While adding NAS to IPA, it fails with an error "ipa: ERROR: The host 'hostname' does not exist to add a service to."

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Issue

While adding NAS to IPA, it fails with an error "ipa: ERROR: The host 'hostname' does not exist to add a service to."

$ ipa service-add nfs/server1.example.com
ipa: ERROR: The host 'server1.example.com' does not exist to add a service to.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • IPA

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