Thanks a lot,Will try it.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 10:40 AM Yavor Marinov <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I would suggest an easier and quite simple method: create a subdomain in
> your current DNS, and describe its NSes to point to FreeIPA's DNSes.
> Configure FreeIPA with a subdomain, instead of the domain and if you need
> to create forwarding rules in FreeIPA to use your main DNS as a forwarder.
> Additionally newly added infra, can be just CNAME-ed into your main DNS
> with specifics (or even A record). Offering this, because in current infra
> we are using google's DNS for the domain, and our centralized login can be
> used with both of the domain and the subdomain. The only "frustrating"
> thing is that i need to change the client's DNS (eg resolv.conf) when I'm
> enrolling them, to point to FreeIPA and be able to properly enroll their
> DNS records into FreeIPA
>
> ~br
>
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 11:26 PM Rafael Jeffman via FreeIPA-users <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Pradeep,
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 3:27 PM Pradeep KNS via FreeIPA-users <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Rob,
>> >
>> > Thank you for your valuable insights on FreeIPA and DNS. I have an
>> existing internal DNS server that I would like to integrate with FreeIPA's
>> DNS feature. As I understand it, FreeIPA can serve as an integrated DNS
>> solution. However, I would like to ensure that my existing internal DNS
>> infrastructure is utilized alongside FreeIPA's DNS capabilities.
>> >
>> > Could you provide guidance on how to configure FreeIPA to work with my
>> internal DNS server? Specifically, I'd like to achieve the following:
>> >
>> > Use FreeIPA for centralized user authentication and management.
>>
>> That would be just setting up FreeIPA and maintaining correct DNS records,
>> so I won't jump into this one.
>>
>> > Integrate my existing internal DNS server with FreeIPA's DNS, so I can
>> manage internal DNS records within FreeIPA while maintaining the internal
>> DNS functionality.
>> >
>>
>> Is a short answer: you can't.
>>
>> The longer answer might provide a way to almost have what you want.
>>
>> FreeIPA's embedded nameserver has to be authoritative, and you can only
>> manage its records, not the ones on your current DNS infrastructure.
>>
>> To change DNS management to FreeIPA you'd have to set your internal DNS
>> nameserver to be a secondary nameserver, and configure FreeIPA's
>> nameserver to notify the internal nameserver of changes. It's doable, but
>> I
>> would not recommend doing so.
>>
>> Another possibility is to change DNS infrastructure to use FreeIPA
>> instead of
>> the current nameserver.
>>
>> If you can manage your internal zones with the limitations that FreeIPA's
>> nameserver has (e.g. split-view is not supported), then you could plan on
>> retiring the current nameserver in favor of the FreeIPA one. With
>> replicas you
>> can also get redundancy on the nameservers.
>>
>> If your current nameserver is exposed to the world, again, I'd suggest
>> against
>> this move.
>>
>> Bottom line, either use your current DNS infrastructure or fully migrate
>> to
>> FreeIPA.
>>
>> Rafael
>>
>> > I want to avoid any conflicts between FreeIPA's DNS and my existing
>> internal DNS server. Your expertise in this matter would greatly assist me
>> in achieving a successful and well-integrated DNS solution.
>> >
>> > Thank you for your time and support.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 6:34 PM Rob Crittenden <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Pradeep KNS via FreeIPA-users wrote:
>> >> > Hello Team,
>> >> >
>> >> > While setting up Freeipa in my Linux infrastructure.I noticed a
>> strange
>> >> > warning. I would like to clarify before rolling into production.
>> >> > *
>> >> > *
>> >> > *|DNS zone alpha-grep.com <http://alpha-grep.com>. already exists
>> in DNS
>> >> > and is handled by server(s): ['ns2.', 'ns1.'] Please make sure that
>> the
>> >> > domain is properly delegated to this IPA server.|*
>> >> >
>> >> > Detailed installation log i have updated in this link. Please
>> suggest me
>> >> > will it be any security flaw in future.Before installing it on
>> production.
>> >> >
>> >> > https://bpa.st/AMITK
>> >>
>> >> I'm not sure what security issue you are worried about but you
>> >> explicitly allow this configuration with the --allow-zone-overlap
>> >> install option.
>> >>
>> >> Your domain DNS is managed externally and you've installed a DNS server
>> >> to be authoritative for the same domain. If you want to expose you IPA
>> >> DNS to the Internet you'll need to repoint the nameservers on your
>> >> domain to your IPA host.
>> >>
>> >> If what you're hoping to do is provide views, to limit what hosts are
>> >> resolvable depending on where the request is coming from, that is not
>> >> available in IPA. While IPA uses bind under the hood not all
>> >> capabilities are exposed.
>> >>
>> >> So whether this configuration is acceptable or not is up to you.
>> >>
>> >> rob
>> >>
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