IPA Error 4301: CertificateOperationError Certificate operation cannot be completed: Unable to communicate with CMS (500) on Rhel8 IPA servers

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Rhel8 IPA WEB-UI shows:
  An error has occurred (IPA Error 4301: CertificateOperationError)
      Certificate operation cannot be completed: Unable to communicate with CMS (500)
      Please try the following options:
         * Refresh the page.
         * Return to the main page and retry the operation
         * Reload the browser.
      If the problem persists please contact the system administrator.
  • ipa cert-find command fails with following error:
$ ipa cert-find
ipa: ERROR: Certificate operation cannot be completed: Unable to communicate with CMS (500)
  • Web UI is attempting to load all stored certificates when opening the certificate search page.

Environment

Rhel 8 (Ootpa)
389-ds-base-1.4.3
ipa-4.8.7*

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