Trouble installing because DNS zone already exists.

[B Vad]

Hi, I'm prepping for the RedHat IDM exam, and want to install freeipa, with integrated DNS server.

However, one of the requirements is having DNS running already so hosts are resolvable both ways, and have a SRV record pointing towards the NTP server.

I set up an authoritative DNS server and add the hosts, requirements met.

However, whenever I try to install with DNS enable active and --forwarders=myauthoritativednsserver I run into the following error:

Checking DNS domain homelab.com., please wait ...DNS zone homelab.com. already exists in DNS and is handled by server(s): r0.homelab.com.

Could someone please explain how to properly setup my lab to install freeipa with the dns server installed? I've been wrestling this problem for a few days now, and I seem to be missing something !

[Rob Crittenden]

B Vad via FreeIPA-users wrote:
> Hi, I'm prepping for the RedHat IDM exam, and want to install freeipa, with integrated DNS server.
>
> However, one of the requirements is having DNS running already so hosts are resolvable both ways, and have a SRV record pointing towards the NTP server.
>
> I set up an authoritative DNS server and add the hosts, requirements met.
>
> However, whenever I try to install with DNS enable active and --forwarders=myauthoritativednsserver I run into the following error:
>
> Checking DNS domain homelab.com., please wait ...DNS zone homelab.com. already exists in DNS and is handled by server(s): r0.homelab.com.
>
> Could someone please explain how to properly setup my lab to install freeipa with the dns server installed? I've been wrestling this problem for a few days now, and I seem to be missing something !

Why not use a domain from
https://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/special-use-domain...
instead of the existing homelab.com

rob