Logging into the web UI getting the error "HTTP Error 404 - Cannot connect to the server, please check API accessibility (certificate, API, proxy, etc)"
Issue
Web UI was failing to authenticate after upgrading IPA packages. After testing for the known issues for the IdM WebUI failing after upgrades:
After upgrading from 7.3 to 7.4, Unable to access the IPA web GUI due to the error: "Login failed due to an unknown reason"
We see the following error:
HTTP Error 404 - Cannot connect to the server, please check API accessibility (certificate, API, proxy, etc)
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
Red Hat Identity Management (IPA)
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