Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1161607
virt-who not able to decrypt encrypted password
Last modified: 2016-11-30 19:33:44 EST
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1161604 +++ Description of problem: It seems, virt-who is not able to decrypt encrypted passwords. Getting the following error while using encrypted password in virt-who. Error: ('/var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log') 2014-11-07 17:49:49,387 [ERROR] @virtwho.py:118 - Error in communication with virtualization backend, trying to recover: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-who/virtwho.py", line 111, in _send virtualGuests = self._readGuests(config) File "/usr/share/virt-who/virtwho.py", line 147, in _readGuests return virt.getHostGuestMapping() File "/usr/share/virt-who/virt/esx/esx.py", line 302, in getHostGuestMapping self.scan() File "/usr/share/virt-who/virt/esx/esx.py", line 153, in scan self.client.service.Login(_this=self.sc.sessionManager, userName=self.username, password=self.password) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/client.py", line 542, in __call__ return client.invoke(args, kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/client.py", line 595, in invoke soapenv = binding.get_message(self.method, args, kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 120, in get_message content = self.bodycontent(method, args, kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/document.py", line 63, in bodycontent p = self.mkparam(method, pd, value) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/document.py", line 105, in mkparam return Binding.mkparam(self, method, pdef, object) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 287, in mkparam return marshaller.process(content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/core.py", line 62, in process self.append(document, content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/core.py", line 75, in append self.appender.append(parent, content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/appender.py", line 102, in append appender.append(parent, content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/appender.py", line 198, in append child.setText(tostr(content.value)) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/sax/element.py", line 251, in setText self.text = Text(value) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/sax/text.py", line 43, in __new__ result = super(Text, cls).__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs) UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xf8 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-who-0.10-8.el6.noarch subscription-manager-1.12.14-7.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure virt-who under /etc/virt-who.d/ with encrypted password (virt-who-password) i.e man virt-who-config for configuration. [VMWare] type=esx server=lab-esx5.gsslab.pnq.redhat.com username=root encrypted_password=ae5eb492f7dfa570eff8714753a18131 owner=System_Management env=Library 2. Restart virt-who services. # service virt-who restart 3. Look for the error message in '/var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log'. 2014-11-07 17:49:49,387 [ERROR] @virtwho.py:118 - Error in communication with virtualization backend, trying to recover: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-who/virtwho.py", line 111, in _send virtualGuests = self._readGuests(config) File "/usr/share/virt-who/virtwho.py", line 147, in _readGuests return virt.getHostGuestMapping() File "/usr/share/virt-who/virt/esx/esx.py", line 302, in getHostGuestMapping self.scan() File "/usr/share/virt-who/virt/esx/esx.py", line 153, in scan self.client.service.Login(_this=self.sc.sessionManager, userName=self.username, password=self.password) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/client.py", line 542, in __call__ return client.invoke(args, kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/client.py", line 595, in invoke soapenv = binding.get_message(self.method, args, kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 120, in get_message content = self.bodycontent(method, args, kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/document.py", line 63, in bodycontent p = self.mkparam(method, pd, value) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/document.py", line 105, in mkparam return Binding.mkparam(self, method, pdef, object) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 287, in mkparam return marshaller.process(content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/core.py", line 62, in process self.append(document, content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/core.py", line 75, in append self.appender.append(parent, content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/appender.py", line 102, in append appender.append(parent, content) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/mx/appender.py", line 198, in append child.setText(tostr(content.value)) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/sax/element.py", line 251, in setText self.text = Text(value) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/sax/text.py", line 43, in __new__ result = super(Text, cls).__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs) UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xf8 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128) Actual results: virt-who is not decrypting passwords. Expected results: virt-who decrypts encrypted passwords. Additional info: --- Additional comment from Radek Novacek on 2014-11-07 14:17:24 CET --- Patch available upstream: https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/virt-who.git/commit/?id=f759f0fde748cfb88e0451dd19715794a5ca1e53
Fixed in virt-who-0.11-4.el7.
The latest RHEL7.1 build with virt-who-0.11-3.el7.noarch, need to wait for a new rhel7.1 build with virt-who-0.11-4.el7 to verify this bug.
Verified it on virt-who-0.11-4.el7.noarch. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): subscription-manager-1.13.9-1.el7.x86_64 python-rhsm-1.13.8-1.el7.x86_64 virt-who-0.11-4.el7.noarch katello-headpin-1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice.noarch candlepin-0.9.6.5-1.el6sam.noarch Verified process: 1.Register system to SAM server [root@hp-z220-05 libvirt-test-API]# subscription-manager register --username=admin --password=admin The system has been registered with ID: e3abf301-1772-4e9c-b4f2-b24a7acef326 2.Configure virt-who run at esx mode and with encrypted password [root@hp-z220-05 system]# virt-who-password Password: Use following as value for encrypted_password key in the configuration file: 43f282d679adb816f2bb1cf9c18949ec # cat /etc/virt-who.d/virt-who [test-esx1] type=esx server=10.66.79.89 username=Administrator@vsphere.local encrypted_password=43f282d679adb816f2bb1cf9c18949ec owner=ACME_Corporation env=Library 3. Restart virt-who service, virt-who can send host/guest associate to SAM server. 2014-11-28 16:51:14,806 [DEBUG] @virtwho.py:83 - Using config named 'test-esx1' 2014-11-28 16:51:14,807 [INFO] @virtwho.py:460 - Using configuration "test-esx1" ("esx" mode) 2014-11-28 16:51:14,807 [DEBUG] @virtwho.py:170 - Starting infinite loop with 5 seconds interval 2014-11-28 16:51:20,233 [INFO] @subscriptionmanager.py:116 - Sending update in hosts-to-guests mapping: {aee4ff00-8c33-11e2-994a-6c3be51d959a: [4229e196-30de-9b6b-d31b-f22b22166548, 564d30c2-464f-81ad-1db6-6ec620dd7465], 44454c4c-4200-1034-8039-b8c04f503258: [422929f3-8ade-7dcc-6119-4904c7e1b8eb]}
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. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.html