[Freeipa-users] Deleting a down ipa master?

[Petr Viktorin]

On 05/02/2013 03:49 PM, Lager, Nathan T. wrote:
> I have an IPA server that i'm rebuilding.  It was part of a 3 server replication.  That is, three ipa replicas. Caroline0 through 2.
>
> I have the server rebuilt, the problem is, it wasn't cleanly removed from the ipa replication in the first place, so the other two replicas still think it exists.  I thought it should be a simple matter of deleting the down replica on the other two, but thats not working out.
>
> Yes, I understand that it should have been cleanly uninstalled, and that would have avoided this.  Live and learn.
>
> Here's some detail. Caroline1 is the server which is to be rebuilt.
>
> [root at caroline2 PROD ~]# ipa-replica-manage list
> caroline0.lafayette.edu: master
> caroline2.lafayette.edu: master
> caroline1.lafayette.edu: master
> [root at caroline2 PROD ~]# ipa-replica-manage del caroline1.lafayette.edu
> 'caroline2.lafayette.edu' has no replication agreement for 'caroline1.lafayette.edu'
> [root at caroline2 PROD ~]# ipa host-del caroline1.lafayette.edu
> ipa: ERROR: invalid 'hostname': An IPA master host cannot be deleted or disabled
>
> I have tried the same commands from Caroline0, which is the first ipa server i built, thinking that maybe it was in some way authoritative in some matters because it was the first. Same deal there.
>
> I've tried simply re-adding my rebuilt caroline1, hoping it would replace the old, no luck there.
>
> The host caroline1.lafayette.edu already exists on the master server.
> You should remove it before proceeding:
>      % ipa host-del caroline1.lafayette.edu
>
> I think the key here is to convince the other two ipa servers, that caroline1 is no longer a master, but I haven't found a way to do that yet.

Use the --force:

ipa-replica-manage del --force caroline1.lafayette.edu

The command tries severs replication agreements before deleting info 
about the replica. With --force it will ignore the fact that there's no 
agreement and continue on.

-- 
Petr³