Bug 1862058 - Satellite Discovery not working properly with IPv6 only hosts
Summary: Satellite Discovery not working properly with IPv6 only hosts
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Discovery Image
Version: 6.8.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: Unspecified
Assignee: Lukas Zapletal
QA Contact: Roman Plevka
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-07-30 10:15 UTC by Radovan Drazny
Modified: 2022-03-18 19:44 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Known Issue
Doc Text:
Satellite Discovery not working properly with IPv6-only hosts
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2022-03-18 19:44:22 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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Error message when running FDI on IPv6 only network (14.02 KB, image/png)
2020-07-30 10:15 UTC, Radovan Drazny
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Description Radovan Drazny 2020-07-30 10:15:52 UTC
Created attachment 1702925 [details]
Error message when running FDI on IPv6 only network

Description of problem:
During host discovery using HTTP Boot on IPv6 only network the following issues were "discovered".

- Foreman Discovery Image (FDI) doesn't show IPv6 address by default. After boot there is a message "Primary IPv4: N/A", but no mention of IPv6 address. The IPv6 address can be found in the "Facts" section, though. This is more of a cosmetic issue, but having the IPv6 address displayed by default would be nice.

- FDI configures the IPv6 address automatically, but is doesn't get DNS server address from the DHCPv6 server. There is no /etc/resolv.conf present, actually. That makes discovery impossible, as the host is unable to resolve Discovery server address. Enabling the SSH console and running "dhclient -6" manually creates /etc/resolv.conf and configures the IPv6 DNS server.

- Even after manual config of an IPv6 DNS server, the registration itself fails with the following error:

ERF42-9331 [Foreman::Exception]: Unable to find primary NIC with <MAC-ADDRESS-OF-THE-HOST> specified via...

See the attached screenshot for the exact message.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Foreman Discovery Image v3.6.1
tfm-rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery-1.0.5-5.el7sat.noarch
foreman-discovery-image-service-1.0.0-3.el7sat.x86_64
tfm-rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery_image-1.2.0-1.el7sat.noarch
tfm-rubygem-foreman_discovery-16.1.0-1.el7sat.noarch
tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_discovery-1.0.2-1.el7sat.noarch
foreman-discovery-image-3.6.1-1.el7sat.noarch


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. You need an IPv6-only environment built by instruction provided here - https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-documentation/pull/116/files 
2. Enable and configure HTTP Boot
3. Configure Discovery as described in the official Satellite documentation
4. Do a network boot using HTTP Boot and run FDI.

Actual results:
See above

Expected results:
The host is discovered successfully.

Additional info:

Comment 4 Mike McCune 2022-01-28 22:29:16 UTC
Upon review of our valid but aging backlog the Satellite Team has concluded that this Bugzilla does not meet the criteria for a resolution in the near term, and are planning to close in a month. This message may be a repeat of a previous update and the bug is again being considered to be closed. If you have any concerns about this, please contact your Red Hat Account team.  Thank you.

Comment 5 Mike McCune 2022-03-18 19:44:22 UTC
Thank you for your interest in Red Hat Satellite. We have evaluated this request, and while we recognize that it is a valid request, we do not expect this to be implemented in the product in the foreseeable future. This is due to other priorities for the product, and not a reflection on the request itself. We are therefore closing this out as WONTFIX. If you have any concerns about this feel free to contact your Red Hat Account Team. Thank you.


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