Bug 1688278 - Spacewalk client stop connecting to the server after some time
Summary: Spacewalk client stop connecting to the server after some time
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Spacewalk
Classification: Community
Component: Clients
Version: 2.9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tomáš Kašpárek
QA Contact: Red Hat Satellite QA List
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Blocks: space210
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Reported: 2019-03-13 12:48 UTC by sebastien
Modified: 2020-03-19 12:17 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2020-03-19 12:17:05 UTC
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Description sebastien 2019-03-13 12:48:36 UTC 
Description of problem:

Spacewalk client stop connecting to the Spacewalk server after some time. I didn't find any log with more information.

My clients are CentOS 7

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

Client rhn_check (Spacewalk Client Tools) 2.9.36-1.el7
Server : 2.9

How reproducible:
I have installed a new spacewalk client following https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/RegisteringClients and after some time the client stop working


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a new client
2. Configure and register the client
3. Wait

Actual results:
The client stop connecting to the server

Expected results:
The client should connect every X minutes to the server


Additional info:
Comment 1 sebastien 2019-03-13 15:37:49 UTC 
I think I have found the issue.

I need to run :
 systemctl enable rhnsd.timer
 systemctl start rhnsd.timer

But I didn't found this in the documentation
Comment 2 Michael Mráka 2019-06-20 13:38:15 UTC 
Fixed in https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/pull/696
Comment 3 Michael Mráka 2020-03-19 12:17:05 UTC 
Spacewalk 2.10 has been released.
https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/ReleaseNotes210
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