Bug 1527806 - Updating PXE loader causes DHCP conflicts
Summary: Updating PXE loader causes DHCP conflicts
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
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Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: DHCP & DNS
Version: 6.3.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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medium
Target Milestone: Unspecified
Assignee: Lukas Zapletal
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URL: http://projects.theforeman.org/issues...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-20 07:44 UTC by Lukas Zapletal
Modified: 2019-04-01 20:27 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: foreman-1.15.6.26-1
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Last Closed: 2018-02-21 16:54:37 UTC
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Description Lukas Zapletal 2017-12-20 07:44:03 UTC
Whenever we chage the bootloader from Grub2 UEFI to PXELinux BIOS, or vice versa, the foreman smart proxy start creating duplicate dhcp entries for this host.

how to repoduce:

1. create host with PXELinux BIOS bootloader
2. modify host to to use Grub2 UEFI
2. press submit (you will get a modal saying there already is a dhcp enty, and if you like to overwrite it)
3. acknowledge the modal and press the "overwrite" botton
4. now the "submit" button of the host is named "overwrite" -> press it
5. you will get a error message, complaining about a HTTP 409 from the dhcp smart proxy

if you check the leases file of the dhcp server, you will now have at least 2 entries for the same host. i have already see up to 33 entries for the same host within a file.

it also seems that the deleting a host will not always remove a entry from the dhcp leases file, but i have to admit that i am not 100% sure if the host will directly disappear from the leases file after it has been deleted.

to "fix" the issue, you have to:
- delete the host
- stop dhcpd
- remove broken entries from leases file
- start dhcpd
- recreate the host

Comment 4 Satellite Program 2018-02-21 16:54:37 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.
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> > 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.
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> > https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336


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