Getting HTTP 500 Error while trying to create an IdM Replica with CA

Issue

When trying to perform ipa-replica-install, the process fails when trying to configure the CA using the --setup-ca option.

You may see the following errors in /var/log/ipareplica-install.log :

2017-02-24T21:40:32Z DEBUG wait_for_open_ports: localhost [8080, 8443] timeout 300
2017-02-24T21:40:33Z DEBUG Waiting until the CA is running
2017-02-24T21:40:33Z DEBUG request POST http://server.example.com:8080/ca/admin/ca/getStatus
2017-02-24T21:40:33Z DEBUG request body ''
2017-02-24T21:40:37Z DEBUG response status 500

2017-02-24T21:45:34Z DEBUG The ipa-replica-install command failed, exception: RuntimeError: Unable to retrieve CA chain: request failed with HTTP status 500
2017-02-24T21:45:34Z ERROR Unable to retrieve CA chain: request failed with HTTP status 500

2017-02-23T18:17:46Z DEBUG The CA status is: check interrupted due to error: Retrieving CA status failed with status 500
2017-02-23T18:17:46Z DEBUG Waiting for CA to start...
2017-02-23T18:17:47Z DEBUG request POST http://server.example.com:8080/ca/admin/ca/getStatus
2017-02-23T18:17:47Z DEBUG request body ''
2017-02-23T18:17:47Z DEBUG response status 500