Fellows, That capability would be awesome! Just what I need...
Let me know if it is possible and what kind of time frame you expect it to happen... Thanks, Tom On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Martin Kosek <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/24/2013 03:34 PM, Simo Sorce wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 07:44 -0400, Ainsworth, Thomas wrote: > >> Greetings, > >> > >> I was told to bring my issue to this distribution. > >> > >> Six months or so ago I was tasked with setting up a Kerberos/LDAP > >> Authentication server. After a > >> month of headaches I finally got it to work - Then I relaized it would > >> be a monster to maintain. Then a > >> peer asked me to have a look at FreeIPA. Wow. Installed it - was > >> amazed. Runs great. We love it. > >> > >> ...A few days ago, I was notified I have to change my domain/REALM in > >> FreeIPA. I read the manual, > >> google searches ... crickets. I hear crickets. I started spitting > >> blood in the trash can. > >> > >> I joined a forum and asked for any information, and I was pointed > >> here....so...here goes... > >> > >> > >> My Current Configuration > >> > >> - We have two (2) servers. Both are installed with > >> ipa-server-3.0.0-26.el6_4.2.x86_64. > >> One is a replica server. > >> > >> Domain: my.network.domain > >> Realm: MY.NETWORK.DOMAIN > >> > >> > >> New Proposed Configuration > >> > >> Domain: my.local.network.domain > >> Realm: MY.LOCAL.NETWORK.DOMAIN > >> > >> > >> > >> Sounds easy - but the paradox is ... the beauty of FreeIPA is that it > >> does everything under the hood for you, > >> and the horror is that it does everything under the hood for you! > >> There seem to be so many tentacles with > >> KERBEROS that I am afraid of jacking something up. > >> > >> Now, I have written a script that uses ipa to create all of my users - > >> except the passwords. So, what I was thinking > >> is to shut down the replica server, re-kick it, re-install FreeIPA > >> with the new domain/REALM and then run my deploy > >> users script. It would be my new master. But then I would have to > >> have "each" user log in and change their password. > >> Then take the second server and make it the replica. > >> > >> Question #1: Is this a stupid idea.... Is there a way (documented or > >> not) that I can simply change my domain/REALM? > >> Am I making this too hard? > >> > >> Question #2: Is there a way to backup the users passwords and then > >> after I re-kick, install ipa and create my users ... I > >> can simply "import" this information into the new > >> ipa instance. > >> > >> Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated... > > > > I would look at the migration pages. You can probably use migration mode > > to migrate user data from one FreeIPa install to the other and then the > > migration mode of sssd to validate and recompute the kerberos keys. > > > > > > See this for some guidance: > > > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/Migrating_from_a_Directory_Server_to_IPA.html > > > > Simo. > > > > Simo, on a side note - I am thinking, would it make sense to create a new > command "ipa migrate-ipa" which would migrate data from other IPA > installation? > I.e. it would migrate users, groups, hosts, sudo, hbac, automount, etc? > > I came across several user cases where creating a replica was not an > option and > migration like this would have been beneficial. > > Martin >
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