[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 185-188 Let replicas install without DNS

[Rob Crittenden]

Martin Kosek wrote:
> Patches 185-186 are needed to make ipa-replica-install run without
> crashes.
>
> How to test:
>
> on server:
> 1) install the server (ipa.example.com is not resolvable)
> # ipa-server-install -p kokos123 -a kokos123 --no-host-dns
> --hostname=ipa.example.com
>
> 2) Add a record for replica.example.com to /etc/hosts
> 3) Prepare the replica (without 188 it refuses to create the replica
> file)
> # ipa-replica-prepare replica.example.com
>
> on replica:
> 1) Add a record for ipa.example.com to /etc/hosts
> 2) Install replica (replica.example.com is not resolvable)
> # ipa-replica-install --no-host-dns --ip-address=IP_ADDRESS REPLICA_FILE
>
> The installer now use IP_ADDRESS to create a record /etc/hosts and make
> the replica resolvable
>
> ----
> Let ipa-replica-prepare and ipa-replica-install work without
> proper DNS records as records in /etc/hosts are sufficient for
> DS replication.
>
>    1) ipa-replica-prepare now just checks if the replica hostname
>       is resolvable (DNS records are not required). It is now able
>       to prepare a replica file even when the replica IP address is
>       present in /etc/hosts only.
>    2) ipa-replica-install is now able to proceed when the hostname
>       is not resolvable. It uses an IP address passed in a new
>       option --ip-address to create a record in /etc/hosts in the
>       same way as ipa-server-install does.
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2139

NACK on patch 185. The exceptions need to be changed to catch 
DuplicateEntry instead of ALREADY_EXISTS

Otherwise looks ok.

rob