Re: [CFT] FreeIPA - Server

Sergio Carlavilla <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.questions,gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports
Message-ID <CAFwocyM4OeQse3ySOd_vA4ULUOrUnVVHG4G8XpJyUXovtD8tvA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 at 11:22, Jochen Neumeister <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been porting FreeIPA to FreeBSD and it is now far enough along for
> a Call For Testing.
> FreeIPA is integrated identity management - LDAP + Kerberos + a CA + a
> web UI. The whole stack is involved: 389 Directory Server, an MIT
> Kerberos KDC, Dogtag PKI (the CA, Java/Tomcat) and an Apache/mod_wsgi
> management layer.
>
> Status on FreeBSD 15.1/amd64:
>    - ipa-server-install runs to completion; all services come up
>      (Directory Server, KDC, kadmin, Dogtag CA, httpd, KDC proxy, ipa-otpd)
>    - a FreeBSD client enrolls via ipa-client-install and resolves
>      users/groups through SSSD
>    - the server survives a reboot and comes back up on its own
>
> All of the dependencies are already committed to the ports tree; the
> only two ports not yet in it are net/freeipa-server and
> net/freeipa-client themselves. Both of them, together with the
> documentation (install, prerequisites, known issues, build notes), are here:
>
>         https://github.com/joneum/FreeBSD-freeipa-server
>
> Notes for testers:
>    - Not for production yet - please use a throwaway VM.
>    - security/cyrus-sasl2-gssapi must be built with the GSSAPI_MIT
> option, otherwise the install runs all the way through and then fails at
> the very end (SPNEGO / "cannot find KDC"). Details are in the README.
>    - net/freeipa-client needs the fixes from PR 297487; the patched port
> is included in the repo.
>
> Please send test results and bug reports to the GitHub repo so
> everything stays in one place. Review of and feedback on the ports
> themselves is very welcome as well.
>
> Cheers,
> Jochen
>

Hello,

First of all, as someone who is trying to replace Windows Server in
the company I am working.
Thank you so much for your work.

I'll try to start with the testing next week.

Bye!
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