[Freeipa-users] ipa-replica-install hangs: starting certificate server instance

Thu May 18 09:34:41 UTC 2017

We are seeing this. I'm not at work, but I think it's bug report 6766.

Patch has already been committed (bot by us), we're waiting for IPA 4.5.

cheers
L.

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On 18 May 2017 at 18:57, Callum Guy <callum.guy at x-on.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am currently stuck trying to setup the first replica of our master IPA
> server. I have tried a number of different approaches including escalating
> from a client and nothing is working for me. I perform a full OS reset each
> time I get stuck.
>
> I'm running CentOS 7.2 with the FreeIPA 4.4.0 (rpm -q reports this version
> however having performed ipa-server-upgrade - does this mean i'm on 4.4.4?).
>
> The command is shown below - note that i am skipping the conn check as my
> platforms security settings do not allow the SSH session to be established
> back on the master, all ports should be available to the application
> however.
>
> [root at ipa2 ~]# ipa-replica-install --ip-address=172.24.0.101 --setup-ca
> --setup-dns --skip-conncheck --no-forwarders SITE.net.gpg
>
> Directory Manager (existing master) password:
>
> ipa         : ERROR    Could not resolve hostname ipa2.SITE.net usis
> check queries IPA DNS directly and ignores /etc/hosts.)
> Continue? [no]: yes
> Configuring NTP daemon (ntpd)
>   [1/4]: stopping ntpd
>   [2/4]: writing configuration
>   [3/4]: configuring ntpd to start on boot
>   [4/4]: starting ntpd
> Done configuring NTP daemon (ntpd).
> Configuring directory server (dirsrv). Estimated time: 1 minute
>   [1/42]: creating directory server user
>   [2/42]: creating directory server instance
>   [3/42]: updating configuration in dse.ldif
>   [4/42]: restarting directory server
>   [5/42]: adding default schema
>   [6/42]: enabling memberof plugin
>   [7/42]: enabling winsync plugin
>   [8/42]: configuring replication version plugin
>   [9/42]: enabling IPA enrollment plugin
>   [10/42]: enabling ldapi
>   [11/42]: configuring uniqueness plugin
>   [12/42]: configuring uuid plugin
>   [13/42]: configuring modrdn plugin
>   [14/42]: configuring DNS plugin
>   [15/42]: enabling entryUSN plugin
>   [16/42]: configuring lockout plugin
>   [17/42]: configuring topology plugin
>   [18/42]: creating indices
>   [19/42]: enabling referential integrity plugin
>   [20/42]: configuring ssl for ds instance
>   [21/42]: configuring certmap.conf
>   [22/42]: configure autobind for root
>   [23/42]: configure new location for managed entries
>   [24/42]: configure dirsrv ccache
>   [25/42]: enabling SASL mapping fallback
>   [26/42]: restarting directory server
>   [27/42]: setting up initial replication
> Starting replication, please wait until this has completed.
> Update in progress, 4 seconds elapsed
> Update succeeded
>
>   [28/42]: adding sasl mappings to the directory
>   [29/42]: updating schema
>   [30/42]: setting Auto Member configuration
>   [31/42]: enabling S4U2Proxy delegation
>   [32/42]: importing CA certificates from LDAP
>   [33/42]: initializing group membership
>   [34/42]: adding master entry
>   [35/42]: initializing domain level
>   [36/42]: configuring Posix uid/gid generation
>   [37/42]: adding replication acis
>   [38/42]: enabling compatibility plugin
>   [39/42]: activating sidgen plugin
>   [40/42]: activating extdom plugin
>   [41/42]: tuning directory server
>   [42/42]: configuring directory to start on boot
> Done configuring directory server (dirsrv).
> Configuring certificate server (pki-tomcatd). Estimated time: 3 minutes 30
> seconds
>   [1/27]: creating certificate server user
>   [2/27]: configuring certificate server instance
>   [3/27]: stopping certificate server instance to update CS.cfg
>   [4/27]: backing up CS.cfg
>   [5/27]: disabling nonces
>   [6/27]: set up CRL publishing
>   [7/27]: enable PKIX certificate path discovery and validation
>   [8/27]: starting certificate server instance
>
> And here is stays and refuses to move on. The ipareplica-install.log log
> reports:
> 2017-05-18T08:40:07Z DEBUG wait_for_open_ports: localhost [8080, 8443]
> timeout 300
> 2017-05-18T08:40:09Z DEBUG Waiting until the CA is running
> 2017-05-18T08:40:09Z DEBUG request POST http://ipa2.SITE.net:8080/ca/
> admin/ca/getStatus
> 2017-05-18T08:40:09Z DEBUG request body ''
>
> I have tried and that port is indeed inaccessible but I can't establish a
> way to progress this issue from any of the the other log files. Also I have
> seen in the 4.4.4 release notes that IPv6 being disabled on the master can
> cause issues, re-enabling (at least in /etc/hosts) did not seem to help.
>
> If anyone is able to offer ideas that would be very much appreciated. I am
> tempted to remove the --setup-ca option to see if this helps.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Callum
>
>
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