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Description of problem:
Hi,
It seems an issue somehow similar to this one:
Bug 1837717 - Ansible temporary files are not removed from the /tmp directory.
Every time a boot disk is created via API call, Satellite will leave it in /tmp/bootdisk-iso-<date>-<host_id>-<random>:
drwx------. 3 foreman foreman 37 Jul 5 13:00 bootdisk-iso-20210705-3671-1p9x4n7
drwx------. 3 foreman foreman 37 Jul 5 13:07 bootdisk-iso-20210705-3671-h5njqy
drwx------. 3 foreman foreman 37 Jul 5 18:05 bootdisk-iso-20210705-3671-sxetnh
drwx------. 3 foreman foreman 37 Jul 6 10:25 bootdisk-iso-20210706-3671-oehtef
drwx------. 3 foreman foreman 37 Jul 6 10:26 bootdisk-iso-20210706-3677-i84309
As a result, creating/downloading a few boot ISOs will fill up /tmp on the Satellite.
Note: We have checked and there is the use of systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service on RHEL7, which has the default timer, and cleans on a daily basis. Still that's a bit irrelevant to the PR, because it looks like a bug to leave temporary boot disk image in /tmp after it's been created in response to an API call.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Red Hat Satellite 6.9.1
How reproducible:
We use this API call:
- name: download bootdisk for VM
uri:
url: '{{ foreman_server_url }}/bootdisk/api/hosts/{{ this.json.id }}?full=true'
this.json-id is the host_id in Satellite
- name: get host id from Satellite
uri:
url: "{{ foreman_server_url }}/api/v2/hosts/{{ inventory_hostname }}/"
return_content: yes
url_username: "{{ foreman_username }}"
url_password: "{{ foreman_password }}"
force_basic_auth: yes
register: this
From the offical API guide:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.9/html-single/api_guide/index
For example, at the end of "5.1 Working with Hosts":
Downloading a Full Boot Disk Image
This request downloads a full boot disk image for a host by its ID.
Example request:
$ curl --request GET --insecure --user sat_username:sat_password \
https://satellite.example.com/bootdisk/api/hosts/host_ID?full=true \
--output image.iso
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make an API call to download the boot iso
2. Check /tmp
Actual results:
A copy of the boot iso is left, even after the call is completed, and the boot image downloaded.
Expected results:
We expect that the temporary copy is automatically deleted when no longer needed.
Additional info: