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Appendix F. Notable Changes in IdM
Certain IdM versions introduce new commands or replace existing ones. Additionally, sometimes configuration or installation procedures change extensively. This appendix describes the most important changes.
For a more detailed list of changes, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 Release Notes for the individual versions.
IdM 4.6 running on RHEL 7.7
- The
ipa-cert-fix
utility has been added to renew system certificates when IdM is offline. For details, see Section 26.2.3, “Renewing Expired System Certificates When IdM is Offline”. - IdM now supports IP addresses in the SAN extension of certificates: in certain situations, administrators need to issue certificates with an IP address in the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) extension. Starting with this release, administrators can set an IP address in the SAN extension if the address is managed in the IdM DNS service and associated with the subject host or service principal.
- For further changes in this release, see the following sections in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes:
IdM 4.6 running on RHEL 7.6
- For changes in this release, see the following sections in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes:
IdM 4.5 running on RHEL 7.5
- For changes in this release, see the following sections in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes:
IdM 4.5 running on RHEL 7.4
- This version changed the SSL back end for client HTTPS connections from Network Security Services (NSS) to OpenSSL. As a consequence, the Registration Authority (RA) stores now its certificate in the
/var/lib/ipa/
directory instead of an NSS database. - For further changes in this release, see the following sections in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes:
IdM 4.4 running on RHEL 7.3
- The new
ipa replica-manage clean-dangling-ruv
command enables administrators to remove all relative update vectors (RUV) from an uninstalled replica. - The new
ipa server-del
command enables administrators to uninstall an IdM server. - The following commands introduced in this version enable administrators to manage IdM Certificate Authorities (CA):
ipa ca-add
ipd ca-del
ipa ca-enable
ipa ca-disble
ipa ca-find
ipa ca-mod
ipa ca-show
- The following commands introduced in this version replace the
ipa-replica manage
command to manage replication agreements:ipa topology-configure
ipa topologysegment-mod
ipa topologysegment-del
ipa topologysuffix-add
ipa topologysuffix-show
ipa topologysuffix-verify
- The following commands introduced in this version enable administrators to display a list of IdM servers stored in the
cn=masters,cn=ipa,cn=etc,domain_suffix
entry:ipa server-find
ipa server-show
- The certmonger helper scripts have been moved from the
/usr/lib64/ipa/certmonger/
to the/usr/libexec/ipa/certmonger/
directory. - This version introduced domain levels and the following commands to display and set the domain level:
ipa domainlevel-set
ipa domainlevel-show
- For further changes in this release, see the following sections in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes:
IdM 4.2 running on RHEL 7.2
- Support for multiple certificate profiles and user certificates: Identity Management now supports multiple profiles for issuing server and other certificates instead of only supporting a single server certificate profile. The profiles are stored in the Directory Server and shared between IdM replicas. In addition, the administrator can now issue certificates to individual users. Previously, it was only possible to issue certificates to hosts and services.
- For further changes in this release, see the New Features - Authentication and Interoperability section in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Release Notes.
IdM 4.1 running on RHEL 7.1
- The following commands introduced in this version replace the
ipa-getkeytab -r
command to retrieve keytabs and set retrieval permissions:ipa-host-allow-retrieve-keytab
ipa-host-disallow-retrieve-keytab
ipa-host-allow-create-keytab
ipa-host-disallow-create-keytab
ipa-service-allow-retrieve-keytab
ipa-service-disallow-retrieve-keytab
ipa-service-allow-create-keytab
ipa-service-disallow-create-keytab
- For further changes in this release, see the New Features - Authentication and Interoperability section in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Release Notes.
IdM 3.3 running on RHEL 7.0
- For changes in this release, see the New Features - Authentication and Interoperability section in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Release Notes.