On 04/09/2012 02:53 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote: > On 04/09/2012 02:50 PM, KodaK wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Dmitri Pal <d...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> On 04/09/2012 02:41 PM, KodaK wrote: >>>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Dmitri Pal <d...@redhat.com> wrote: >>>>> On 04/09/2012 02:07 PM, KodaK wrote: >>>>>> I have two IPA servers. The primary/master is SLPIDML01 and the >>>>>> replica is SLPIDML01. I have followed the instructions for creating a >>>>>> replica and the install on SLPIDML02 completed successfully. However, >>>>>> the instructions tell me to add some entries to the DNS zone file, and >>>>>> I'm stumped. >>>>>> >>>>>> The FreeIPA documentation has this to say about setting up DNS for >>>>>> replicas: >>>>>> >>>>>> Updating DNS for IPA Replicas >>>>>> >>>>>> After you have configured a new IPA replica, you should update your >>>>>> DNS entries so that IPA clients can discover the new server. For >>>>>> example, for an IPA replica with a server name of $HOST, you should >>>>>> add the following entries to your zone file: >>>>>> >>>>>> _ldap._tcp IN SRV 0 100 389 $HOST >>>>>> _kerberos._tcp IN SRV 0 100 88 $HOST >>>>>> _kerberos._udp IN SRV 0 100 88 $HOST >>>>>> _kerberos-master._tcp IN SRV 0 100 88 $HOST >>>>>> _kerberos-master._udp IN SRV 0 100 88 $HOST >>>>>> _kpasswd._tcp IN SRV 0 100 464 $HOST >>>>>> _kpasswd._udp IN SRV 0 100 464 $HOST >>>>>> _ntp._udp IN SRV 0 100 123 $HOST >>>>>> >>>>>> I know very little about configuring DNS. Where exactly should this >>>>>> go? It says to add it to your zone file, all I see is a >>>>>> named.rfc1912.zones file, and it appears to be rather structured. Do >>>>>> I just dump these at the end? That doesn't seem to make any sense. I >>>>>> see a reference to /var/named/example.com.zone.db, but I don't have >>>>>> one for my domain, and I still don't know what the format of the file >>>>>> should be. Do I need to make entries for both hosts (and any others I >>>>>> add in the future?) >>>>>> >>>>> What DNS server do you use? >>>>> Did you consider using DNS server that comes with IPA? >>>>> >>>> I am using the DNS server that comes with IPA. >>> Then the replicas are added automatically to the DNS servers managed by >>> IPA. I think the documentation refers to the case when you are not using >>> the DNS server provided by IPA. Then you need to add mentioned entries. >>> If this is not clear please open a ticket and provide a pointer to the >>> section that caused the confusion. >> I've opened a ticket, thanks.
I do not see it. >> When I manually turn off the network interfaces on the master, the >> replica does not take over. > How you test it? > The client will fail over if it can't access the server that you turned > off. > > >> For the record, the documentation makes no discernible differentiation >> between IPA's DNS and external DNS: >> >> "Once the installation process completes, update the DNS entries so >> that IPA clients can discover the new server. For example, for an IPA >> replica with a hostname of ipareplica.example.com:" > Thanks. > >> --Jason > -- Thank you, Dmitri Pal Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project, Red Hat Inc. ------------------------------- Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/ _______________________________________________ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users