stb
(Stephan Bauer)
January 13, 2026, 7:15pm
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NethServer Version: 3.16.1
Module: core
Trying to join a cluster (Leader) and just getting an error message. Tried a fresh install on the worker node with no luck.
<3> 403, message=‘Forbidden’, url=‘https://workernode.domain.com/cluster-admin/api/cluster/tasks ’
Systems requirements are met, same version. Running Rocky Linux 9 on both systems.
action “join-cluster” status is “validation-failed” (4) at step 00validate_cluster
Any ideas on how I could resolve that issue?
Thanks for the help!
mrmarkuz
(Markus Neuberger)
January 13, 2026, 7:19pm
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Did you restrict the cluster-admin on the leader in the HTTP route ? In that case the access is forbidden.
And there should be the same core versions on leader and worker.
stb
(Stephan Bauer)
January 17, 2026, 8:23am
3
Thanks so much for that reply, you are completely right. No idea why I didnt think of that, but yes I restricted access to /cluster-admin and am therefore getting the 403 Forbidden error.