[Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel

[Snyder, Chris]

The “metadata ….” Error indicates that your yum cache (provided by the Spacewalk server) is out of with what is actually available through the Spacewalk package database.  This can be because taskomatic isn’t running or there’s a problem somewhere.  Check your logs under /var/log/rhn/ for any issues with taskomatic or any other components.

However, I’ve run into this before and I do the following to get around it (NOTE: your paths will probably be different than mine):

# Blow away all cached metadata
rm -fr /data/pkg/cache/rhn/repodata/

# restart spacewalk so empty repodata cache directory is recreated.
spacewalk-service stop
spacewalk-service start

# If not already, cache credentials for spacecmd (This assumes you have configured ~/.spacecmd/config previously)
spacecmd softwarechannel_list

# Regenerate repo data for all channels
for i in `spacecmd softwarechannel_list`; do spacecmd softwarechannel_regenerateyumcache $i; done

# Waited a few minutes for data to regenerate

Once that’s done and the metadata caches are updated (you’ll see updated directories under the cache dir and you should see info in the taskomatic logs), go to each registered spacewalk client and run

yum clean all

If this doesn’t work, I would have to say that you’ve got something else wrong somewhere else.

Good luck.

From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Daryl Rose
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 5:58 PM
To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel


Hello everyone,



I have not received any replies from my previous posting, so I thought that I would post an update hoping someone would see it and reply.



This error seems to go deeper than just syncing from Red Hat.  Server that are currently registered to the Spacewalk server are not able to access the RHEL repository on SW.  If issuing the "yum update" command, we receive the error:


Error: failed to retrieve repodata/primary.xml.gz from rhel-6-server-rpms
error was [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum


If I issue the "yum repolist" command, I only see "0" for packages.



So, this issue is larger that what I initially thought. Anyone have any thoughts or idea's?



Daryl

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So,  I resurrected the old server from the grave and copied the contents of "/var/cach/rhn/reposync/rhel-6-server-rpms" to "/var/cach/rhn/reposync/content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os" and ran a sync.  The sync worked.



The sync worked, but it caused a new error.  A team member registered a Red Hat server just after I made these changes.  The server registered, but  with the following error:



Bad id for repo: logstash 5.x, byte =   8



I'm guessing that something within the data that I copied over does not align with the repository on SW?



Another thing that I noticed is that the directory structure in the old reposync directory is different than the new server.  For example:



OLD:

/var/cache/rhn/reposync/centos-7-extra

/centos-7-server-rpms

/centos-7-updae

/centos_7_channel

/centos_7_plus


NEW:
/var/cache/rhn/reposync/centos_7_centosplus_x86_64_
/centos_7_extras_x86_64_
/centos_7_os_x86_64_
/centos_7_updates_x86_64_

Is that a SW v2.3 vs. v2.6 change?

Thanks

Daryl

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More questions:



When I run "spacewalk-repo-sync --channel=rhel-6-server-rpms",  I get the error:



ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os. Please verify its path and try again

What creates the content in "/var/cache/rhn/reposync/content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os"?

All of the other channels that I created all have "cachecookie, packages, primary.xml.gz, primary.xml.gz.sqlite, repomd.xml and updateinfo.xml.gz".

There must be a process that creates this content, but what, I'm not sure.  How can I manually create this content?

Thanks

Daryl

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Quick update.



Poking around on Red Hat I found a doc that suggested that I look at the  name in /etc/sysconfig/network and ensure that the hostname is FQDN and then run "spacewalk-hostname-rename".   Host name was not FQDN, so I renamed it, but because I use a signed cert, will running spacewalk-hostname-rename cause a problem with that cert?



Thanks



Daryl

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Robert,



Yes, the server is registered and has an active subscription with Red Hat.  As a matter of fact, I just now re-registered to make sure that all is good.   I can see from the command line subscription manager that the server is subscribed, and I confirmed that it is entitled.



I use a "signed" cert so I'm wondering if the signed cert has something to do with this?  However, I found a troubleshooting document on Red Hat that verifies that I am entitled and using the certificate provided by Red Hat to communicate back to them.

Thank you

Daryl
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I think you should check your entitlements. But I also don't know, how you could "manually" connect to the repo (with username/password or token inline in URL).

Is your server listed as entitled within your RedHat account?
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I decided to try the sync from the command line.  This time I received an error:



ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: content_dist_rhel_server_6_6Server_x86_64_os_. Please verify its path and try again

The path came out of the redhat.repo file that came from Red Hat when I registered the server.  Its the same path that was used on the previous server.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Daryl

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I just realized that the last Red Hat errata for RHEL 6.x is from August.  I looked at the sync logs and it doesn't appear that anything is syncing at all from the RHEL channel.



I just recently migrated to a physical server.  I successfully registered the server and attached an entitlement to the server.  If I run "yum update" on the server, it lists latest updates from the RHEL channel.



This is what I see in the reposync log:


2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'rhel-6-server-rpms', '--type', 'yum']
2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Sync of channel started.
2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Repo URL: https:<rhel 6 rpm channel>
2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00.


If I haven't received any syncs since August, then this broke long before I migrated to the physical server.



Any thoughts?



Daryl


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