When you do a --reset the candlepin db is not recreated because it stills sees the following files: /var/lib/candlepin/cpdb_done /var/lib/candlepin/cpinit_done The --reset removes them from here but they are no longer present in this location: /var/lib/katello/cpdb_done /var/lib/katello/cpinit_done After a long debug session with the candlepin team and removing them from /var/lib/candlepin the --reset went through and the db got recreated correctly.
Verified ! @Satellite 6.3 snap 28 Steps: Reset satellite to check if the candlepin db is recreated. Behavior: Before Reset: # ll /var/lib/candlepin/cpdb_done -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Nov 21 05:48 /var/lib/candlepin/cpdb_done # ll /var/lib/candlepin/cpinit_done -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Nov 21 05:53 /var/lib/candlepin/cpinit_done Reset: # satellite-installer --scenario satellite --reset Are you sure you want to continue? This will drop the databases, reset all configurations that you have made and bring the server back to a fresh install. [y/n] y /usr/sbin/service-wait foreman-tasks stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop foreman-tasks.service /usr/sbin/service-wait httpd stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop httpd.service /usr/sbin/service-wait pulp_celerybeat stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop pulp_celerybeat.service /usr/sbin/service-wait foreman-proxy stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop foreman-proxy.service /usr/sbin/service-wait pulp_streamer stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop pulp_streamer.service /usr/sbin/service-wait pulp_resource_manager stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop pulp_resource_manager.service /usr/sbin/service-wait smart_proxy_dynflow_core stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop smart_proxy_dynflow_core.service /usr/sbin/service-wait pulp_workers stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop pulp_workers.service /usr/sbin/service-wait tomcat stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop tomcat.service /usr/sbin/service-wait squid stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop squid.service /usr/sbin/service-wait qdrouterd stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop qdrouterd.service /usr/sbin/service-wait qpidd stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop qpidd.service /usr/sbin/service-wait mongod stop Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop mongod.service Success! katello-service stop --exclude postgresql finished successfully! foreman-rake db:drop 2>&1 finished successfully! rm -f /var/lib/candlepin/cpdb_done finished successfully! rm -f /var/lib/candlepin/cpinit_done finished successfully! Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop tomcat.service service tomcat stop finished successfully! could not change directory to "/root" sudo su postgres -c "dropdb candlepin" finished successfully! rm -f /var/lib/pulp/init.flag finished successfully! Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop httpd.service service-wait httpd stop finished successfully! Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop mongod.service service-wait mongod stop finished successfully! rm -f /var/lib/mongodb/pulp_database* finished successfully! Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start mongod.service service-wait mongod start finished successfully! rm -rf /var/lib/pulp/{distributions,published,repos}/* finished successfully! Installing Done [100%] [................................................................................................................................] Success! After Reset: # ll /var/lib/candlepin/cpdb_done -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 12 05:56 /var/lib/candlepin/cpdb_done # ll /var/lib/candlepin/cpinit_done -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 12 05:59 /var/lib/candlepin/cpinit_done As per above, candlepin db has been reset. And the new files are created under /var/lib/candlepin as expected. Hence changing the state of bug to verified.
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/RHSA-2018:0336