Which of the following commands creates a configuration archive of an existing FreeIPA server that can be used to provision an additional FreeIPA server which will replicate the existing server?

Question

Options

• Aipa-dump
• Bipa-export
• Cipa-archiver
• Dipa-replica-prepare
• Eipa-secondary-deploy

• B
  5% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  90% (37)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

ipa-replica-prepare (D) is the correct command - it packages an existing FreeIPA server's configuration (certificates, keytabs, and topology data) into a GPG-encrypted archive (.gpg file) that can be transferred to a new host and consumed by ipa-replica-install to bring up a fully synchronized replica. Options A (ipa-dump), B (ipa-export), C (ipa-archiver), and E (ipa-secondary-deploy) do not exist as real FreeIPA commands - they are plausible-sounding distractors designed to test whether you know the actual toolchain. The FreeIPA replication workflow is a two-step process: prepare on the master (this command), then install on the replica, so the word "prepare" is the semantic key to lock in.

Memory tip: Think "prep before install" - you prepare a replica package on the existing server before you install it on the new one. The command name literally mirrors that workflow: ipa-replica-prepare.

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