At appears my problem arises as I asked for an install with DNS. On ubuntu bionic, apt install freeipa-server-dns
ipa-server-install then the bug appears. It is discussed here. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeipa/+bug/1769440 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1627371 Title: Timing problems with FreeIPA installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dogtag-pki/+bug/1627371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs