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Created attachment 1482445 [details]
trimmed anaconda log.  the original was 1.7 GB due to repeated error messages

Description of problem:

Builds fail for any type of image (live-iso, qcow2, or ext4 filesystem) with anaconda consuming all memory until OOM events occur.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

# rpm -q lorax-composer cockpit-composer lorax composer-cli
lorax-composer-19.7.22-1.el7.x86_64
cockpit-composer-0.1.4-1.el7.noarch
lorax-19.7.19-1.el7.x86_64
composer-cli-19.7.22-1.el7.x86_64


How reproducible:

1. Install RHEL 7.6 Beta
2. Enable all beta and htb channels
3. Download 7.6 nightly composer builds
4. setenforce 0
5. enable cockpit and lorax-composer services
6. From Cockpit Composer interface, a simple blueprint with only sshd server added.
7. Build qcow2 image

Created attachment 1482446 [details]
program.log

Created attachment 1482447 [details]
packaging.log

16:02:42,689 ERR packaging: No base repo configured

Is the core issue here, lorax-composer doesn't currently support using repos that require certificates (eg. the cdn).

But Anaconda should do a better job of failing here, instead of falling into an error loop it should exit with an error since it is running in cmdline mode.

After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release.  Therefore, it is being closed.  If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.