Error installing IdM Replica: The host name 'hostname.ipa.local' does not match the primary host name ipa-ca.ipa.local.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • During the installation process of IPA we are seeing the bellow error:

    ipapython.admintool: ERROR    The host name hostname.ipa.local does not match the primary host name ipa-ca.hostname.ipa.local. Please check /etc/hosts or DNS name resolution
    ipapython.admintool: ERROR    The ipa-replica-install command failed. See /var/log/ipareplica-install.log for more information
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9
  • Red Hat Identity Management

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