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.TH "ipa-addservice" "1" "Jan 4 2008" "freeipa" ""
.SH "NAME"
ipa\-addservice \- Add a service principal

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
ipa\-addservice [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIprincipal\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Adds a service principal \fIprincipal\fR.

The principal takes the form of:

service/fully\-qualified\-hostname

The list of possible services is too extensive to list here but a short list is:

cifs
dns
host
HTTP
ldap
nfs

The IPA server automatically appends the Kerberos realm for which it is configured. You cannot specify a different realm.

The hostname must resolve to a DNS A record in order to ensure that it will work with Kerberos. Use the \-\-force flag to force the creation of a principal.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP 
\fB\-\-force\fR
Force the creation of the given principal name.
.TP 
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Display the XML\-RPC request and response for more verbose debugging output.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.TP 
ipa\-addservice HTTP/www.example.com
Add a service principal for a web server
.TP 
ipa\-addservice host/ipa.example.com
Add a service principal for the host (for ssh, for example)
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.