To confirm, with the PPA the installation continues, and "Configuring certificate server" succeeds.
However, now "Configuring the web interface" fails with [12/21]: setting up ssl [error] RuntimeError: Certificate issuance failed (CA_REJECTED) ipapython.admintool: ERROR Certificate issuance failed (CA_REJECTED) ipapython.admintool: ERROR The ipa-server-install command failed. See /var/log/ipaserver-install.log for more information and in the log there is this: 2018-05-04T07:48:09Z DEBUG [12/21]: setting up ssl 2018-05-04T07:48:13Z DEBUG certmonger request is in state dbus.String(u'GENERATING_KEY_PAIR', variant_level=1) 2018-05-04T07:48:18Z DEBUG certmonger request is in state dbus.String(u'CA_REJECTED', variant_level=1) 2018-05-04T07:48:22Z DEBUG Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipaserver/install/service.py", line 555, in start_creation run_step(full_msg, method) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipaserver/install/service.py", line 541, in run_step method() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipaserver/install/httpinstance.py", line 376, in __setup_ssl passwd_fname=key_passwd_file File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipalib/install/certmonger.py", line 320, in request_and_wait_for_cert raise RuntimeError("Certificate issuance failed ({})".format(state)) RuntimeError: Certificate issuance failed (CA_REJECTED) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765616 Title: freeipa server install fails - RuntimeError: CA configuration failed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeipa/+bug/1765616/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs