Bug 2227823

Summary:	rhc: baseurl in rhsm.conf is empty when rhc_baseurl is not specified
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Pino Toscano <ptoscano>
Component:	rhel-system-roles	Assignee:	Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	David Jež <djez>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.9	CC:	arpandey, djez, jharuda, rhel-cs-system-management-subsystem-qe, rmeggins, spetrosi, vdanek
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Release:	8.9	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	role:rhc
Fixed In Version:	rhel-system-roles-1.22.0-0.19.el8	Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Clone Of:	2227821	Environment:
Last Closed:	2023-11-14 15:31:43 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	2227821
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Description Pino Toscano 2023-07-31 15:28:15 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #2227821 +++

Description of problem:
Due to a regression in a refactoring, when "rhc_baseurl" is not specified as a role parameter and a system is being registered, then the "baseurl" configuration option in the [rhsm] section of the /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf file is set to empty. This obviously has the wrong side effect of not being able to receive content, since the repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo have a wrong URL.

This was reported upstream as https://github.com/linux-system-roles/rhc/issues/126

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhel-system-roles since 1.22.0-0.9

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. register an unsubscribed system with the rhc role, without specifying "rhc_baseurl" (and thus registering to Red Hat RHSM)
2. try to update the system, or install packages, etc

Actual results:
The system cannot fetch any content.

Expected results:
The system can fetch updates, packages, etc.

Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2023-07-31 15:37:33 UTC

Copying some (adapted) Q&A from bug 2227821:

(In reply to Rich Megginson from comment #1)
> Is there a workaround?

# subscription-manager config --rhsm.baseurl https://cdn.redhat.com

> What is the impact/severity of this?

Pretty high, if you register to Hosted (and not to a Satellite server, or Stage).

> Is the rhc role mostly unusable?

The role is usable, it's about the modified/registered system.

> I'm trying to determine how we should address this
> issue - sounds like a 8.8.z/9.2.z but want to make sure

Nope, 8.8 is not affected (uses rhc 1.1.x).

Hopefully an easy fix: https://github.com/linux-system-roles/rhc/pull/127

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:31:43 UTC

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 (rhel-system-roles bug fix and enhancement update), 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/RHEA-2023:6946