Unit 7: Replica installation
==============================

**Prerequisites**:

- `Unit 1: Installing the FreeIPA server <1-server-install.rst>`_

FreeIPA is designed to be run in a replicated multi-master
environment.  In this unit, we will install a replica of the
existing master.  For recommended production topologies, see
https://www.freeipa.org/page/Deployment_Recommendations#Servers.2FReplicas.

If you have disabled the ``allow_all`` HBAC rule, add a new rule
that will **allow ``admin`` to access the ``sshd`` service on any
host**.

Client installation
-------------------

The first step of replica creation is to enrol the machine that will
become the replica.  SSH to the ``replica`` VM and enrol it per
`Unit 2: Enrolling client machines <2-client-install.rst>`_

Replica promotion
-----------------

Now promote the client to server.  We will set up the replica
*without* the CA or DNS role.  In a production deployment there
should be at least one instance of these services in each data
centre.  These roles can be configured later via
``ipa-ca-install(1)`` and ``ipa-dns-install(1)``.

::

  [replica]$ sudo ipa-replica-install
  Password for admin@IPADEMO.LOCAL:
  ipaserver.install.server.replicainstall: ERROR    Reverse DNS resolution of address 192.168.33.10 (server.ipademo.local) failed. Clients may not function properly. Please check your DNS setup. (Note that this check queries IPA DNS directly and ignores /etc/hosts.)
  Continue? [no]: yes
  Run connection check to master
  Connection check OK
  Configuring directory server (dirsrv). Estimated time: 30 seconds
    [1/41]: creating directory server instance
    [2/41]: enabling ldapi
  ...

The rest of the replica installation process is almost identical to
server installation.  One important difference is the initial
replication of data to the new Directory Server instance::

  [28/41]: setting up initial replication
  Starting replication, please wait until this has completed.
  Update in progress, 4 seconds elapsed
  Update succeeded

After ``ipa-replica-install`` finishes, the replica is operational.
LDAP changes on any server will be replicated to all other servers.

You can proceed to
`Unit 8: Sudo rule management <8-sudorule.rst>`_
or
`return to the curriculum overview <workshop.rst#curriculum-overview>`_
to see all the available topics.