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NAME
ipa-join - Join a machine to an IPA realm and get a keytab for the host service principal
SYNOPSIS
ipa-join [-d|--debug] [-q|--quiet] [-u|--unenroll] [-h|--hostname hostname] [-s|--server hostame] [-k|--keytab filename] [-w|--bindpw pass-
word] [-b|--basedn basedn] [-?|--help] [--usage]
DESCRIPTION
Joins a host to an IPA realm and retrieves a kerberos keytab for the host service principal, or unenrolls an enrolled host from an IPA
server.
Kerberos keytabs are used for services (like sshd) to perform kerberos authentication. A keytab is a file with one or more secrets (or
keys) for a kerberos principal.
The ipa-join command will create and retrieve a service principal for host/foo.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM and place it by default into
/etc/krb5.keytab. The location can be overridden with the -k option.
The IPA server to contact is set in /etc/ipa/default.conf by default and can be overridden using the -s,--server option.
In order to join the machine needs to be authenticated. This can happen in one of two ways:
* Authenticate using the current kerberos principal
* Provide a password to authenticate with
If a client host has already been joined to the IPA realm the ipa-join command will fail. The host will need to be removed from the server
using `ipa host-del FQDN` in order to join the client to the realm.
This command is normally executed by the ipa-client-install command as part of the enrollment process.
The reverse is unenrollment. Unenrolling a host removes the Kerberos key on the IPA server. This prepares the host to be re-enrolled. This
uses the host principal stored in /etc/krb5.conf to authenticate to the IPA server to perform the unenrollment.
Please note, that while the ipa-join option removes the client from the domain, it does not actually uninstall the client or properly
remove all of the IPA-related configuration. The only way to uninstall a client completely is to use ipa-client-install --uninstall (see
ipa-client-install(1)).
OPTIONS
-h,--hostname hostname
The hostname of this server (FQDN). By default of nodename from uname(2) is used.
-s,--server server
The hostname of the IPA server (FQDN). Note that by default there is no /etc/ipa/default.conf, in most cases it needs to be sup-
plied.
-k,--keytab keytab-file
The keytab file where to append the new key (will be created if it does not exist). Default: /etc/krb5.keytab
-w,--bindpw password
The password to use if not using Kerberos to authenticate. Use a password of this particular host (one time password created on IPA
server)
-b,--basedn basedn
The basedn of the IPA server (of the form dc=example,dc=com). This is only needed when not using Kerberos to authenticate and anony-
mous binds are disallowed in the IPA LDAP server.
-f,--force
Force enrolling the host even if host entry exists.
-u,--unenroll
Unenroll this host from the IPA server. No keytab entry is removed in the process (see ipa-rmkeytab(1)).
-q,--quiet
Quiet mode. Only errors are displayed.
-d,--debug
Print the raw XML-RPC output in GSSAPI mode.
EXAMPLES
Join IPA domain and retrieve a keytab with kerberos credentials.
# kinit admin
# ipa-join
Join IPA domain and retrieve a keytab using a one-time password.
# ipa-join -w secret123
Join IPA domain and save the keytab in another location.
# ipa-join -k /tmp/host.keytab
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
0 Success
1 Kerberos context initialization failed
2 Incorrect usage
3 Out of memory
4 Invalid service principal name
5 No Kerberos credentials cache
6 No Kerberos principal and no bind DN and password
7 Failed to open keytab
8 Failed to create key material
9 Setting keytab failed
10 Bind password required when using a bind DN
11 Failed to add key to keytab
12 Failed to close keytab
13 Host is already enrolled
14 LDAP failure
15 Incorrect bulk password
16 Host name must be fully-qualified
17 XML-RPC fault
18 Principal not found in host entry
19 Unable to generate Kerberos credentials cache
20 Unenrollment result not in XML-RPC response
21 Failed to get default Kerberos realm
SEE ALSO
ipa-rmkeytab(1) ipa-client-install(1)
IPA
Oct 8 2009 ipa-join(1)