[Freeipa-users] Configuring freeipa 4.4 as a subCA to in-house rootCA : ERROR IPA CA certificate not found in

[Fraser Tweedale]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 03:26:31PM +0000, System Administration Team wrote:
> >From old threads back in August 2016 I have been able to get closer to installing freeipa server as a subCA to our in house rootCA
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-users/2016-August/msg00269.html
> 
> Running the initial install command
> 
> ipa-server-install --external-ca --domain=camgian.com --hostname=ipasrvr.camgian.com --realm=CAMGIAN.COM --subject 'OU=IT,O=Camgian Microsystems,L=Starkville,ST=Mississippi,C=US'
> 
> I am provided with /root/ipa.csr that I can signed with our rootCA
> 
> But when I run the subsequent command it fails to find the certificate in the chain.
> 
> ipa-server-install --external-ca --domain=camgian.com --hostname=ipasrvr.camgian.com --realm=CAMGIAN.COM --subject 'OU=IT,O=Camgian Microsystems,L=Starkville,ST=Mississippi,C=US' --external-cert-file=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ipasrvr.cert.pem --external-cert-file=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.cert.pem
> 
> It fails at:
> 
> ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Server): ERROR    IPA CA certificate not found in /etc/pki/tls/certs/ipasrvr.cert.pem, /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.cert.pem
> ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Server): ERROR    The ipa-server-install command failed. See /var/log/ipaserver-install.log for more information
> 
> Any help in the correct direction to resolve this will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Clark
> 
> 
Does the subject distinguished name in the signed certificate
exactly match what was in the CSR?