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Bug 1786358 - [RFE] Ability to make persistent changes in "ansible.cfg" on Satellite Server.
Summary: [RFE] Ability to make persistent changes in "ansible.cfg" on Satellite Server.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Ansible - Configuration Management
Version: 6.6.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium with 6 votes
Target Milestone: 6.13.0
Assignee: Adam Ruzicka
QA Contact: Shweta Singh
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-12-24 16:08 UTC by Karan Kohli
Modified: 2024-03-25 15:35 UTC (History)
25 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rubygem-smart_proxy_ansible-3.5.0
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Last Closed: 2023-05-03 13:20:29 UTC
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Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 4088231 0 None None None 2020-10-06 08:37:23 UTC
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 5430931 0 None None None 2020-09-24 06:49:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2097 0 None None None 2023-05-03 13:20:49 UTC

Description Karan Kohli 2019-12-24 16:08:59 UTC 
Description of problem: Custom changes made in "/etc/foreman-proxy/ansible.cfg" are removed after satellite installer is re-run.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Satellite 6.6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Make custom changes in "/etc/foreman-proxy/ansible.cfg".

2. Run satellite installer or install/update packages using satellite-
maintain(in which satellite installer is executed automatically)

3. All of the custom changes made in "/etc/foreman-proxy/ansible.cfg" file will be removed and the file will be restored to its default state.

Actual results:
The custom changes are removed.

Expected results:
The custom changes should not be removed.

Additional info:

~~ Making changes in below file only make sure that when satellite-installer is re-run then custom changes in "/etc/foreman-proxy/ansible.cfg" file are not removed.
    >> /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman_proxy/templates/plugin/ansible.cfg.erb
Comment 3 Zach Huntington-Meath 2020-06-25 13:09:53 UTC 
Can this be remade as an RFE? This is currently working as intended. What are you trying to do with the ansible.cfg?
Comment 4 eric.nothen 2020-06-26 09:15:04 UTC 
In my case, I am setting a vault_password_file parameter, but there's many other options that would fall on the same case as the hiera options are very limited right now.
Comment 5 Kenny Tordeurs 2020-10-06 08:37:08 UTC 
Also for /usr/share/foreman-proxy/.ansible.cfg when following instructions from https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4088231
Comment 8 hakon.gislason 2022-04-01 15:11:53 UTC 
With the increasing (and better) support for Ansible in Satellite, this becomes more important. Is there any movement on this?
Comment 16 Shweta Singh 2023-01-18 06:17:08 UTC 
Verified.

Version Tested: Satellite 6.13 Snap 4.0

Verification Steps:
1.Navigate to "/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg" and update the file with "local_tmp = /tmp".
2.Run "satellite-installer" command.
3.Verify that the changes persists post running above command.

Result:
Changes made to "/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg" are persistent.

Note:
Satellite 6.13 and above versions use ansible.cfg present in path "/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg".
Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-03 13:20:29 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 (Important: Satellite 6.13 Release), 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-2023:2097
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