Bug 920450

Summary:	'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages and 'ntpd' service not available on a Red Hat Storage (RHS) server installed through Red Hat Satellite server
Product:	[Red Hat Storage] Red Hat Gluster Storage	Reporter:	Rejy M Cyriac <rcyriac>
Component:	redhat-storage-server	Assignee:	Anthony Towns <atowns>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Rejy M Cyriac <rcyriac>
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Priority:	high
Version:	2.0	CC:	atowns, flanagan, grajaiya, rhs-bugs, shaines, surs
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Fixed In Version:	redhat-storage-server-2.1.0-2.el6rhs	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2013-09-23 22:29:52 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Rejy M Cyriac 2013-03-12 06:55:55 UTC

Description of problem:

The Red Hat Storage server requires the 'ntp' service for time synchronization. However the 'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages do not get installed on a system installed through Red Hat Satellite server, with '--nobase' option in the kickstart file used. Those packages would have been installed as a dependency of 'vdsm', which further was a dependency of gluster-vdsm, the installation of which now fails when RHS system is installed through Red Hat Satellite server, due to issue reported in Bug 918896

Another point to be noted is that, even if the 'ntp' package is installed otherwise, as in the case of a system installed from a kickstart with '@Base' package section option, the 'ntpd' service would be by default turned off at boot-time, and the customer may not be aware about the need to configure it.

The 'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages must be made dependent packages for the Red Hat Storage server package(s), and it should be made mandatory that the 'ntpd' service be configured and turned on, as part of RHS configuration. 

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How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Red Hat Storage server through Red Hat Satellite server
2.If '--nobase' option used in package section of kickstart file, 'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages not available.
3.If '@Base' option used in package section of kickstart file, the 'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages are installed, but 'ntp' service is turned off by default.
  
Actual results:

The 'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages are not dependent packages for the Red Hat Storage server package(s), and it is currently not made mandatory that the 'ntpd' service be configured and turned on, as part of RHS configuration. 

Expected results:

The 'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages must be made dependent packages for the Red Hat Storage server package(s), and it should be made mandatory that the 'ntpd' service be configured and turned on, as part of RHS configuration. 

Additional info:

Comment 4 Rejy M Cyriac 2013-08-07 09:06:15 UTC

Current tests on RHS 2.1 confirms that the 'ntp' and 'ntpdate' packages are now available on a Red Hat Storage (RHS) server installed through Red Hat Satellite server, through the implementation of the 'redhat-storage-server' rpm.

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# cat /etc/redhat-storage-release 
Red Hat Storage Server 2.1

# rpm -qa | grep ntp
ntpdate-4.2.4p8-3.el6.x86_64
ntp-4.2.4p8-3.el6.x86_64

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However, the 'redhat-storage-server' rpm does not ensure that the ntpd daemon is started up on boot.

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# chkconfig --list ntpd
ntpd           	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off

# rpm -q --scripts redhat-storage-server | grep ntp
#

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Currently though, it appears that vdsmd does start up the ntpd daemon on the system

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# service ntpd status
ntpd (pid  2228) is running...

# grep ntp /etc/init.d/vdsmd 
NEEDED_SERVICES="iscsid multipathd ntpd wdmd sanlock"

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But ntpd is a required service for Red hat Storage, and so it would be best to have it ensured by the 'redhat-storage-server' rpm that the ntpd daemon is set to start up at boot, and not depend on vdsm to have it started up.

Comment 6 Rejy M Cyriac 2013-08-07 13:18:47 UTC

To add further to comment 4 :

On an RHS 2.1 install from ISO, the ks.cfg file in the install kernel's initrd ensures that ntpd is set to start up at boot, by the following entry.

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services --enabled=ntpd

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This setting has currently not been replicated through the redhat-storage-server rpm.

Comment 7 Rejy M Cyriac 2013-08-14 14:32:30 UTC

Tested and verified that, on install of RHS 2.1 server through RH Satellite server, the ntp and ntpdate packages are installed by default, and the ntpd daemon is configured to start on boot.

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# rpm -q redhat-storage-server
redhat-storage-server-2.1.0-3.el6rhs.noarch

# rpm -q --scripts redhat-storage-server | grep ntp
chkconfig ntpd on

# rpm -qa | grep ntp
ntpdate-4.2.4p8-3.el6.x86_64
ntp-4.2.4p8-3.el6.x86_64

# chkconfig --list ntpd
ntpd           	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off

# service ntpd status
ntpd (pid  7905) is running...

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Comment 8 Scott Haines 2013-09-23 22:29:52 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, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1262.html