You see the error "Insufficient access: hostname in subject of request 'localhost' does not match principal hostname" when checking cert status

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Issue

When checking the status of IDM certs, you see the following error:

# getcert list
Number of certificates and requests being tracked: 8.
Request ID '20180601095210':
        status: CA_REJECTED
        ca-error: Server at https://ipaserver.example.com/ipa/xml denied our request, giving up: 2100 (RPC failed at server.  Insufficient access: hostname
 in subject of request 'localhost' does not match principal hostname 'ipaserver.example.com').
...

Environment

  • IDM
  • certmonger
  • PKI

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