Bug 1932369
| Summary: | Use-ntp parameter does not work when provisioning RHEL 7 or CentOS 7 | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Satellite | Reporter: | Gunter Muller <gunter.muller> |
| Component: | Provisioning Templates | Assignee: | Oleh Fedorenko <ofedoren> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Ondrej Gajdusek <ogajduse> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 6.8.0 | CC: | ehelms, gtalreja, mhulan, pcfe |
| Target Milestone: | 6.10.0 | Keywords: | Patch, Triaged |
| Target Release: | Unused | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2021-11-16 14:10:12 UTC | Type: | Bug |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Created redmine issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/32004 from this bug Upstream bug assigned to ofedoren Upstream bug assigned to ofedoren Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/32004 has been resolved. *** Bug 1943947 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** VERIFIED satellite-6.10.0-0.8.beta.el7sat.noarch foreman-2.5.2.4-1.el7sat.noarch The `use-ntp` host parameter is taken into account and the package list is modified accordingly. Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory (Moderate: Satellite 6.10 Release), and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4702 |
Description of problem: The 'Kickstart default' and 'ntp' templates accept the 'use-ntp' parameter to support the ability to disable NTP and use CHRONY. However, the code in both templates is broken. Both templates have this line: use_ntp = host_param_true?('use-ntp') || (is_fedora && os_major < 16) || (rhel_compatible && os_major <= 7) However, setting use-ntp=false will never work "because of the default os check. os_major is <=7 which will always match for centos 7/rhel 7", which has been previously identified in the Foreman forum (ref. https://community.theforeman.org/t/use-ntp-parameter-does-not-work-when-provisioning-centos7/15763) and issue tracker (ref. https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/28077). The suggested fix at the time was not accepted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set the host (group) or global boolean parameter use-ntp to false. 2. Open the 'Kickstart default' provisioning template and select Preview. 3. Review %package and %post section relating to ntp. Actual results: The ntp package is installed and configured. chrony is not installed. Expected results: chrony is used instead of ntp when use-ntp=false Additional info: The following working patch for the 'use_ntp = ...' line is: if host_param_true?('use-ntp') || host_param_false?('use-ntp') use_ntp = host_param('use-ntp') else use_ntp = (is_fedora && os_major < 16) || (rhel_compatible && os_major <= 7) end