[Spacewalk-list] rhnpush fails with uninformative error msg

Lachlan Musicman datakid at gmail.com
Mon May 23 00:53:02 UTC 2016


Hmm. It looks like my osa-dispatcher isn't starting. Where are the
osa-dispatcher config files?

cheers
L.

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The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this
way."

- Grace Hopper

On 23 May 2016 at 10:29, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:

> No one has seen this error before? No one can even give me pointers on
> where to start looking for a solution?
>
> It almost certainly seems to be a tomcat issue - that either the rhnpush
> isn't getting through a proxy (??! wtf) or it is an is failing on the other
> side of the proxy because some other reason?
>
> I've check the tomcat conf on both servers - they are the same (as
> necessary). The rhn is set up as identically as possible, the server OS is
> the same revision...I don't understand. The only discernable difference is
> that one is a VMWare VM and one is a stand alone installation.
>
> Cheers
>
> L.
>
> ------
> The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this
> way."
>
> - Grace Hopper
>
> On 20 May 2016 at 16:32, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In centos 7.2, using
>>
>> [root at vmpr-res-utils 16.05-rc2]# yum whatprovides rhnpush
>>
>> rhnpush-5.5.89-1.el7.noarch : Package uploader for the Spacewalk or Red
>> Hat Satellite Server
>> Repo        : spacewalk
>>
>> rhnpush-5.5.89-1.el7.noarch : Package uploader for the Spacewalk or Red
>> Hat Satellite Server
>> Repo        : @spacewalk
>>
>>
>> [root at vmpr-res-utils 16.05-rc2]# rhnpush --server localhost -u admin
>> --channel slurm_16_05_rc2 *rpm --nosig
>> Password:
>>
>> ERROR: unhandled exception occurred: (mismatched tag: line 164, column 2).
>>
>> No logs are created at all (I've deleted them all and checked).
>>
>> There is a log in /var/log/tomcat/localhost_access_{date}.txt
>>
>> ::1 - - [20/May/2016:13:29:49 +1000] "GET /rhn/errors/500.jsp HTTP/1.1"
>> 302 -
>> ::1 - - [20/May/2016:13:29:49 +1000] "POST /rhn/errors/500.jsp HTTP/1.1"
>> 302 -
>> ::1 - - [20/May/2016:13:29:50 +1000] "POST
>> /rhn/Login.do?url_bounce=/rhn/errors/500.jsp&request_method=POST HTTP/1.1"
>> 200 5967
>>
>>
>> Note here that it's defaulting to IPv6 address.
>>
>> If I use the fqdn/hostname (same thing) I get it using the ipv4, same
>> problem:
>>
>> 10.126.18.72 - - [20/May/2016:13:58:00 +1000] "GET /rhn/errors/500.jsp
>> HTTP/1.1" 302 -
>> 10.126.18.72 - - [20/May/2016:13:58:00 +1000] "POST /rhn/errors/500.jsp
>> HTTP/1.1" 302 -
>> 10.126.18.72 - - [20/May/2016:13:58:00 +1000] "POST
>> /rhn/Login.do?url_bounce=/rhn/errors/500.jsp&request_method=POST HTTP/1.1"
>> 200 5967
>>
>>
>> Note that the username and password are correct - I've tested 100 times,
>> and I'm also logged into the website, *using the same credentials*.
>>
>> Further frustration is caused by the fact that I have it working on
>> another server (and another domain/ip range), which was set up identically,
>> runs the same software, and it works.
>>
>> ....
>>
>> OK, I tried to add the server to itself as a system with
>>
>> rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=https://server/XMLRPC
>> --sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT --activationkey=1-x
>>
>> and that also failed.
>>
>> Then I went into /var/log/up2date and noticed that the error was the same:
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 216, in <module>
>>     cli.run()
>>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhncli.py", line 96, in run
>>     sys.exit(self.main() or 0)
>>   File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 91, in main
>>     rhnreg.getCaps()
>>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnreg.py", line 248, in getCaps
>>     s.capabilities.validate()
>>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 178, in
>> __get_capabilities
>>     self.registration.welcome_message()
>>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 63, in __call__
>>     return rpcServer.doCall(method, *args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 203, in doCall
>>     ret = method(*args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xmlrpclib.py", line 1233, in __call__
>>     return self.__send(self.__name, args)
>>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 37, in _request1
>>     ret = self._request(methodname, params)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 384, in
>> _request
>>     self._handler, request, verbose=self._verbose)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 187, in
>> request
>>     return self._process_response(fd, connection)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 215, in
>> _process_response
>>     return self.parse_response(fd)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 235, in
>> parse_response
>>     p.feed(response)
>>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xmlrpclib.py", line 558, in feed
>>     self._parser.Parse(data, 0)
>> <class 'xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError'>: mismatched tag: line 164, column 2
>>
>>
>> which lead me to this:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277623
>>
>> but both of my systems have
>>
>> python-debian-0.1.27-3.el7.noarch and python-six-1.9.0-2.el7.noarch
>>
>> I'm reticent to downgrade since I don't know what else that will affect,
>> and it's *working* on one of the servers without the downgrade?
>>
>> I saw this reddit thread:
>>
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/spacewalk/comments/3vnquh/centos_71_spacewalk_24_no_go/
>>
>> but I wont try the solution(s) in the last comment bc both files in both
>> systems are currently the same, so they are obv not the issue.
>>
>>
>> I tried the patch shown here:
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2015-November/msg00108.html
>>
>> But it just output a whole bunch of blather - looks like something is
>> being chomped though - either time out or buffer length or...?
>>
>> asdIncoming headers:
>>     content-length : 5966
>>     set-cookie : JSESSIONID=69C01EA51CB966ABC58B3188A956B119; Path=/rhn/;
>> Secure; HttpOnly; HttpOnly
>>     server : Apache
>>     x-ua-compatible : IE=edge,chrome=1
>>     date : Fri, 20 May 2016 06:17:12 GMT
>>     content-type : text/html;charset=UTF-8
>> ('body:', '\'<!DOCTYPE HTML>\\n<html>\\n  <head>\\n    <!-- enclosing
>> head tags in layout_c.jsp -->\\n    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"
>> content="IE=edge"/>\\n    <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js IE8 support of
>> HTML5 elements and media queries -->\\n    <!--[if lt IE 9]>\\n
>> <script type=\\\'text/javascript\\\'
>> src="/javascript/html5.js"></script>\\n      <script
>> type=\\\'text/javascript\\\' src="/javascript/respond.js"></script>\\n
>> <![endif]-->\\n    \\n    <meta http-equiv="content-type"
>> content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"/>\\n    <title>\\n      Spacewalk\\n
>> \\n      \\n         - Sign In\\n      \\n      \\n    </title>\\n    <link
>> rel="shortcut icon" href="/img/favicon.ico" />\\n\\n    <meta
>> name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />\\n\\n
>> \\n    \\n      <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/spacewalk.css" />\\n
>> \\n    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/jquery.timepicker.css" />\\n
>> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/bootstrap-datepicker.css" />\\n\\n
>> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/javascript/select2/select2.css" />\\n
>> <link rel="stylesheet" href="\'')
>> ('body:', '\'/javascript/select2/select2-bootstrap.css" />\\n\\n    <link
>> rel="stylesheet" href="/fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css" />\\n
>> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/fonts/font-spacewalk/css/spacewalk-font.css"
>> />\\n\\n    <script src="/javascript/jquery.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/javascript/bootstrap.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/javascript/select2/select2.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/javascript/spacewalk-essentials.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/javascript/spacewalk-checkall.js"></script>\\n\\n    <script
>> src="/rhn/dwr/engine.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/rhn/dwr/util.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/rhn/dwr/interface/DWRItemSelector.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/javascript/jquery.timepicker.js"></script>\\n    <script
>> src="/javascript/bootstrap-datepicker.js"></script>\\n\\n    <meta
>> name="decorator" content="layout_c" />\\n  <script
>> src="/javascript/spacewalk-login.js"></script>\\n  </head>\\n  <body
>> onload="">\\n    <div class="spacewalk-top-wrap">\\n      <nav
>> class="navbar navbar-default navbar-pf" role="navigation">\\n \'')
>> ('body:', '\'       \\n\\n\\n\\n<!-- header.jsp -->\\n\\n\\n\\n<div
>> class="navbar-header">\\n  <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle"
>> data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">\\n    <span
>> class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>\\n    <span
>> class="icon-bar"></span>\\n    <span class="icon-bar"></span>\\n    <span
>> class="icon-bar"></span>\\n  </button>\\n  <a class="navbar-brand" href="
>> http://www.spacewalkproject.org/" title="Visit
>> http://www.spacewalkproject.org/ for more information">\\n    <img
>> src="/img/logo_vendor.png" alt="Spacewalk project" id="rhLogo" />\\n
>> </a>\\n  <a class="navbar-brand" href="/" title="Spacewalk homepage">\\n
>> <img src="/img/logo_product.png" alt="Spacewalk" id="rhnLogo"
>> accesskey="2"/>\\n  </a>\\n  \\n</div>\\n\\n<div class="navbar-collapse
>> collapse">\\n  \\n\\n  \\n  \\n    <ul class="nav navbar-nav
>> navbar-primary"><li class="active"><a href="/rhn/Login.do">Sign
>> In</a></li>\\n<li><a href="/rhn/help/about.do">About</a></li>\\n</ul>\\n
>> \\n</div>\\n<!-- end header.jsp -->\\n\\n      </nav>\\n      <div
>> class="spacewalk-main-column-layout">\\n       \'')
>> ('body:', '\' <aside id="spacewalk-aside" class="navbar-collapse
>> collapse">\\n          \\n\\n<nav id="sidenav">\\n  \\n  \\n  \\n
>> \\n</nav>\\n\\n          \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n          \\n\\n\\n<!-- TODO
>> make this more generic -->\\n\\n\\n\\n        </aside>\\n        <section
>> id="spacewalk-content">\\n          <!-- Alerts and messages
>> -->\\n          \\n          \\n          <div class="text-center">\\n
>> \\n    \\n      \\n      \\n        <h1>Welcome to Spacewalk</h1>\\n
>> <p><strong>Spacewalk</strong> is an open source (GPLv2) Linux systems
>> management solution. Below are some links that should prove useful if you
>> have any questions regarding your Spacewalk server. </p>\\n      \\n
>> \\n\\n    <form name="loginForm" id="loginForm" method="post"
>> action="/rhn/LoginSubmit.do;jsessionid=69C01EA51CB966ABC58B3188A956B119"
>> class="form-horizontal col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 text-left">\\n      <input
>> type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="7530790251516499651">\\n
>> \\n\\n    \\n    \\n    \\n    \\n    \\n    \\n    \\n\\n\\n<div
>> class="form-group">\\n  <label for="username-field" class="col-xs-5
>> control-label">Spacewal\'')
>> ('body:', '\'k Login: </label>\\n  <div class="col-xs-7">\\n    <input
>> type="text" id="username-field" class="form-control" tabindex="1"
>> name="username" maxlength="63" placeholder="Login" />\\n
>> </div>\\n</div>\\n\\n<div class="form-group">\\n  <label
>> for="password-field" class="col-xs-5 control-label">Password: </label>\\n
>> <div class="col-xs-7">\\n    <input type="password" id="password-field"
>> class="form-control" tabindex="2" name="password" maxlength="32"
>> placeholder="Password" />\\n  </div>\\n</div>\\n\\n<div
>> class="text-right">\\n  <input type="hidden" name="login_cb"
>> value="login">\\n   <input type="hidden" name="url_bounce"
>> value="/rhn/errors/500.jsp">\\n   <input type="hidden"
>> name="request_method" value="GET">\\n  <input type="submit" tabindex="3"
>> value="Sign In" id="login" class="btn btn-primary">\\n</div>\\n\\n
>> </form>\\n    <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 text-left">\\n    \\n
>> \\n      \\n      \\n          <p>For details on Spacewalk, please visit
>> our web-site at <a href="http://www.spacewalkproject.org/"
>> target="_blank"> http://www.spacewalkprojec\'')
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Would appreciate any ideas people might have?
>>
>>
>>
>> cheers
>> L.
>>
>> ------
>> The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this
>> way."
>>
>> - Grace Hopper
>>
>
>
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