[Freeipa-users] Failed installation

[John Dennis]

On 10/17/2012 12:40 PM, Bret Wortman wrote:
> I recently tried installing freeipa on a new server, but
> ipa-server-install had problems around this point:
>
> Configuring certificate server: Estimated time 3 minutes 30 seconds
>    [1/18]: creating certificate server user
>    [2/18]: creating pki-ca instance
>    [3/18]: configuring certificate server instance
> ipa         : CRITICAL failed to configure ca instance Command
> '/usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/pkisilent ConfigureCA -cs_hostname
> fs1.wedgeofli.me <http://fs1.wedgeofli.me> -cs_port 9445
> -client_certdb_dir /tmp/tmp-UvBMbL -client_certdb_pwd XXXXXXXX
> -preop_pin HHxKHUz5RRfzQ3OkFMlR -domain_name IPA -admin_user admin
> -admin_email root at localhost -admin_XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX -agent_name
> ipa-ca-agent -agent_key_size 2048 -agent_key_type rsa
> -agent_cert_subject CN=ipa-ca-agent,O=WEDGEOFLI.ME <http://WEDGEOFLI.ME>
> -ldap_host fs1.wedgeofli.me <http://fs1.wedgeofli.me> -ldap_port 7389
> -bind_dn cn=Directory Manager -bind_XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX -base_dn o=ipaca
> -db_name ipaca -key_size 2048 -key_type rsa -key_algorithm SHA256withRSA
> -save_p12 true -backup_pwd XXXXXXXX -subsystem_name pki-cad -token_name
> internal -ca_subsystem_cert_subject_name CN=CA Subsystem,O=WEDGEOFLI.ME
> <http://WEDGEOFLI.ME> -ca_ocsp_cert_subject_name CN=OCSP
> Subsystem,O=WEDGEOFLI.ME <http://WEDGEOFLI.ME>
> -ca_server_cert_subject_name CN=fs1.wedgeofli.me
> <http://fs1.wedgeofli.me>,O=WEDGEOFLI.ME <http://WEDGEOFLI.ME>
> -ca_audit_signing_cert_subject_name CN=CA Audit,O=WEDGEOFLI.ME
> <http://WEDGEOFLI.ME> -ca_sign_cert_subject_name CN=Certificate
> Authority,O=WEDGEOFLI.ME <http://WEDGEOFLI.ME> -external false -clone
> false' returned non-zero exit status 255
> Unexpected error - see ipaserver-install.log for details:
>   Configuration of CA failed
> [root at fs1 ~]#
>
> The logfile revealed the following stack trace:
>
> #############################################
> Attempting to connect to: fs1.wedgeofli.me:9445
> <http://fs1.wedgeofli.me:9445>
> Exception in LoginPanel(): java.lang.NullPointerException
> ERROR: ConfigureCA: LoginPanel() failure
> ERROR: unable to create CA
>
> #######################################################################
>
> 2012-10-17T16:24:53Z DEBUG stderr=Exception: Unable to Send
> Request:java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
> java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
> at
> java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339)
> at
> java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
> at
> java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
> at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:391)
> at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
> at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:528)
> at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:425)
> at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:241)
> at HTTPClient.sslConnect(HTTPClient.java:326)
> at ConfigureCA.LoginPanel(ConfigureCA.java:244)
> at ConfigureCA.ConfigureCAInstance(ConfigureCA.java:1157)
> at ConfigureCA.main(ConfigureCA.java:1672)
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at ConfigureCA.LoginPanel(ConfigureCA.java:245)
> at ConfigureCA.ConfigureCAInstance(ConfigureCA.java:1157)
> at ConfigureCA.main(ConfigureCA.java:1672)
>
> Now I seem to be stuck. I tried uninstalling the freeipa-server package
> with # yum remove freeipa-server and then reinstalled it the same way,
> but ipa-server-install won't run no matter what I attempt.
>
> Any thoughts? I'm pretty new to IPA.

There is a good chance this is due to a version mismatch between the IPA 
packages and the dogtag packages. You didn't mention which OS you're 
using nor the versions of the relevant packages, that would have been 
helpful. In any event I would make sure all your packages are up to date.


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