#9975 IndexError: list index out of range during installation
Opened by dhanina. Modified

I somehow broke my installation and then decided to run uninstall and install once again, this ended up with an error IndexError: list index out of range, this error says nothing.

ipaserver-install.log:

2026-04-15T14:18:38Z DEBUG   [7/11]: updating schema
2026-04-15T14:18:38Z DEBUG Processing schema LDIF file /usr/share/ipa/schema.d/75-inetuserstatus.ldif
2026-04-15T14:18:38Z DEBUG Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/service.py", line 688, in start_creation
    run_step(full_msg, method)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/service.py", line 674, in run_step
    method()
    ~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/upgradeinstance.py", line 283, in __update_schema
    self.modified = schemaupdate.update_schema(
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        self.schema_files, ldapi=True) or self.modified
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/schemaupdate.py", line 127, in update_schema
    _dn, new_schema = ldap.schema.subentry.urlfetch(url)
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/site-packages/ldap/schema/subentry.py", line 482, in urlfetch
    subschemasubentry_dn,s_temp = ldif_parser.all_records[0]
                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^
IndexError: list index out of range
2026-04-15T14:18:39Z DEBUG   File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/admintool.py", line 219, in execute
    return_value = self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/cli.py", line 343, in run
    return cfgr.run()
           ~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 360, in run
    return self.execute()
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 386, in execute
    for rval in self._executor():
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 435, in __runner
    exc_handler(exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 468, in _handle_execute_exception
    self._handle_exception(exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 458, in _handle_exception
    six.reraise(*exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/six.py", line 724, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 425, in __runner
    step()
    ~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 419, in step_next
    return next(self.__gen)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/util.py", line 81, in run_generator_with_yield_from
    six.reraise(*exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/six.py", line 724, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/util.py", line 59, in run_generator_with_yield_from
    value = gen.send(prev_value)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 663, in _configure
    next(executor)
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 435, in __runner
    exc_handler(exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 468, in _handle_execute_exception
    self._handle_exception(exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 526, in _handle_exception
    self.__parent._handle_exception(exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 458, in _handle_exception
    six.reraise(*exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/six.py", line 724, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 523, in _handle_exception
    super(ComponentBase, self)._handle_exception(exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 458, in _handle_exception
    six.reraise(*exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/six.py", line 724, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 425, in __runner
    step()
    ~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/core.py", line 419, in step_next
    return next(self.__gen)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/util.py", line 81, in run_generator_with_yield_from
    six.reraise(*exc_info)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/six.py", line 724, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/util.py", line 59, in run_generator_with_yield_from
    value = gen.send(prev_value)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipapython/install/common.py", line 65, in _install
    for unused in self._installer(self.parent):
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/server/__init__.py", line 669, in main
    master_install(self)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/server/install.py", line 278, in decorated
    func(installer)
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/server/install.py", line 1014, in install
    ds.apply_updates()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/ipaserver/install/dsinstance.py", line 716, in apply_updates
    raise RuntimeError("Update failed: %s" % e)
2026-04-15T14:18:39Z DEBUG The ipa-server-install command failed, exception: RuntimeError: Update failed: list index out of range
2026-04-15T14:18:39Z ERROR Update failed: list index out of range

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