6.3. Non-interactive installation of an IdM server without integrated DNS and with an external CA as the root CA

Procedure

1. Run the ipa-server-install utility with the options to supply all the required information. The minimum required options for non-interactive installation of an IdM server with an external CA as the root CA are:

   • --external-ca to specify an external CA is the root CA
   • --realm to provide the Kerberos realm name
   • --ds-password to provide the password for the Directory Manager (DM), the Directory Server super user
   • --admin-password to provide the password for admin, the IdM administrator

   • --unattended to let the installation process select default options for the host name and domain name

     For example:

     # ipa-server-install --external-ca --realm IDM.EXAMPLE.COM --ds-password DM_password --admin-password admin_password --unattended

   If you are using a Microsoft Certificate Services (MS CS) CA, also use the --external-ca-type option and, optionally, the --external-ca-profile option. For more information, see Options used when installing an IdM CA with an external CA as the root CA.

2. During the configuration of the Certificate System instance, the utility prints the location of the certificate signing request (CSR): /root/ipa.csr:

   ...
   
   Configuring certificate server (pki-tomcatd). Estimated time: 3 minutes
     [1/11]: configuring certificate server instance
   The next step is to get /root/ipa.csr signed by your CA and re-run /usr/sbin/ipa-server-install as:
   /usr/sbin/ipa-server-install --external-cert-file=/path/to/signed_certificate --external-cert-file=/path/to/external_ca_certificate
   The ipa-server-install command was successful

   When this happens:

   1. Submit the CSR located in /root/ipa.csr to the external CA. The process differs depending on the service to be used as the external CA.

   2. Retrieve the issued certificate and the CA certificate chain for the issuing CA in a base 64-encoded blob (either a PEM file or a Base_64 certificate from a Windows CA). Again, the process differs for every certificate service. Usually, a download link on a web page or in the notification email allows the administrator to download all the required certificates.

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      Be sure to get the full certificate chain for the CA, not just the CA certificate.

   3. Run ipa-server-install again, this time specifying the locations and names of the newly-issued CA certificate and the CA chain files. For example:

      # ipa-server-install --external-cert-file=/tmp/servercert20170601.pem --external-cert-file=/tmp/cacert.pem --realm IDM.EXAMPLE.COM --ds-password DM_password --admin-password admin_password --unattended

3. The installation script now configures the server. Wait for the operation to complete.

4. The installation script produces a file with DNS resource records: the /tmp/ipa.system.records.UFRPto.db file in the example output below. Add these records to the existing external DNS servers. The process of updating the DNS records varies depending on the particular DNS solution.

   ...
   Restarting the KDC
   Please add records in this file to your DNS system: /tmp/ipa.system.records.UFRBto.db
   Restarting the web server
   ...