Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1353895
ipa-replica-install lacks interactive mode
Last modified: 2018-08-23 16:21:02 EDT
Description of problem: If user triggers ipa-replica-install, commands starts without required parameters and fails. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipa-server-4.4.0-1.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Trigger ipa-replica-install on replica server without parameters and without ipa-client-install Actual results: Fails to install replica on given machine due to lack of required parameters. Expected results: Command should detect and enter in interactive mode for user input.
Created attachment 1177615 [details] ipa-replica-install.log
What was in the console output and ipaclient-install.log? Error: """ Fails to install replica on given machine due to lack of required parameters. """ is very general so I wonder if the complete message was understandable, i.e. admin can know what is missing.
Console output for # ipa-replica-install Configuring client side components WARNING: ntpd time&date synchronization service will not be configured as conflicting service (chronyd) is enabled Use --force-ntpd option to disable it and force configuration of ntpd One of password / principal / keytab is required. Installation failed. Rolling back changes. IPA client is not configured on this system. Removing client side components IPA client is not configured on this system. ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Replica): ERROR Configuration of client side components failed! ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Replica): ERROR The ipa-replica-install command failed. See /var/log/ipareplica-install.log for more information Attaching replica-install and client-install logs.
Created attachment 1177681 [details] ipa-client-install.log
Created attachment 1177682 [details] ipa-replica-install.log
Upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/6068
*** Bug 1376027 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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