[Freeipa-users] IPA Error on Server with Public IP?? "cannot use IP network address"

[Craig T]

Hi,

Is IPA somehow restricted from running on machines with a public IP address?

I'm attempting to install IPA for practise on my Linux VPS (Centos 6.2 x86_64);
ipa-admintools-2.1.3-9.el6.x86_64
ipa-client-2.1.3-9.el6.x86_64
ipa-pki-ca-theme-9.0.3-7.el6.noarch
ipa-pki-common-theme-9.0.3-7.el6.noarch
ipa-python-2.1.3-9.el6.x86_64
ipa-server-2.1.3-9.el6.x86_64
ipa-server-selinux-2.1.3-9.el6.x86_64

Error:
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Server host name [mx1.example.com]: 

root        : DEBUG    will use host_name: mx1.example.com

The domain name has been calculated based on the host name.

Please confirm the domain name [example.com]: 

root        : DEBUG    read domain_name: example.com

root        : DEBUG    args=/sbin/ip -family inet -oneline address show
root        : DEBUG    stdout=1: lo    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
3: venet0    inet 127.0.0.1/32 scope host venet0
3: venet0    inet 100.111.111.1/32 brd 100.111.111.1 scope global venet0:0
3: venet0    inet 100.111.111.2/32 brd 100.111.111.2 scope global venet0:1

root        : DEBUG    stderr=
Unexpected error - see ipaserver-install.log for details:
cannot use IP network address
root        : DEBUG    cannot use IP network address
File "/usr/sbin/ipa-server-install", line 1151, in <module>
sys.exit(main())

File "/usr/sbin/ipa-server-install", line 770, in main
ip = CheckedIPAddress(hostaddr, match_local=True)

File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ipapython/ipautil.py", line 145, in __init__
raise ValueError("cannot use IP network address")
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cya

Craig