[Freeipa-users] freeipa client wont install on host where a ipa server guest is already installed.

[Rob Crittenden]

Jan Pazdziora wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 08:23:36PM -0500, Joshua Nager wrote:
>>
>> I am running freeipa as a guest KVM virtual machine.  I have found myself
>> running into a problem when trying to install ipa-client on the host which
>> the guest resides.
>>
>> Upon trying to install the ipa-client I am given the msg that I must first
>> uninstall the ipa server.
>
> What is the OS version and the exact message that you get?
>
>> Has anyone experienced this and how might I get around this problem?
>
> Are you sure you don't have the IPA server installed on both the KVM
> guest *and* on the host?
>

Right, an IPA server is already configured as a client of itself.

rob