[Freeipa-users] 6.1 beta

[Sigbjorn Lie]

On 04/05/2011 01:25 AM, Kevin Unthank wrote:
>
>
> On 04/04/2011 12:06 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>> On 04/04/2011 03:01 PM, Sigbjorn Lie wrote:
>>> On 04/04/2011 08:32 PM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>>>> Sigbjorn Lie wrote:
>>>>>    On 04/04/2011 06:22 PM, Sigbjorn Lie wrote:
>>>>>> On 04/04/2011 03:43 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>>>>>>> On 04/03/2011 05:41 PM, Sigbjorn Lie wrote:
>>>>>>>> According to Red Hat Network it does:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ipa-server-2.0.0-16.el6.x86_64
>>>>>>>> <https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=619857> 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Beta (v. 6 for 64-bit x86_64)
>>>>>>>> ipa-server-2.0.0-16.el6.i686
>>>>>>>> <https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/packages/details/Overview.do?pid=617431> 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Beta (v. 6 for 32-bit x86)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for pointing this out, I'm installing RHEL 6.1 beta now. :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is not the final bits though. There have done several bug fixes
>>>>>>> since then that will show up in the final 6.1 release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, thanks. I'll keep that in mind.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I might have a found a few bugs in the RHEL 6.1 beta release.
>>>>> Please correct me if you're already aware of these.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless FQDN of the host is returned when running `hostname`, the IPA
>>>>> services will fail to start as they return "No such object" when
>>>>> querying the IPA LDAP for services. Shouldn't this be changed to use
>>>>> `hostname -f` ?
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK we don't call `hostname` in our script, it may be that another
>>>> part of init does. We have a ticket open on this, #1035.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ipa-replica-prepare fails with the error message below. I cannot find
>>>>> the plugin mentioned as a seperate RPM.
>>>>> # ipa-replica-prepare
>>>>> The 389-ds replication plug-in was not found on this system
>>>>
>>>> The package is named ds-replication. I'll open a ticket to make this
>>>> more explicit.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> rob
>>>
>>> I could not find any ds-replication package in RHN.
>>
>> We are working on making it available.
>
> Just to elaborate on Dmitri's comments. In addition to the IPA client
> and server packages that are included in the RHEL6.1 beta channel, there
> will be a separate RHEL add-on channel, Enterprise Identity Replication.
> That add-on channel will contain ds-replication and the Windows sync
> packages.
>
> If you wish to use IPA during the beta or when it is a tech preview
> feature of RHEL 6.1 you should request an eval entitlement to the
> Enterprise Identity Replication channel from your Red Hat account
> rep.
>
> Cheers,
> Kev
Hi Kevin,

I have requested the replication channel as you recommended from our 
account manager.

I am curious to why such an important feature as replication is put in 
it's own channel. I see IPA is trying to compete with Active Directory 
to service Unix/Linux machines, however with Active Directory all 
features is included in the base package of the operating system.

Why does Red Hat put the replication feature of IPA into a seperate 
channel from the operating system?


Rgds,
Siggi