Additional random question.. if I produced a new certificate now, would I
be able to update with it, or no because it would be dated “in the future?”

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 2:48 PM Justen Long <[email protected]> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> FreeIPA documentation stated that all clients must receive the
> ipa-updatecert command before installing the new server cert.. on the
> hiipa04 server I installed the cert in a hurry for validity sake. Does that
> mess with anything?
>
> Note: hiipa03 seems to be primary but they’re both masters. I can’t get
> the ipa-server-certinstall to take on this server stating it’s missing the
> whole chain.. but it worked just fine on hiipa04.. so that’s why I was
> trying to “kinit admin” on 03, to run ipa-updatecert or the
> ipa-cacert-manage there if it didn’t take it from 04, which I’m assuming it
> didn’t.
>
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 2:41 PM Rob Crittenden <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Justen Long wrote:
>> > One go back.. when I tried to run "ipa-certupdate" on the other hosts
>> > (clients), it points to hiipa03 and fails for SSL still.. so, hoping
>> > once I get the cert updated on THAT server, that all restores to its
>> > okay state.
>>
>> You shouldn't need to go back for clients. Now that the server
>> certificates are valid they should just work. Unless you also changed
>> the CA chain in which case you're caught in a catch-22: you need to get
>> the updated chain from the server but you don't trust the chain of the
>> server.
>>
>> rob
>>
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 1:46 PM Justen Long <[email protected]
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Quick update and answers to your questions.
>> >
>> >     We have two IPA servers, both masters, hiipa03 and hiipa04.
>> >
>> >     hiipa04, I was able to set the time back, run the ipa-ca-cert-manage
>> >     and update the CA (minimally, but enough to accept the new cert)..
>> >     ipa-certupdate ran fine on it. Then, ran ipa-server-certinstall on
>> >     it, and it took. Website loads, can log into it, do some user
>> >     management stuff.. can't run "ipa-replica-manage list" as it kicks
>> >     an error for sslv3 handshake failure.. but was trying that to remove
>> >     hiipa03 and copy 04 to 03 somehow, maybe?
>> >
>> >     hiipa03 is still giving me grief. Set the time using timedatectl,
>> >     verified ntp is off and 'date' reports properly.  I had tried to
>> >     follow
>> >     this:
>> https://computingforgeeks.com/reset-freeipa-admin-password-as-root-user-on-linux/
>> >     when it wasn't accepting the admin password.. it failed saying
>> >     object not found. So, I try 'kinit admin' again, with the new
>> >     password I tried.. says its expired. Type it in, type in a new
>> >     password.. and then it failed saying "kinit: Password change failed
>> >     while getting initial credentials"
>> >
>> >     On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 1:40 PM Rob Crittenden <[email protected]
>> >     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> >         Justen Long wrote:
>> >         > I'm getting closer... it's not recognizing my admin password
>> >         for IPA, or
>> >         > for my personal account with admin rights now.. but no more
>> >         SSL errors..
>> >         > just can't run ipa-certupdate without the proper kerberos
>> creds..
>> >
>> >         By not recognizing your password I assume you mean kinit is
>> >         failing? Is
>> >         the KDC running? I assume 389-ds is running? All restarted after
>> >         time
>> >         became stable in the past?
>> >
>> >         rob
>> >
>> >         >
>> >         > On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 12:51 PM Justen Long
>> >         <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >         > <mailto:[email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>> >         >
>> >         >     Following up, I see the date command just changed it
>> >         momentarily...
>> >         >     using timedatectl and will report back.
>> >         >
>> >         >     On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 12:31 PM Justen Long
>> >         >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>> >         >
>> >         >         Rob,
>> >         >
>> >         >         I entered 'date --date="7 April 2023", verified it
>> >         updated the
>> >         >         system time appropriately. Restarted dirsrv,
>> ipa-custodia,
>> >         >         ipa-otpd, httpd.. krb5kdc and kadmin failed. Still,
>> >         tried to
>> >         >         send ipa cert-update, and it popped the same SSL
>> >         Certificate
>> >         >         Verify Failed error.
>> >         >
>> >         >         On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 11:32 AM Rob Crittenden
>> >         >         <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >         <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>
>> wrote:
>> >         >
>> >         >             Justen Long wrote:
>> >         >             > Additionally, is there any way to force the CA
>> >         cert update
>> >         >             to be
>> >         >             > recognized? When I run it to update the CA
>> chain,
>> >         >             everything is
>> >         >             > verified.. but /etc/ipa/ca.crt didn't reflect
>> >         the change..
>> >         >             so I manually
>> >         >             > populated it by copying over the guts of the CA
>> >         bundle to the
>> >         >             > /etc/ipa/ca.crt before trying to install the new
>> >         server
>> >         >             cert and it
>> >         >             > still doesn't recognize it as trusted although
>> >         the issuer
>> >         >             is the same
>> >         >             > and within the CA bundle.
>> >         >
>> >         >             This is going to sound weird, but I'd just go back
>> >         in time
>> >         >             to April 10,
>> >         >             restart all services but ntp (which will reset the
>> >         time) and
>> >         >             then the
>> >         >             commands should work. Once the certs are updated
>> and
>> >         >             working, return to
>> >         >             present time.
>> >         >
>> >         >             rob
>> >         >
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             > On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 6:20 AM Justen Long
>> >         >             <[email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:
>> [email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >         >             > <mailto:[email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >         >             <mailto:[email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     Rob,
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     Apologies for the delay in response. Once
>> >         I'm home, I
>> >         >             don't have
>> >         >             >     access to the information readily available
>> >         to respond
>> >         >             with. Here is
>> >         >             >     the information you requested:
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     The version of IPA we are using is 4.6.8,
>> rpm
>> >         >             specifically for us is
>> >         >             >     ipa-server-4.6.8-5.el7.centos.12.x86_64 and
>> >         we are
>> >         >             using CentOS 7.9
>> >         >             >     currently with plans to move to RHEL9 within
>> >         the next
>> >         >             year or so.
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     Unfortunately, 'ipa config-show' doesn't
>> >         work. It
>> >         >             populates the same
>> >         >             >     error stating "ipa: ERROR: cannot connect to
>> >         >             >     'https://ipaServer/ipa/json': [SSL:
>> >         >             CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED]
>> >         >             >     certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:618).
>> >         >
>> >         >             The smack heard around the world was my head
>> >         hitting my
>> >         >             desk. Of course
>> >         >             this command failed.
>> >         >
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     We have ~50 hosts connected via IPA. We have
>> >         two IPA
>> >         >             servers, one as
>> >         >             >     a replica of the other.
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     'getcert list' only shows 1 certificate.
>> >         It's state is
>> >         >             "MONITORING"
>> >         >             >     and seems related to kerberos.
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     As far as I know, we don't use IPA CA-issued
>> >         >             certificates. I recall
>> >         >             >     seeing errors yesterday stating CA wasn't
>> >         enabled on
>> >         >             our servers. We
>> >         >             >     have always used 3rd party CAs to my
>> knowledge.
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     -justen
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >     On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 2:42 PM Rob
>> Crittenden
>> >         >             <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >         <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >         >             >     <mailto:[email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >         >             <mailto:[email protected]
>> >         <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         Justen Long via FreeIPA-users wrote:
>> >         >             >         > Thanks in advance for your replies..
>> >         I've spent
>> >         >             7 hours
>> >         >             >         looking through posts here and trying
>> >         >             everything... I'm stuck.
>> >         >             >         >
>> >         >             >         > Background: I am a System
>> >         Administrator in a closed,
>> >         >             >         classified environment. Unfortunately, I
>> >         cannot
>> >         >             post logging
>> >         >             >         here, but I can refer to them as needed.
>> >         >             >         >
>> >         >             >         > I inherited this system from someone
>> who
>> >         >             departed the program
>> >         >             >         a year or so ago. Fast forward to
>> today, the
>> >         >             server certs
>> >         >             >         expired yesterday. Admittedly, I'm
>> >         unfamiliar (or
>> >         >             was) with the
>> >         >             >         certificate update process for IPA
>> >         servers. On a
>> >         >             typical server,
>> >         >             >         we replace the old cert and restart the
>> >         httpd
>> >         >             services; however,
>> >         >             >         I realize this cannot work with IPA
>> >         servers now.
>> >         >             >         >
>> >         >             >         > Additionally to all of this, the CA
>> chain
>> >         >             updated 6 months ago.
>> >         >             >         >
>> >         >             >         > I ran ipa-cacert-manage to update the
>> >         CA chain.
>> >         >             When trying to
>> >         >             >         run ipa-certupdate, I received errors
>> for an
>> >         >             invalid server
>> >         >             >         certificate (it expired on 11 April
>> >         2023). It
>> >         >             simply won't
>> >         >             >         connect to the web server. HTTPD failed
>> >         as well,
>> >         >             so I had to add
>> >         >             >         "NSSEnforceValidCerts off" to the
>> >         nss.conf file
>> >         >             for HTTPD to
>> >         >             >         start. Still, no dice.
>> >         >             >         >
>> >         >             >         > I've ran ipa-server-certinstall for
>> >         the new
>> >         >             cert/key as well,
>> >         >             >         and it fails saying its not trusted
>> ("Peer's
>> >         >             certificate issuer
>> >         >             >         is not trusted [certutil: certificate is
>> >         invalid:
>> >         >             Peer's
>> >         >             >         Certificate issuer is not recognized]
>> >         Please run
>> >         >             >         ipa-cacert-manage install and
>> >         ipa-certupdate to
>> >         >             install the CA
>> >         >             >         certificate.... which, as reported
>> >         above, can't
>> >         >             complete.
>> >         >             >         >
>> >         >             >         > I'm at a total loss here... and really
>> >         >             struggling being new to
>> >         >             >         all this and trying my best to keep it
>> >         afloat. Any
>> >         >             help would be
>> >         >             >         GREATLY appreciated!
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         Let's gather some information first.
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         What version of IPA is this, on what
>> >         distribution?
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         IPA designates one server to be the
>> "renewal
>> >         >             master" which
>> >         >             >         handles the
>> >         >             >         renewals. The output of `ipa
>> >         config-show` should
>> >         >             tell you
>> >         >             >         (depending on
>> >         >             >         version). That's the server you want to
>> >         work on.
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         How many servers in your topology and
>> >         how many
>> >         >             have a CA installed?
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         Does `getcert list` show a set of 8-10
>> >         tracked
>> >         >             certificates?
>> >         >             >         What are
>> >         >             >         the states?
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         You mention ipa-server-certinstall. Are
>> >         you using
>> >         >             3rd party
>> >         >             >         certificates
>> >         >             >         in addition to IPA CA-issued
>> >         certificates or was
>> >         >             that just an
>> >         >             >         attempt to
>> >         >             >         get things working again?
>> >         >             >
>> >         >             >         rob
>> >         >             >
>> >         >
>> >
>>
>>
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