Hi, in the file /etc/dirsrv/slapd-IPA-EXAMPLE-COM/dse.ldif, do you have an entry with "dn: cn=Schema Compatibility,cn=plugins,cn=config" ? Could you post the content of /var/log/ipaupgrade.log and dse.ldif?
flo On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM Eric Ashley via FreeIPA-users < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a follow-on to the thread titled: "Re: [Freeipa-users] FreeIP > 4.12.5-2-fc42 missing dse.ldif" > > After dsctl was updated to guard against the double close of the bdb > source database, I now get the following error when trying to start IPA. > > ``` > # ipactl start > IPA version error: data needs to be upgraded (expected version > '4.12.5-3.fc43', current version '4.12.5-3.fc42') > Automatically running upgrade, for details see /var/log/ipaupgrade.log > Be patient, this may take a few minutes. > Automatic upgrade failed: DN: cn=Schema Compatibility,cn=plugins,cn=config > does not exists or haven't been updated > Upgrade failed with '' > DN: cn=Schema Compatibility,cn=plugins,cn=config does not exists or > haven't been updated > IPA server upgrade failed: Inspect /var/log/ipaupgrade.log and run command > ipa-server-upgrade manually. > ('IPA upgrade failed.', 1) > The ipa-server-upgrade command failed. See /var/log/ipaupgrade.log for > more information > > See the upgrade log for more details and/or run > /usr/sbin/ipa-server-upgrade again > Aborting ipactl > ``` > I had to manually touch empty files in > /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-IPA-EXAMPLE-COM/ldif/ to get dsctl to complete > correctly(ish): __dblib-changelog.ldif, __dblib-ipaca.ldif and > __dblib-userroot.ldif. Nothing was actually written into any of these file, > but with them extant it did complete without error. > I'm still receiving this error now, with the latest versions of all F43 > updates code: > > ``` > 2025-12-15T20:30:35Z ERROR Upgrade failed with '' > 2025-12-15T20:30:35Z ERROR DN: cn=Schema > Compatibility,cn=plugins,cn=config does not exists or haven't been updated > 2025-12-15T20:30:35Z ERROR IPA server upgrade failed: Inspect > /var/log/ipaupgrade.log and run command ipa-server-upgrade manually. > ```Of course, the only reference I can see to this error was a fix 7 years > ago. How do I get my IPA back online? > > Best regards, > Eric > -- > _______________________________________________ > FreeIPA-users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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