[Freeipa-users] IPA Error 4301: Certificate operation cannot be completed: Unable to communicate with CMS (Not Found)

[Rob Crittenden]

Chris Tobey wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look at this.
>
> I have services in /etc/init.d/ named tomcat6 and pki-cad.
>
> I tried the following:
> -
>      [Thu Jun 04 14:38:16:/etc/init.d]$ service tomcat6 status
>      tomcat6 is stopped                                         [  OK  ]
>      [Thu Jun 04 14:38:23:/etc/init.d]$ service tomcat6 start
>      Starting tomcat6:                                          [  OK  ]
>      [Thu Jun 04 14:38:29:/etc/init.d]$ service tomcat6 status
>      tomcat6 (pid 10853) is running...                          [  OK  ]
>      [Thu Jun 04 14:38:40:/etc/init.d]$ service pki-cad status
>      pki-ca (pid 1793) is running...                            [  OK  ]
>          Unsecure Port       = http://chimera.server.com:9180/ca/ee/ca
>          Secure Agent Port   = https://chimera.server.com:9443/ca/agent/ca
>          Secure EE Port      = https://chimera.server.com:9444/ca/ee/ca
>          Secure Admin Port   = https://chimera.server.com:9445/ca/services
>          EE Client Auth Port = https://chimera.server.com:9446/ca/eeca/ca
>          PKI Console Port    = pkiconsole https://chimera.server.com:9445/ca
>          Tomcat Port         = 9701 (for shutdown)
>
>          PKI Instance Name:   pki-ca
>
>          PKI Subsystem Type:  Root CA (Security Domain)
>
>          Registered PKI Security Domain Information:
>
> ==========================================================================
>          Name:  IPA
>          URL:   https://chimera.server.com:443
>
> ==========================================================================

Ok, you didn't specify a version so I took a stab in the dark on the 
service name. So I gather you're running 3.0.0?

You'll need to dive into the catalina.log and debug logs in 
/var/log/pki-ca. This means that tomcat started but the webapp didn't. 
This is usually the audit subsystem kicking in but recently someone else 
had this issue and a simple ipactl restart fixed it for him.

rob

> -
>
> After this I am able to create new hosts on my Foreman server!
>
> There are now a few questions:
> 1. I am not sure why the tomcat6 service was stopped, if it is required to
> be running.
> 2. I am not sure why a reboot of the server did not auto-start tomcat6.
> 3. When navigating the web GUI for FreeIPA and clicking on a host, I still
> see the popup message in the subject of this thread.
>
> I have not yet tried rebooting the FreeIPA (chimera) and Puppet/Foreman
> (puppetmaster) servers yet. When I have some downtime I will try that and
> see what happens in regards to questions 2 and 3.
>
> Thanks,
> -Chris Tobey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Crittenden [mailto:rcritten at redhat.com]
> Sent: June-04-15 10:35 AM
> To: Chris Tobey; 'Martin Kosek'; freeipa-users at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] IPA Error 4301: Certificate operation cannot be
> completed: Unable to communicate with CMS (Not Found)
>
> Apache proxies to dogtag, so a Not Found means that dogtag either isn't
> running or its webapp wasn't loaded.
>
> I'd start by restarting pki-tomcatd at pki-tomcat.service and see if that
> helps.
>
> Otherwise you'll need to poke around in the debug long in
> /var/lib/pki-ca/<something>
>
> rob
>