[389-users] Re: problem running setup ds admin "Error: Could not create directory server instance"

[Timotheus Pokorra]

Hello Martin,
> Hostname 'ds389.limbo.local' is valid, but none of the IP addresses
> resolve back to ds389.limbo.local
> address 10.30.33.10 resolves to host ds389.jalacloud.local
>
> Error: Could not create directory server instance 'ds389'.
> Exiting . . .
> Log file is '/tmp/setupyR6ywt.log'
>
> where ds389 is the hostname, and limbo.local the domain

Try to add to your /etc/hosts file:
10.30.33.10 ds389.limbo.local ds389.jalacloud.local

I think the keyword to search for on the internet is: fully qualified
domain name

hope this helps,
  Timotheus