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

[Rob Crittenden]

Martin Kosek wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 16:36 -0500, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> 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
>
> Good catch, Rob! Attaching an updated set of patches.
>
> Martin

ACK all around.

rob