#8167 IPA requires multiple attempts to uninstall
Closed: wontfix 4 years ago by rcritten. Opened 4 years ago by rharwood.

So using a build that I cancelled midway through installation:

[vagrant@localhost freeipa]$ sudo ipa-server-install -N

The log file for this installation can be found in /var/log/ipaserver-install.log
IPA server is already configured on this system.
If you want to reinstall the IPA server, please uninstall it first using 'ipa-server-install --uninstall'.
The ipa-server-install command failed. See /var/log/ipaserver-install.log for more information
[vagrant@localhost freeipa]$ sudo ipa-server-install --uninstall

This is a NON REVERSIBLE operation and will delete all data and configuration!
It is highly recommended to take a backup of existing data and configuration using ipa-backup utility before proceeding.

Are you sure you want to continue with the uninstall procedure? [no]: yes

WARNING: Failed to connect to Directory Server to find information about
replication agreements. Uninstallation will continue despite the possible
existing replication agreements.

If this server is the last instance of CA,
KRA, or DNSSEC master, uninstallation may result in data loss.
Are you sure you want to continue with the uninstall procedure? [no]: yes
Shutting down all IPA services
Unconfiguring CA
Unconfiguring web server
Unconfiguring krb5kdc
Unconfiguring kadmin
Unconfiguring directory server
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/dirsrv/slapd-EXAMPLE-COM/dse.ldif'
The ipa-server-install command failed. See /var/log/ipaserver-uninstall.log for more information
[vagrant@localhost freeipa]$ sudo ipa-server-install --uninstall

This is a NON REVERSIBLE operation and will delete all data and configuration!
It is highly recommended to take a backup of existing data and configuration using ipa-backup utility before proceeding.

Are you sure you want to continue with the uninstall procedure? [no]: yes

WARNING: Failed to connect to Directory Server to find information about
replication agreements. Uninstallation will continue despite the possible
existing replication agreements.

If this server is the last instance of CA,
KRA, or DNSSEC master, uninstallation may result in data loss.
Are you sure you want to continue with the uninstall procedure? [no]: yes
Shutting down all IPA services
Failed to remove DS instance. No serverid present in sysrestore file.
Unconfiguring ipa-custodia
Unconfiguring ipa-otpd
Removing IPA client configuration
Removing Kerberos service principals from /etc/krb5.keytab
Disabling client Kerberos and LDAP configurations
nscd daemon is not installed, skip configuration
nslcd daemon is not installed, skip configuration
Client uninstall complete.
The ipa-client-install command was successful
The ipa-server-install command was successful
[vagrant@localhost freeipa]$ 

Full log at https://rharwood.fedorapeople.org/2020-01-10-ipaserver-uninstall.log.gz


This can happen particularly in the case of a failed installation. It is safe to run the uninstaller multiple times.

There may be some bug lurking underneath but there are much higher priority issues to tackle, closing as wontfix.

Metadata Update from @rcritten:
- Issue close_status updated to: wontfix
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

4 years ago

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