[Freeipa-users] ipa replica installation help

[Martin Babinsky]

On 01/04/2017 07:21 AM, Ben .T.George wrote:
> HI
>
> while trying to create ipa replica, i am getting below error,
>
> Replica creation using 'ipa-replica-prepare' to generate replica file
> is supported only in 0-level IPA domain.
>
> The current IPA domain level is 1 and thus the replica must
> be created by promoting an existing IPA client.
>
> To set up a replica use the following procedure:
>     1.) set up a client on the host using 'ipa-client-install'
>     2.) promote the client to replica running 'ipa-replica-install'
>         *without* replica file specified
>
> 'ipa-replica-prepare' is allowed only in domain level 0
> The ipa-replica-prepare command failed.
>
>
> i have IPA master server without AD integration and DNS is managed by
> 3rd party appliances.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Ben
>
>

Hi Ben,

If you installed IPA 4.4 server then domain level 1 is the default. This 
domain level uses different mechanism to stand up replicas. See the 
latest IdM documentation[1] for more details.

[1] 
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Linux_Domain_Identity_Authentication_and_Policy_Guide/creating-the-replica.html

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Martin^3 Babinsky