Chapter 4. Managing DNS locations in IdM

Procedure

1. Open the IPA Server tab.
2. Select Topology subtab.
3. Click IPA Locations in the navigation bar.
4. Click Add at the top of the locations list.
5. Fill in the location name.
6. Click the Add button to save the location.
7. Optional: Repeat the steps to add further locations.

Procedure

1. For example, to create a new location germany, enter:

   $ ipa location-add germany

   ----------------------------
   Added IPA location "germany"
   ----------------------------
     Location name: germany

2. Optional: Repeat the step to add further locations.

Procedure

1. Open the IPA Server tab.
2. Select the Topology subtab.
3. Click IPA Servers in the navigation.
4. Click on the IdM server name.

5. Select a DNS location, and optionally set a service weight:

   Assigning a server to a DNS location

   
6. Click Save.

7. On the command line (CLI) of the host you assigned in the previous steps the DNS location to, restart the named service:

   [root@idmserver-01 ~]# systemctl restart named

8. Optional: Repeat the steps to assign DNS locations to further IdM servers.

Procedure

1. Optional: List all configured DNS locations:

   [root@server ~]# ipa location-find

   -----------------------
   2 IPA locations matched
   -----------------------
   Location name: australia
   Location name: germany
   -----------------------------
   Number of entries returned: 2
   -----------------------------

2. Assign the server to the DNS location. For example, to assign the location germany to the server idmserver-01.idm.example.com, run:

   # ipa server-mod idmserver-01.idm.example.com --location=germany

   [...]
   --------------------------------------------------
   Modified IPA server "idmserver-01.idm.example.com"
   --------------------------------------------------
   Servername: idmserver-01.idm.example.com
   Min domain level: 0
   Max domain level: 1
   Location: germany
   Enabled server roles: DNS server, NTP server

3. Restart the named service on the host you assigned in the previous steps the DNS location to:

   # systemctl restart named

4. Optional: Repeat the steps to assign DNS locations to further IdM servers.