Importing a manifest should display the candlepin message on error. Simply displaying "Error importing manifest." is not helpful. This is a regression from SAM.
Created from redmine issue http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/11125
Upstream bug assigned to tomckay
User should be able to get details related to the error either from the manifest task (e.g. Monitor -> Tasks) or the Satellite log (/var/log/foreman/production.log).
Upstream bug component is Subscription Management
WORKAROUND: If the result of importing a manifest is an error similar to 'Error importing manifest.', the following may be done to obtain more details: - View the ManifestImport task from Monitor->Tasks in the UI - View the /var/log/foreman/production.log. The manifest import is initiated by the following request: "SubscriptionsController#upload"
Moving to POST since upstream bug http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/11125 has been closed
To test, 1) download a manifest, 2) add/remove sub in portal to same manifest, 3) download manifest again, 4) import manifest from step 3, 5) import manifest from step 1, 6) note error displayed in UI after step 5
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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501