Description of problem: virt-who package installation failed on satellite server due to foreman-protector plugin Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): satellite-6.7.0-5.beta.el7sat.noarch How reproducible: New installation Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install satellite 6.7 Beta 2. If you have a virtual platform and Virtual DataCenter subscriptions you should configure virt-who 3. Configure Virt-who through satellite WebUI by following below steps 5.2. Deploying a virt-who Configuration on Satellite Server https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.7-beta/html-single/configuring_virtual_machine_subscriptions_in_red_hat_satellite/index#deploying-a-virt-who-configuration Actual results: WebUI --> Infrastructure --> Virt-who Configurations --> Create config --> Submit Details This will redirect you to the overview and Deploy page, where you can find below details on-page then paste the Hammer command into your terminal. # hammer virt-who-config deploy --id 1 --organization-id 3 == [1/5] Installing virt-who == Loaded plugins: foreman-protector, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager ansible-runner | 2.9 kB 00:00:00 rhel-7-server-ansible-2.8-rpms | 4.0 kB 00:00:00 rhel-7-server-rpms | 3.5 kB 00:00:00 rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-beta-rpms | 3.8 kB 00:00:00 rhel-server-7-satellite-6-beta-rpms | 4.0 kB 00:00:00 rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 (1/2): rhel-7-server-rpms/7Server/x86_64/updateinfo | 3.5 MB 00:00:00 (2/2): rhel-7-server-rpms/7Server/x86_64/primary_db | 66 MB 00:00:04 WARNING: Excluding 12248 updates due to foreman-protector. Use foreman-maintain packages install/update <package> to safely install packages without restrictions. Use foreman-maintain upgrade run for full upgrade. No package virt-who available. Error: Nothing to do virt-who package virt-who is not installed does not meet minimum requirements, please make sure this host is properly subscribed and has access to satellite-tools repository, minimal virt-who version is 0.24.2 == Finished == There were some errors during configuration: Newer version of virt-who is required, minimum version is 0.24.2 Unable to install virt-who package, make sure the host is properly subscribed and has access to satellite-tools repository In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Virt-who configurations. Click the name of the virt-who configuration file. Click the Deploy tab. Under Configuration script, click Download the script. Copy the script to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux server: # sh virt-who.sh == [1/5] Installing virt-who == Loaded plugins: foreman-protector, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager WARNING: Excluding 12248 updates due to foreman-protector. Use foreman-maintain packages install/update <package> to safely install packages without restrictions. Use foreman-maintain upgrade run for full upgrade. No package virt-who available. Error: Nothing to do virt-who package virt-who is not installed does not meet minimum requirements, please make sure this host is properly subscribed and has access to satellite-tools repository, minimal virt-who version is 0.24.2 == Finished == There were some errors during configuration: A newer version of virt-who is required, the minimum version is 0.24.2 Unable to install virt-who package, make sure the host is properly subscribed and has access to a satellite-tools repository Expected results: Virt-who packages should be installed on the satellite when we perform virt-who deployment through WebUI. Additional info: Workaround: # foreman-maintain packages unlock Running preparation steps required to run the next scenarios ================================================================================ Check if tooling for package locking is installed: [OK] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Running unlocking of package versions ================================================================================ Unlock packages: [OK] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # hammer virt-who-config deploy --id 1 --organization-id 3 == [1/5] Installing virt-who == Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package virt-who.noarch 0:0.24.7-1.el7 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libvirt-python for package: virt-who-0.24.7-1.el7.noarch --> Processing Dependency: python-suds for package: virt-who-0.24.7-1.el7.noarch --> Processing Dependency: systemd-python for package: virt-who-0.24.7-1.el7.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package libvirt-python.x86_64 0:4.5.0-1.el7 will be installed ---> Package python-suds.noarch 0:0.4.1-5.el7 will be installed ---> Package systemd-python.x86_64 0:219-67.el7_7.3 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved =================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: virt-who noarch 0.24.7-1.el7 rhel-7-server-rpms 248 k Installing for dependencies: libvirt-python x86_64 4.5.0-1.el7 rhel-7-server-rpms 343 k python-suds noarch 0.4.1-5.el7 rhel-7-server-rpms 204 k systemd-python x86_64 219-67.el7_7.3 rhel-7-server-rpms 137 k Transaction Summary =================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Install 1 Package (+3 Dependent packages) Total download size: 932 k Installed size: 3.4 M Downloading packages: (1/4): libvirt-python-4.5.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 343 kB 00:00:00 (2/4): systemd-python-219-67.el7_7.3.x86_64.rpm | 137 kB 00:00:00 (3/4): virt-who-0.24.7-1.el7.noarch.rpm | 248 kB 00:00:00 (4/4): python-suds-0.4.1-5.el7.noarch.rpm | 204 kB 00:00:03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 286 kB/s | 932 kB 00:00:03 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : python-suds-0.4.1-5.el7.noarch 1/4 Installing : systemd-python-219-67.el7_7.3.x86_64 2/4 Installing : libvirt-python-4.5.0-1.el7.x86_64 3/4 Installing : virt-who-0.24.7-1.el7.noarch 4/4 Verifying : libvirt-python-4.5.0-1.el7.x86_64 1/4 Verifying : systemd-python-219-67.el7_7.3.x86_64 2/4 Verifying : virt-who-0.24.7-1.el7.noarch 3/4 Verifying : python-suds-0.4.1-5.el7.noarch 4/4 Installed: virt-who.noarch 0:0.24.7-1.el7 Dependency Installed: libvirt-python.x86_64 0:4.5.0-1.el7 python-suds.noarch 0:0.4.1-5.el7 systemd-python.x86_64 0:219-67.el7_7.3 Complete! == [2/5] Encrypting password == == [3/5] Creating virt-who configuration == == [4/5] Creating sysconfig virt-who configuration == == [5/5] Enabling and restarting the virt-who service == Note: Forwarding request to 'systemctl enable virt-who.service'. Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/virt-who.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/virt-who.service. Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart virt-who.service == Finished == Finished successfully
We need to use foreman-maintain to unlock the packages to install virt-who. The deploy script can be used outside of Satellite machine too, so we should check if foreman-maintain is installed and if so, unlock packages before the installation and lock again afterwards.