9.3. Reviewing CA installation errors on the first IdM CA server
To troubleshoot a failing IdM CA installation, review the errors at the ends of the CA installation error log files on the first IdM CA server and use this information to resolve any corresponding issues.
Prerequisites
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You must have
rootprivileges to display the contents of IdM log files.
Procedure
To review a log file interactively, open the end of the log file using the
lessutility and use the kbd:[] arrow keys to navigate, while searching forScriptErrorentries. The following example opens/var/log/pki/pki-ca-spawn.$TIME_OF_INSTALLATION.log.[user@server ~]$ sudo less -N +G /var/log/pki/pki-ca-spawn.20200527185902.log- Gather additional troubleshooting information by repeating this review process with all the log files listed above.