Receiving "Can't contact LDAP server" error after running ipa-client-install
Issue
- I am having an issue with getting the client installed see error message below.
# ipa-client-install
DNS discovery failed to determine your DNS domain
Please provide the domain name of your IPA server (ex: example.com): example.com
DNS discovery failed to find the IPA Server
Please provide your IPA server name (ex: ipa.example.com): ipaserver.example.com
root : ERROR LDAP Error: Can't contact LDAP server:
Failed to verify that ipaserver.example.com is an IPA Server.
This may mean that the remote server is not up or is not reachable
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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