4.4. Assigning an IdM server to a DNS location using the IdM Web UI
You can use Identity Management (IdM) DNS locations to increase the speed of communication between IdM clients and servers. Follow this procedure to assign IdM servers to DNS locations using the IdM Web UI.
Prerequisites
- Your IdM deployment has integrated DNS.
- You are logged in as a user with a permission to assign a server to a DNS location, for example the IdM admin user.
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You have
rootaccess to the host that you want to assign a DNS location to. - You have created the IdM DNS locations to which you want to assign servers.
Procedure
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Open the
IPA Servertab. -
Select the
Topologysubtab. -
Click
IPA Serversin the navigation. - Click on the IdM server name.
Select a DNS location, and optionally set a service weight:
Assigning a server to a DNS location
- Click .
On the command line (CLI) of the host you assigned in the previous steps the DNS location to, restart the
namedservice:[root@idmserver-01 ~]# systemctl restart named- Optional: Repeat the steps to assign DNS locations to further IdM servers.