[Freeipa-users] Re: Script deletion of a host?

On ke, 25 maalis 2020, None via FreeIPA-users wrote: >This may be a bit of a strange scenario. > >Environment is a compute cluster (running xCAT 2.15) > >FreeIPA server is running on the cluster master node. > >FreeIPA clients are installed on all other nodes. Compute nodes, login >nodes, storage nodes, GPU nodes, etc. > >I created a script that installs the client packages and joins the realm >after provisioning the OS. That all works great on new hosts. > >My issue is that compute nodes are reinstalled on occasion. Normally, that >is a simple process. Tell the cluster master to mark that host for >install. During the next PXE boot, that happens. Problem is, if the node >has already been part of the realm, it can't join, so that command fails. >If I manually go into FreeIPA server and remove the node while it's >reinstalling the OS, then the client script runs fine when that is complete. > >Is there a way to have a client execute a command to remove it's previous >information before joining? You can pass --force-join to ipa-client-install to force through the already existing host. Otherwise, you can run 'ipa-client-install --uninstall', that will clear everthing. -- / Alexander Bokovoy Sr. Principal Software Engineer Security / Identity Management Engineering Red Hat Limited, Finland