[Pulp-list] <External> Syncing Red hat Repos entitlement issue

Gravel Bone gravelbone at gmail.com
Tue Jun 2 18:44:02 UTC 2020


Right, but rhsmcertd wasn't running...I'm now trying to turn off
Auto-Attach and see if that might help.

Bob


On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 10:59 AM Bryan Kearney <bkearney at redhat.com> wrote:

> rhsmcertd is not doing the invalidation, it is pulling down the most
> up2date
> certificate. Any process you have would need to simulate that.
>
> -- bk
>
> On 5/28/20 4:18 PM, Gravel Bone wrote:
> > Also, I shut the service down and ensured it wasn't running and
> while the entitlement
> > file in /etc/pki/entitltements didn't change the syncs still failed with
> the
> > issue...so while yes, it rhsmcertd can be the culprit, there's
> something else on Red
> > Hat side maybe?
> >
> > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:24 PM Myers, Mike <Mike.Myers at nike.com
> > <mailto:Mike.Myers at nike.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     It’s 100% the rhsmcertd process that’s doing it.  From the man
> page:____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >            rhsmcertd - Periodically scans and updates the entitlement
> certificates on
> >     a registered system.____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     What I’m unclear on is why the certs get changed by Red Hat so often
> when our
> >     entitlements certainly haven’t.  And more importantly, what, if
> anything, we can
> >     do to integrate that process more closely with Pulp.____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     And to be clear, I’m not trying to call this out as a Pulp project
> problem or
> >     issue, just wondering if others who use the project have insights or
> solutions
> >     they’re willing to share.____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     Cheers,____
> >
> >     *Mike Myers*____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     *From: *Brian Bouterse <bmbouter at redhat.com <mailto:
> bmbouter at redhat.com>>
> >     *Date: *Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 8:52 AM
> >     *To: *Gravel Bone <gravelbone at gmail.com <mailto:gravelbone at gmail.com
> >>
> >     *Cc: *Mike Myers <Mike.Myers at nike.com <mailto:Mike.Myers at nike.com>>,
> >     "pulp-list at redhat.com <mailto:pulp-list at redhat.com>" <
> pulp-list at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:pulp-list at redhat.com>>
> >     *Subject: *Re: [Pulp-list] <External> Syncing Red hat Repos
> entitlement issue____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     One idea to track down which process is editing those certs/files
> would be to use
> >     auditd or systemtap https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/99091
> >     <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/unix.stackexchange.com/a/99091__;!!KLCbKzk!3-4lUfRz-2wFNgovtknDNZUEiyn20AZ72aaznXiV_QGBFFfkIRrb454_Sjx08Ns$
> >
> >     Just a thought I wanted to share.____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 9:18 AM Gravel Bone <gravelbone at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:gravelbone at gmail.com>> wrote:____
> >
> >         In this case the entitlement certs themselves aren't expired
> from a date
> >         perspective, they just no longer work connecting to Red Hat.
> It's more
> >         like they've been revoked because the server they are on got new
> entitlement
> >         certs which is happening automatically, I just have not figured
> out how to
> >         prevent that.   I've tried turning of rhsmcertd, disabled
> subscription
> >         management, and combinations in between.____
> >
> >         __ __
> >
> >         On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:23 PM Brian Bouterse <
> bmbouter at redhat.com
> >         <mailto:bmbouter at redhat.com>> wrote:____
> >
> >             If the certs are short-lived, then there isn't much to do
> except ask the
> >             issuer to give you longer ones. You could inspect the certs
> more closely
> >             I believe using the `rct cat-crt` command. Pulp-certguard
> has some docs
> >             showing an example with that tool
> >
> https://pulp-certguard.readthedocs.io/en/latest/debugging.html#checking-authorized-urls-in-rhsm-certificates
> >             <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/pulp-certguard.readthedocs.io/en/latest/debugging.html*checking-authorized-urls-in-rhsm-certificates__;Iw!!KLCbKzk!3-4lUfRz-2wFNgovtknDNZUEiyn20AZ72aaznXiV_QGBFFfkIRrb454_MFyqH7A$
> >____
> >
> >             __ __
> >
> >             On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:20 AM Myers, Mike <
> Mike.Myers at nike.com
> >             <mailto:Mike.Myers at nike.com>> wrote:____
> >
> >                 We’ve faced that too.  I’ve love some deeper insight,
> but what I’ve
> >                 found so far is that “rhsmcertd” process does some sort
> of
> >                 check/update on those certs.  We’ve just set a process
> to pull those
> >                 from /etc/pki/entitlement into Pulp when such a failure
> occurs.  It
> >                 would be nice if there were a Pulp native way to address
> this (short
> >                 of running the whole Satellite suite)____
> >
> >                  ____
> >
> >                 Cheers,____
> >
> >                 *Mike Myers*____
> >
> >                  ____
> >
> >                 *From: *<pulp-list-bounces at redhat.com
> >                 <mailto:pulp-list-bounces at redhat.com>> on behalf of
> Gravel Bone
> >                 <gravelbone at gmail.com <mailto:gravelbone at gmail.com>>
> >                 *Date: *Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 5:48 AM
> >                 *To: *"pulp-list at redhat.com <mailto:pulp-list at redhat.com
> >"
> >                 <pulp-list at redhat.com <mailto:pulp-list at redhat.com>>
> >                 *Subject: *<External>[Pulp-list] Syncing Red hat Repos
> entitlement
> >                 issue____
> >
> >                  ____
> >
> >                 This is probably something straight forward, but my
> searches have
> >                 found nothing...____
> >
> >                  ____
> >
> >                 I pull an entitlement files from our server (well three
> for three
> >                 different subscriptions) and create repos using them to
> sync the
> >                 corresponding Red Hat repository.    The problem is, the
> entitlements
> >                 seem to expire about every month.   I'm sure it's
> something I'm
> >                 missing that stupid obvious, but google has not been my
> friend nor
> >                 has the documentation...help would be appreciated...____
> >
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