[Freeipa-users] ipa-server-install IndexError: list index out of range

[Chuck Lever]

Hi-

I'm new to FreeIPA.  I'm installing on an up-to-date Fedora 18 system from the freeipa packages available with Fedora 18.  When running ipa-server-install, the install process fails here:

Configuring certificate server (pki-tomcatd): Estimated time 3 minutes 30 seconds
  [1/20]: creating certificate server user
    ...
  [15/20]: requesting RA certificate from CA
Unexpected error - see /var/log/ipaserver-install.log for details:
IndexError: list index out of range

The tail of the installer log looks like this:

Generating key.  This may take a few moments...


2013-02-12T21:04:46Z INFO   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaserver/install/installutils.py", line 617, in run_script
    return_value = main_function()

  File "/sbin/ipa-server-install", line 986, in main
    dm_password, subject_base=options.subject)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaserver/install/cainstance.py", line 621, in configure_instance
    self.start_creation(runtime=210)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaserver/install/service.py", line 358, in start_creation
    method()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaserver/install/cainstance.py", line 1219, in __request_ra_certificate
    self.requestId = item_node[0].childNodes[0].data

2013-02-12T21:04:46Z INFO The ipa-server-install command failed, exception: IndexError: list index out of range


Is there a workaround or fix available?  I haven't found any relevant information via a web search, and a few searches on bugzilla.redhat.com have come up empty.

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Chuck Lever
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