[Freeipa-users] Re: Reinstalling client's OS

[Roberto Cornacchia]

Thank you Angus and Detlev!


On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, 12:46 Angus Clarke via FreeIPA-users, <
freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt; wrote:

>  The steps you mention seem fine to me Roberto, Detlev has detailed
> an
>  alternative.
>
>  If you lose a client and need to rebuild (i.e. you didn't get chance to
>  run the "--uninstall" option) then you can also just delete the host entry
>  from IPA through the web gui or ipa command line before running the
>  ipa-client-install (join) command.
>
>  When I have issues with clients (very infrequent and I have some 5000
>  clients) I find that running the "--uninstall" and then the install (steps
>  1 and 3) fix most issues without having to look into them (blind fix for
>  the time wary!)
>
>  Regards
>  Angus
>
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* Detlev Habicht via FreeIPA-users <
>  freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;
>  *Sent:* 04 December 2020 11:59
>  *To:* FreeIPA users list <freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;
>  *Cc:* Detlev Habicht <detlev.habicht(a)ims.uni-hannover.de&gt;
>  *Subject:* [Freeipa-users] Re: Reinstalling client's OS
>
>  Hi,
>
>  you can reinstall a client with something like this:
>
>  /usr/sbin/ipa-client-install --force --unattended —domain=xxx —realm=xxx
>  —server=xxx —server=yyy --force-ntpd —keytab=./krb5.keytab
>  --ca-cert-file=./ca.crt
>
>  But you must save your keytab and ca file before.
>
>  For me it is working …
>
>  Detlev
>
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>
>
>  > Am 04.12.2020 um 11:46 schrieb Roberto Cornacchia via FreeIPA-users <
>  freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;:
>  >
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > Apologies if this is a trivial question, I could not find an obvious
>  answer anywhere.
>  >
>  > If I want to reinstall from scratch the OS of an already enrolled
>  client, is this the right procedure?
>  >
>  > 1. ipa-client-install --uninstall
>  > 2. <reinstall OS>
>  > 3. ipa-client-install
>  >
>  > Best regards,
>  > Roberto
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