IPA restart fails after update with: Failed to start named-pkcs11.service: Unit named-pkcs11.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

After upgrade IPA fails to start, when checking error logs, these error messages show:

Jan 23 13:02:53 sv-1423lvp15 ipactl: Failed to start named-pkcs11.service: Unit named-pkcs11.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

The IPA upgrade failed to pull in the required package and when named service was masked during the upgrade, DNS failed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content