We manage a server farm of RHEL 9 machines via Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Tower (AWX). On some machines the dnf versionlock command outputs packages **"foo"** and **"bar"** as versionlocked. Hovever, our Ansible configuration for these machines (using module community.general.yum_versionlock -- not community.general.dnf_versionlock as we had yum-based old RHEL servers in the past) is set to versionlock the packages **"foo"** and **"quux"**. So, where are all the places where version-locked packages are defined? In particular, is there some setting in Satellite, perhaps related to Repos/Products/Hosts?

I host numerous RHEL 8 servers in the Azure environment. I am using a Red Hat Satellite VM to patch servers and then I rely on the owners to reboot once patching is complete. I want to implement a solution that alerts the POC that they need to reboot and force reboots the server if it has not been rebooted within X number of days since the system was patched. I am looking to see if anyone else has done this and if they performed this automation on the Azure platform (PowerShell) or if they utilized something like the Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). If I didn't have to get the POC from Azure and connect it to another system for notification, I would just write a bash script utilizing the patching groups and system uptimes.

I'm currently administering an Apache applications proxy on a RedHat server, The installed/running version of Apache is 2.4.6. I want to upgrade to the latest version securely. The httpd daemon is currently running on Server 7.9. How can I upgrade while connected via Putty. I'm new to linux, and would appreciate the steps.

I am downloading some RPM packages from the Red Hat Customer site and came across some rhaos packages. I'm not sure what they are exactly. For example: podman-4.4.1-3.rhaos4.13.el8.x86_64.rpm I couldn't find much information about them, except that they are related to OpenShift. Can these packages be safely installed on RHEL?

Currently I have a RedHat Satellite Server stood up on one network. I have another network that will require a satellite server. I'm wondering, is there a way to stand up a satellite server on the other network, where I can pull all the packages from my original satellite server, tar up all the data, then import it into the other server on the other network? The other network is cut off from my current satellite server, so I'm trying to find a way to replicate it on another network. I don't know much about the Satellite server setup and was wondering if such a thing is available, kind of like how IPA can create a replica.

I have a RHEL7 server managed by Satellite 6.5. The command yum clean all --verbose shows a yum cache of several Mb for **untracked** repositories. yum clean all doesn't clean this cache. Is it possible to do so, or the only way is to run rm -rf /var/cache/yum/* && yum check-update?

If we have a subscription to Red Hat Satellite, can we execute the command yum update sudo or do we need to follow the ./configure, make and make install sequence of commands?

I was trying to update a redhat 7.5 server, but it was giving the below error- Loaded plugins: langpacks, rhnplugin There was an error communicating with RHN. Red Hat Satellite or RHN Classic support will be disabled. Error communicating with server. The message was: Error Message: Please run rhn_register as root on this client Error Class Code: 9 Error Class Info: Invalid System Credentials. Explanation: An error has occurred while processing your request. If this problem persists please consult the Red Hat Customer Portal Knowledge Base landing page on common registration Error Class Codes at https://access.redhat.com/solutions/17036 for a possible resolution. If you choose to open a support case in the Red Hat Customer Portal, please be sure to include details of what you were trying to do when this error occurred and specifics on how to reproduce this problem. No packages marked for update I tried to register the server with satellite but got the below error- REGISTRATION ------------ * registering Error communicating with server. The message was: Connection timed out on readline *** Error: Registering the system failed.

I am trying to SSH to a new EC2 server from AWS by using Xshell, but got below error. Does it mean Public key in Client is not added into authorized_keys in Server side? How to verify which RCA for the error then give fixing?

[bastion-ro@ip-10-1-X-XX ~]$ ssh webuser@10.1.X.XX
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).
[bastion-ro@ip-10-1-X-XX .ssh]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)

Thanks for any advice.

When I am trying to connect instance to Satellite Server it's failing. I tried to perform basic system updates and tried running yum clean all. However, I am getting following lines: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 300, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 115, in main base.getOptionsConfig(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 229, in getOptionsConfig self.conf File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 911, in conf = property(fget=lambda self: self._getConfig(), File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 363, in _getConfig self.plugins.run('init') File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 184, in run func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs)) File "/usr/share/yum-plugins/ulninfo.py", line 23, in init_hook login_info = up2dateAuth.getLoginInfo(timeout=timeout) File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 219, in getLoginInfo login(timeout=timeout) File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 167, in login if readCachedLogin(): File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 133, in readCachedLogin expireTime = float(li['X-RHN-Auth-Expiration']) KeyError: 'X-RHN-Auth-Expiration' Can someone throw some light on this?

I want to write a script that allows the user to enter a specific file path and size to use as an input to the find command. I tried the following: echo "Enter file path and size": read userpath read sz find $userpath -size $sz -exec rm {} \; but it results in the error ( find: invalid argument '-exec' to -size)

I want to write a script that allows the user to enter a specific file path to use this variable with the find command I tried this but it seems that my syntax is not right enter file path : $PATH find $PATH -size +1M -exec rm {}\; and what if I want the user also to enter the size should I use find $userpath -size $size -exec rm {}\; or something else

My system config: Red Hat 7.7 [Developer's edition]. Stand Alone system. root@thinkred1cartoon:$ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo) root@thinkred1cartoon:$ uname -a Linux thinkred1cartoon.biz 3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 2 08:31:54 EST 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I'm having problem launching subscription-manager (both CLI or GUI). Error - root@thinkred1cartoon:$ subscription-manager Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/subscription-manager", line 5, in from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 3011, in parse_requirements(__requires__), Environment() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 626, in resolve raise DistributionNotFound(req) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: six subscription-manager via CLI or GUI failing to launch I followed this Redhat solution - https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3967521 1. Uninstall packages installed via pip3 pip3 pip freeze --local | xargs pip3 uninstall -y 2. Uninstall packages installed via pip scl enable python27 bash pip freeze --local | xargs pip uninstall -y 3. Uninstalled all python packages from 3rd party listed by command below using "yum remove" rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}------->%{vendor}\n" | grep -v "Red Hat" | grep -i python 4. yum reinstall insights-client python-requests python-urllib3 5. yum update -y 6. Rebooted system No luck. Network is fine. yum works with existing enabled repos and I can go on internet via web browser. root@thinkred1cartoon:$ strace -T -tt -f -v -s 1024 -o register.out insights-client --register Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/insights-client", line 5, in from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 3007, in working_set.require(__requires__) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 728, in require needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 626, in resolve raise DistributionNotFound(req) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: six System error message - root@thinkred1cartoon:$ tail -f /var/log/messages Dec 26 15:54:30 thinkred1cartoon python: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/sbin/subscription-manager' Dec 26 15:54:30 thinkred1cartoon python: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/sbin/sosreport' Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon python: communication with ABRT daemon failed: timed out Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon python: communication with ABRT daemon failed: timed out Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: sosreport run failed with exit code 1, log follows: Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: Traceback (most recent call last): Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: File "/usr/sbin/sosreport", line 14, in Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: from sos.sosreport import main Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sos/__init__.py", line 19, in Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: import six Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: ImportError: No module named six Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: 'post-create' on '/var/spool/abrt/Python-2019-12-26-15:54:30-20008' exited with 1 Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: Deleting problem directory '/var/spool/abrt/Python-2019-12-26-15:54:30-20008' Dec 26 15:54:35 thinkred1cartoon python: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/sbin/sosreport' Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: Not saving repeating crash in '/usr/sbin/sosreport' Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: sosreport run failed with exit code 1, log follows: Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: Traceback (most recent call last): Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: File "/usr/sbin/sosreport", line 14, in Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: from sos.sosreport import main Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sos/__init__.py", line 19, in Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: import six Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: ImportError: No module named six Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: 'post-create' on '/var/spool/abrt/Python-2019-12-26-15:54:30-20024' exited with 1 Dec 26 15:54:36 thinkred1cartoon abrt-server: Deleting problem directory '/var/spool/abrt/Python-2019-12-26-15:54:30-20024' Any suggestions are appreciated.

When I try to Connect from Putty(Windows) to Remote Virtual Machine(RED HAT). Putty Closes suddenly. I look in the putty there no issues and IP address is able to ping in my command prompt. Doubt: Does i need to made any configurations in my ssh_config and sshd_config files.

When trying to provision a CentOS 7 system with the RedHat Satellite 6.2.9 I got the following error: >... > > ValueError: new value non-existent xfs filesystem is not valid as a default fs type > > Pane is dead Can anyone help?

When I try to run bootstrap command I get below error: RUNNING], [2019-05-13 13:58:15], [Calling Foreman API to create domain mytestdomain.com associated with the org & location] An error occured: HTTP Error 422: Unprocessable Entity url: https://redhat-satellite-64.mytestdomain.com:443/api/v2/domains code: 422 data: { "domain": { "location_ids": [ 2 ], "name": "mytestdomain.com", "organization_ids": [ 1 ] } } error: { "error": { "errors": { "name": [ "has already been taken" ] }, "id": null, "full_messages": [ "Name has already been taken" ] } } Can anyone please advise?

My Red Hat developer subscription ended yesterday. I'd like to know if Red Hat discontinued the program, because after following every single instruction on their site and contacting customer service (via email) there is no solution to help developers renew the subscription. Here is what I have attempted so far: I signed in to the developer portal but I was not asked to agree to the Terms and conditions, which should happen when your subscription expires. Since that didn't happen I invoked the download of the RHEL ISO, but again I was not asked to agree to the Terms & Conditions. My only option left to log out and log back in, and that didn't help either, So I contacted customer service with the problem. This is is the second day, and they have not replied yet. Their Support link redirects me to Stack Overflow .

We use Katello/Satellite 6 to manage our repos/pkgs and subscribe our servers to it. In the Katello Web UI it says that glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64 and glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64 is an applicable update on the system, I'll then click to update and it'll say successful.. however nothing happens and Katello still shows me that it's an applicable update. If I ssh to the server itself and try and do a yum install glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64 it says no package found. This is on a CentOS 6.10 box. We have some other packages such as nscd which rely on the latest glibc as a dependency as well so I'm just super curious why this is happening. repo id repo name status company_repos_centos6_extras centos6_extras 43 company_repos_centos6_os centos6_os 6,695+18 company_repos_centos6_updates centos6_updates 305+54 company_repos_epel6 epel6 12,515 company_repos_katello_centos6 katello_centos6 4 base CentOS-6 - Base 6,695+18 dgoodwin-subscription-manager Copr repo for subscription-manager owned by dgoodwin 8+2 epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 12,517 extras CentOS-6 - Extras 46 foreman-client Foreman client 1.20 4 group_qpid-qpid Copr repo for qpid owned by @qpid 25+3 logstashforwarder Lostash Forwarder official repo 1 lynis Lynis YUM repo 51 company company Repository for CentOS 6 - x86_64 636 company company RPM Repository for CentOS 6 - noarch 37 pulp Pulp Community Release 21 subscription-manager Subscription manager repository from Candlepin 8+2 update CentOS-6 - Updates 329+54 repolist: 39,940 Uploading Enabled Repositories Report company_repos_centos6_os and base repos definitely have glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64 in there. As requested in the comments, my /etc/yum.conf contains a repo that has exclude=glibc-* kernel-* and actually doing a yum update doesn't work.

Client is stuck on RHEL Satellite Server 5.5 (Way EOL) and runs EPEL as a child channel. Long not updated. Other variables, Python 2.6, Redhat 6.9 But when trying to update the EPEL repo (spacewalk-repo-sync) it fails at the end with a gzip error (file not a gzipped file) The manifest for epel is bz2 (updateinfo.xml.bz2). (I edited the error handler in gzip.py to dump the file name). See references to it googling, but no clean solution or work around. (beside upgrading Satellite which is not an option right now). Any thoughts? A different repo that uses gzip perhaps? Just a little stuck here and wouldn't be surprised if I was being myopic. Works fine with IUS and Redhats standard channels. Thanks.

A week ago, a yum update on all my Rehdat 7 servers, outputs the following error: **Error:** Failed to retrieve group file for repository: rhel-x86_64-server-7 I tried doing a yum clean all, but that did not work. I suspect it's a problem with the the satellite redhat software server that we use here. I registered a totally new node with that server, but the same error occurs. A yum check-update after clean all with debugging on shows it tries to download the file but fails. But downloads all the other files. Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, rhnplugin, search-disabled-repos, : subscription-manager Adding en_US.UTF-8 to language list Updating Subscription Management repositories. Unable to read consumer identity Config time: 0.072 This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite. Yum version: 3.4.3 rpmdb time: 0.000 Building updates object Setting up Package Sacks rhel-x86_64-server-7 | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 770 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7/primary | 33 MB 00:03 rhel-x86_64-server-7 23361/23361 rhel-x86_64-server-7-rhscl-1 | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7-rhscl-1/group | 104 B 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7-rhscl-1/updateinfo | 915 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7-rhscl-1/primary | 3.1 MB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7-rhscl-1 10948/10948 rhel-x86_64-server-7-thirdparty-oracle-java | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7-thirdparty-oracle-java/group | 104 B 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7-thirdparty-oracle-java/updateinfo | 15 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-7-thirdparty-oracle-java/primary | 129 B 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-extras-7 | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-extras-7/group | 104 B 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-extras-7/updateinfo | 241 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-extras-7/primary | 317 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-extras-7 1076/1076 rhel-x86_64-server-optional-7 | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-optional-7/group | 31 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-optional-7/updateinfo | 2.0 MB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-optional-7/primary | 4.3 MB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-optional-7 17521/17521 rhel-x86_64-server-rh-common-7 | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-rh-common-7/group | 104 B 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-rh-common-7/updateinfo | 29 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-rh-common-7/primary | 55 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-rh-common-7 235/235 rhel-x86_64-server-supplementary-7 | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-supplementary-7/group | 40 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-supplementary-7/updateinfo | 56 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-supplementary-7/primary | 112 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-supplementary-7 310/310 rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-7 | 1.5 kB 00:00 rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-7/group | 104 B 00:00 rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-7/updateinfo | 15 kB 00:00 rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-7/primary | 24 kB 00:00 rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-7