IPA server installation fails with error "IPA requires 8443 for PKI but it is currently in use".
Issue
- After uninstalling a broken IPA server using
ipa-server-install --uninstall
, re-installation may sometimes fails with the following error:
IPA requires port 8443 for PKI but it is currently in use.
ipapython.admintool: ERROR Aborting installation
ipapython.admintool: ERROR The ipa-server-install command failed. See /var/log/ipaserver-install.log for more information
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, 7.x
- ipa-server
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