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Bug 1320507

Summary:	Wrong prefix prompts when register using serverurl without prefix
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	qianzhan
Component:	subscription-manager	Assignee:	William Poteat <wpoteat>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	John Sefler <jsefler>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.8	CC:	bcourt, csnyder, jgalipea, ldai, wpoteat
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Description qianzhan 2016-03-23 11:29:17 UTC

Description of problem:
Wrong prefix prompts when register using serverurl without prefix

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
subscription-manager: 1.16.8-7.el6
python-rhsm: 1.16.6-1.el6


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Register system without any parameters.
[root@pogo-cn1100-01 ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Username: ^C
User interrupted process.

2.Register system with serverurl, port and prefix.
[root@pogo-cn1100-01 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Registering to: samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Username: admin
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 9718390b-de71-4d2d-998a-045704146853 

3. Register system with serverurl but not prefix.
[root@pogo-cn1100-01 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=samserv.redhat.com
Registering to: samserv.redhat.com:443/subscription  <===== should be 'sam/api'
Username: ^C
User interrupted process.


Actual results:
As step 3.

Expected results:
The prefix in step 3 should be /sam/api

Additional info:

Comment 2 John Sefler 2016-03-23 14:28:23 UTC

Reproducing the failure...

[root@jsefler-6 ~]# subscription-manager config --server.hostname=hostname --server.port=123 --server.prefix=/prefix
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# 
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: hostname:123/prefix     <===== VERIFIED/EXPECTED
Username: ^C
User interrupted process.
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# 
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=jsefler-f22-candlepin.usersys.redhat.com:8443/candlepin --insecure
Registering to: jsefler-f22-candlepin.usersys.redhat.com:8443/candlepin     <===== VERIFIED/EXPECTED
Username: testuser1
Password: 
Organization: admin
The system has been registered with ID: 932b5cf9-2a2e-445e-ab69-be7d4ce76856 
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# 
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# subscription-manager unregister
System has been unregistered.
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# 
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: jsefler-f22-candlepin.usersys.redhat.com:8443/candlepin    <==== VERIFIED/EXPECTED
Username: ^C
User interrupted process.
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# 
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=jsefler-f22-candlepin.usersys.redhat.com
Unable to reach the server at jsefler-f22-candlepin.usersys.redhat.com:443/subscription   <==== FAILED
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# 
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# subscription-manager config | egrep " hostname| port| prefix"
   hostname = jsefler-f22-candlepin.usersys.redhat.com
   port = 8443
   prefix = /candlepin
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# 

The configured port and prefix were NOT used when the port and prefix were absent from the specified --serverurl value.  Instead the default port 443 and default prefix /subscription were used.

Comment 5 Chris Snyder 2016-04-21 18:40:19 UTC

Fix merged to upstream master as of the below commit. As it is in before the branch for 6.9, moving to modified.

commit ea10b99095ad58df57ed107e13bf19498e003ae8
Author: William Poteat <wpoteat>
Date:   Mon Apr 11 13:28:43 2016 -0400

    1320507: Use config entry before default for port and prefix

Comment 6 John Sefler 2016-05-03 21:42:25 UTC

fixed in subscription-manager-1.17.5-1

Comment 9 qianzhan 2016-10-18 06:22:34 UTC

(In reply to John Sefler from comment #6)
> fixed in subscription-manager-1.17.5-1

Trying to verify the bug on RHEL-7.3-RC-2.0:
subscription-manager: 1.17.15-1.el7
python-rhsm: 1.17.9-1.el7

1 Specifying the port and prefix in CLI:
1) With rhsm.conf configured.

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# egrep "hostname|port|prefix" /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
# Server hostname:
hostname = samserv.redhat.com

# Server prefix:
prefix = /sam/api

# Server port:
port = 443

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager config | egrep " hostname| port| prefix"
   hostname = samserv.redhat.com
   port = [443]
   prefix = /sam/api

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Registering to: samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Username: admin
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 40d17a2a-1268-425b-a030-86da77a6f980 


2) Without rhsm.conf configured.
[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager config | egrep " hostname| port| prefix"
   hostname = samserv.redhat.com
   port = [443]
   prefix = [/subscription]
   
[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# egrep "hostname|port|prefix" /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
# Server hostname:
hostname = samserv.redhat.com

# Server prefix:
prefix =

# Server port:
port =

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Registering to: samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Username: admin
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 8eace28d-cd09-4c14-b5d6-bc331a2a8e53 

Verified. CLI with registration takes first priority over conf and default value.

2. Without CLI, rhsm.conf file is configured.
[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager unregister
System has been unregistered.

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# egrep "hostname|port|prefix" /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
# Server hostname:
hostname = samserv.redhat.com

# Server prefix:
prefix = /sam/api

# Server port:
port = 443

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager config | egrep " hostname| port| prefix"
   hostname = samserv.redhat.com
   port = [443]
   prefix = /sam/api


[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=samserv.redhat.com
Registering to: samserv.redhat.com:443/sam/api
Username: admin
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 3b501cd2-06bd-40b9-97c4-cc6fe945a868 

Verified. Registration uses the configured rhsm.conf file when NOT specifying port and prefix in cli.

3. Without CLI or rhsm.conf.

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager unregister
System has been unregistered.

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# egrep "hostname|port|prefix" /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
# Server hostname:
hostname = samserv.redhat.com

# Server prefix:
prefix =

# Server port:
port =

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager config | egrep " hostname| port| prefix"
   hostname = samserv.redhat.com
   port = [443]
   prefix = [/subscription]

[root@dhcp-128-71 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=samserv.redhat.com
Registering to: samserv.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: admin
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 4e1c26d0-8940-47ad-87f5-156ec3ba5cae 

Verified. The default port and prefix value play roles when no cli specified or rhsm.conf configured.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 10:54:44 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.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html