[Freeipa-users] ipa-client-install failure

Dmitri Pal dpal at redhat.com
Thu Mar 19 23:53:34 UTC 2015


On 03/19/2015 05:04 PM, Roberto Cornacchia wrote:
> Yes.
>
> [root at meson ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search hq.example.com <http://hq.example.com>
> nameserver 192.168.0.72
>
> Sorry from the short log I posted it's not visible, but that ip 
> address is the address of the ipa server (ipa.hq.example.com 
> <http://ipa.hq.example.com>)
>
> [root at meson ~]# dig ipa.hq.spinque.com <http://ipa.hq.spinque.com>
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.9.6-P1-RedHat-9.9.6-8.P1.fc21 <<>> ipa.hq.example.com 
> <http://ipa.hq.example.com>
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53238
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
>
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ipa.hq.example.com.INA
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> ipa.hq.example.com. 1200INA192.168.0.72
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> hq.example.com.86400INNSipa.hq.example.com.
>
> ;; Query time: 1 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.72#53(192.168.0.72)
> ;; WHEN: do mrt 19 22:02:04 CET 2015
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 83


OK so you can in fact lookup the server.
Have you opened all required ports for ldap and kerberos and other 
protocols in the firewall both UDP and TCP?

>
>
> On 19 March 2015 at 21:55, Dmitri Pal <dpal at redhat.com 
> <mailto:dpal at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 03/19/2015 04:46 PM, Roberto Cornacchia wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     This should really work like a charm, and I'm sure it is a stupid
>>     mistake of mine if it doesn't, but I really can't find out what
>>     goes wrong.
>>
>>     Both IPA server and client are on FC21, very up to date.
>>     Server installation (standard, with dns) worked well. Required
>>     ports open in the firewall. Everything seems to work.
>>
>>     I did try to use the IPA server as a DNS (with forwarders) and
>>     NTP server from non-ipa clients, no problem.
>>     I also tried to use it as LDAP server, from a non-fedora machine
>>     (a synology). It worked well and I could see users.
>>
>>     When trying to enroll a client, the enrollment itself seems to
>>     succeed, but:
>>     - Unable to sync time with NTP server
>>     - Unable to update DNS
>>     - Unable to find users
>>
>>     I include below the short installation log (I changed the real
>>     domain into hq.example.com <http://hq.example.com>), and in
>>     attachment, the full log with debug on.
>>
>>     From the debug log, about the DNS update failure, I can see this:
>>
>>       ; Communication with 192.168.0.72#53 failed: operation canceled
>>       could not reach any name server
>>
>>     I'm not sure what communication problem this could be, as the
>>     server (which is both the IPA and the DNS servers), clearly can
>>     be reached.
>>
>>     Any idea where to look at?
>
>     Do you have the IPA DNS server in the resolv.conf of the client?
>
>
>
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Roberto
>>
>>
>>     [root at meson ~]# ipa-client-install --mkhomedir --ssh-trust-dns
>>     --force-ntpd --hostname=meson.hq.example.com
>>     <http://meson.hq.example.com>
>>     Discovery was successful!
>>     Hostname: meson.hq.example.com <http://meson.hq.example.com>
>>     Realm: HQ.EXAMPLE.COM <http://HQ.EXAMPLE.COM>
>>     DNS Domain: hq.example.com <http://hq.example.com>
>>     IPA Server: ipa.hq.example.com <http://ipa.hq.example.com>
>>     BaseDN: dc=hq,dc=example,dc=com
>>
>>     Continue to configure the system with these values? [no]: yes
>>     Synchronizing time with KDC...
>>     *Unable to sync time with IPA NTP server, assuming the time is in
>>     sync. Please check that 123 UDP port is opened.*
>>     User authorized to enroll computers: admin
>>     Password for admin at HQ.EXAMPLE.COM <mailto:admin at HQ.EXAMPLE.COM>:
>>     Successfully retrieved CA cert
>>     Subject:     CN=Certificate Authority,O=HQ.EXAMPLE.COM
>>     <http://HQ.EXAMPLE.COM>
>>         Issuer:      CN=Certificate Authority,O=HQ.EXAMPLE.COM
>>     <http://HQ.EXAMPLE.COM>
>>         Valid From:  Mon Mar 16 18:44:35 2015 UTC
>>         Valid Until: Fri Mar 16 18:44:35 2035 UTC
>>
>>     Enrolled in IPA realm HQ.EXAMPLE.COM <http://HQ.EXAMPLE.COM>
>>     Created /etc/ipa/default.conf
>>     New SSSD config will be created
>>     Configured sudoers in /etc/nsswitch.conf
>>     Configured /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
>>     Configured /etc/krb5.conf for IPA realm HQ.EXAMPLE.COM
>>     <http://HQ.EXAMPLE.COM>
>>     trying https://ipa.hq.example.com/ipa/json
>>     Forwarding 'ping' to json server
>>     'https://ipa.hq.example.com/ipa/json'
>>     Forwarding 'ca_is_enabled' to json server
>>     'https://ipa.hq.example.com/ipa/json'
>>     Systemwide CA database updated.
>>     Added CA certificates to the default NSS database.
>>     Hostname (meson.hq.example.com <http://meson.hq.example.com>) not
>>     found in DNS
>>     *Failed to update DNS records.*
>>     Adding SSH public key from /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
>>     Adding SSH public key from /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub
>>     Adding SSH public key from /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
>>     Forwarding 'host_mod' to json server
>>     'https://ipa.hq.example.com/ipa/json'
>>     *Could not update DNS SSHFP records.*
>>     SSSD enabled
>>     Configured /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
>>     *Unable to find 'admin' user with 'getent passwd
>>     admin at hq.example.com <mailto:admin at hq.example.com>'!*
>>     *Unable to reliably detect configuration. Check NSS setup manually.*
>>     NTP enabled
>>     Configured /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>>     Configured /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>>     Configuring hq.example.com <http://hq.example.com> as NIS domain.
>>     Client configuration complete.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>     -- 
>     Thank you,
>     Dmitri Pal
>
>     Sr. Engineering Manager IdM portfolio
>     Red Hat, Inc.
>
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>


-- 
Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IdM portfolio
Red Hat, Inc.

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