IdM / IPA ipa-replica-prepare error Certificate operation cannot be completed: Unable to communicate with CMS (Not Found)

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The IdM / IPA command ipa-replica-prepare to prepare an IPA replica fails with the following error:
# ipa-replica-prepare --ip-address=10.14.5.15 ipaserver2.example.com
Directory Manager (existing master) password:

 Preparing replica for ipaserver2.example.com from ipaserver1.example.com
 Creating SSL certificate for the Directory Server
 Certificate operation cannot be completed: Unable to communicate with CMS (Not Found)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Identity-Management (ipa-server-3.0)
389-ds-base-1.2.11.15-14.el6_4.x86_64
pki-ca-9.0.3-30.el6.noarch
ipa-server-3.0.0-26.el6_4.2.x86_64

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