Euwe Backport details: $ git log -1 commit 693e9b8d21abf2625662e54aeba1a03923865df2 Author: Nick Carboni <ncarboni> Date: Mon Oct 31 17:21:13 2016 -0400 Merge pull request #12171 from jvlcek/bz1360928_ext_auth_hostname Set hostname on both IPv6 and IPv4 loopback addrs (cherry picked from commit d00ab3e15116132e5b951ab466ef0963f2de2909) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1360928
Verified this issue in 5.7.0.9-beta2.1.20161101182054_eb0afaa. hostname is set correctly and external_auth configuration for IPA works fine after setting hostname in appliance_console. Configure External Authentication (httpd) IPA Server Parameters: Enter the IPA Server Hostname: qetest.domain.com Enter the IPA Server Domain: |qetest.domain.com| Enter the IPA Server Realm: |QETEST.DOMAIN.COM| Enter the IPA Server Principal: |admin| Enter the IPA Server Principal Password: ******** External Authentication (httpd) Configuration: IPA Server Details: Hostname: qetest.domain.com Domain: qetest.domain.com Realm: QETEST.DOMAIN.COM Naming Context: dc=qetest,dc=domain,dc=com Principal: admin Proceed? (Y/N): y Checking connectivity to qetest.domain.com ... Succeeded. Configuring IPA (may take a minute) ... Configuring the IPA Client ... Configuring pam ... Configuring sssd ... Configuring IPA HTTP Service and Keytab ... Configuring httpd ... Configuring SELinux ... Restarting sssd and httpd ... Configuring sssd to start upon reboots ... External Authentication configured successfully. Press any key to continue.