Receiving "Can't contact LDAP server" error after running ipa-client-install

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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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