare on the
>> >> master and then simply run ipa-replica-install on the replica server
>> >> along with replica file.  But i am unable to get pass the below error
>> >> message:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> [root at ip-172-31-23-230 ipa]# ipa-replica-install
>> >> /var/lib/ipa/replica-info-replica.ipa.com.gpg
>> >>
>> >> ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Replica): ERROR    IPA client
>> >> is already configured on this system.
>> >>
>> >> Please uninstall it first before configuring the replica, using
>> >> 'ipa-client-install --uninstall'.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What should i be doing to get around this error? the error looks
>> >> missleading as i am trying to install replica and not ipa client
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Deepak
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > have you tried ipa-client-install --uninstall?
>> >
>> > Replica cannot be installed on system where client is already installed
>> > (with domain level 0, your case)
>> >
>> > Martin
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Martin^3 Babinsky
>


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Martin^3 Babinsky