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1. Proposed title of this feature request
Migration steps : migrating data from RHEL 6 self-signed IPA server to RHEL 7 CA IPA set-up
2. Who is the customer behind the request?
Account Name: University of Wellington and
Account Number :502631
TAM customer: no
SRM customer: yes
Strategic: yes
3. What is the nature and description of the request?
->Currently cu is using a RHEL 6 IPA setup with "self-signed certificates".
->But now customer wants to use some new features that are available in RHEL 7
( 2FA etc..)
->Currently we are having issue with the migration as we are trying to migrate from self-signed IPA to IPA with Dogtag CA.
-> We worked with Engineering on this issue via the Bugzilla :
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256038
-> But now customer is happy to migrate data from their RHEL 6 set-up to a fresh RHEL 7 server.
-> Unfortunately we do not have any technical resources available on this migration.
-> Customer requesting for instructions from Engineering for this migration.
4. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)
Customer wants to use some new features that are available in RHEL 7
( 2FA etc..).So the migration from RHEL 6 to RHEL 7 is critical for them.
5. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here)
Customer requesting for steps that he need to follow to successfully migrate data from self-signed rhel 6 to RHEL 7. Customer will try these steps in his test environment and verify before going ahead with his production.
6. For each functional requirement listed, specify how Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is successfully implemented.
Customer agreed to test the procedure in his test environment.
7. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat Bugzilla?
No
8. Does the customer have any specific timeline dependencies and which release would they like to target (i.e. RHEL5, RHEL6)?
As Soon as possible.
9. Is the sales team involved in this request and do they have any additional input?
SRM and Sales teams are already involved with this request.
SRM will add some notes bit later on to highlight the importance of this RFE.
10. List any affected packages or components.
IPA
11. Would the customer be able to assist in testing this functionality if implemented?
YES
Migration from RHEL 6 to RHEL 7 is critical for this customer and they have been trying to do this without any luck for sometime now and have reached to sales requesting escalation.Needs steps to follow to successfully migrate data from self-signed rhel 6 to RHEL 7 and would appreciate any quick resolution to their issue.
This is the correct procedure:
1. create RHEL7 replica of the RHEL6 server
2. remove the RHEL6 server
3. run ipa-ca-install on the RHEL7 replica
The procedure in bug 1256038 (manually install CA on the RHEL6 server and then create a RHEL7 replica of it) is problematic and should not be followed.
Comment 45Aneta Šteflová Petrová
2016-10-05 09:55:36 UTC
The document is now available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/2572361
Note that one of the links in the article leads to the 7-Beta docs. We will update the link to refer to 7 docs later.
Comment 48Aneta Šteflová Petrová
2016-11-04 08:39:11 UTC
The updated content is now available on the Customer Portal.
1. Proposed title of this feature request Migration steps : migrating data from RHEL 6 self-signed IPA server to RHEL 7 CA IPA set-up 2. Who is the customer behind the request? Account Name: University of Wellington and Account Number :502631 TAM customer: no SRM customer: yes Strategic: yes 3. What is the nature and description of the request? ->Currently cu is using a RHEL 6 IPA setup with "self-signed certificates". ->But now customer wants to use some new features that are available in RHEL 7 ( 2FA etc..) ->Currently we are having issue with the migration as we are trying to migrate from self-signed IPA to IPA with Dogtag CA. -> We worked with Engineering on this issue via the Bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256038 -> But now customer is happy to migrate data from their RHEL 6 set-up to a fresh RHEL 7 server. -> Unfortunately we do not have any technical resources available on this migration. -> Customer requesting for instructions from Engineering for this migration. 4. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here) Customer wants to use some new features that are available in RHEL 7 ( 2FA etc..).So the migration from RHEL 6 to RHEL 7 is critical for them. 5. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here) Customer requesting for steps that he need to follow to successfully migrate data from self-signed rhel 6 to RHEL 7. Customer will try these steps in his test environment and verify before going ahead with his production. 6. For each functional requirement listed, specify how Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is successfully implemented. Customer agreed to test the procedure in his test environment. 7. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat Bugzilla? No 8. Does the customer have any specific timeline dependencies and which release would they like to target (i.e. RHEL5, RHEL6)? As Soon as possible. 9. Is the sales team involved in this request and do they have any additional input? SRM and Sales teams are already involved with this request. SRM will add some notes bit later on to highlight the importance of this RFE. 10. List any affected packages or components. IPA 11. Would the customer be able to assist in testing this functionality if implemented? YES