cobblerd import error

cobber_import_err

[david@ops-1 ~]$ cobbler import --path=/data/mirror/centos/6/imgix/ --name=imgix-base --arch=x86_64 
httpd does not appear to be running and proxying cobbler, or SELinux is in the way. Original traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/cli.py", line 184, in check_setup
    s.ping()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1489, in __request
    verbose=self.__verbose
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1243, in request
    headers
ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for 127.0.0.1:80/cobbler_api: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable>