19.2. Verifying other IdM servers in the IdM domain after renewal

Procedure

1. Restart IdM with the --force parameter:

   # ipactl restart --force

   With the --force parameter, the ipactl utility ignores individual service startup failures. For example, if the server is also a CA with expired certificates, the pki-tomcat service fails to start. This is expected and ignored because of using the --force parameter.

2. After the restart, verify that the certmonger service renewed the certificates (certificate status says MONITORING):

   # getcert list | egrep '^Request|status:|subject:'
   Request ID '20190522120745':
           status: MONITORING
           subject: CN=IPA RA,O=EXAMPLE.COM 201905222205
   Request ID '20190522120834':
           status: MONITORING
           subject: CN=Certificate Authority,O=EXAMPLE.COM 201905222205
   ...

   It can take some time before certmonger renews the shared certificates on the replica.

3. If the server is also a CA, the previous command reports CA_UNREACHABLE for the certificate the pki-tomcat service uses:

   Request ID '20190522120835':
           status: CA_UNREACHABLE
           subject: CN=ca2.example.com,O=EXAMPLE.COM 201905222205
   ...

4. To renew this certificate, use the ipa-cert-fix utility:

   # ipa-cert-fix
   Dogtag sslserver certificate:
     Subject: CN=ca2.example.com,O=EXAMPLE.COM
     Serial:  3
     Expires: 2019-05-11 12:07:11
   
   Enter "yes" to proceed: true
   Proceeding.
   Renewed Dogtag sslserver certificate:
     Subject: CN=ca2.example.com,O=EXAMPLE.COM 201905222205
     Serial:  15
     Expires: 2019-08-14 04:25:05
   
   The ipa-cert-fix command was successful