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Bug 2180490 - Package grub2-efi-x64 is only installed when tftp feature is enabled
Summary: Package grub2-efi-x64 is only installed when tftp feature is enabled
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Packaging
Version: 6.12.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: 6.14.0
Assignee: Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden
QA Contact: Jameer Pathan
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-03-21 14:52 UTC by Joniel Pasqualetto
Modified: 2023-11-08 14:19 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2023-11-08 14:19:02 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Foreman Issue Tracker 36223 0 Normal Ready For Testing Depend on grub2-efi-x64 in foreman_bootdisk 2023-03-23 12:54:01 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SAT-16702 0 None None None 2023-03-23 14:31:39 UTC
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 6993305 0 None None None 2023-03-21 15:32:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:6818 0 None None None 2023-11-08 14:19:17 UTC

Description Joniel Pasqualetto 2023-03-21 14:52:50 UTC 
Description of problem:

Currently, package grub2-efi-x64 is only installed on Satellite/Capsule if the TFTP feature is enabled.

However, this package is important for the generation of bootdisks for EFI systems, which can be done without having TFTP.

I understand this is a design choice. Reporting the BZ so we can consider changing it and having the package installed all the time.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a satellite server, don't enable TFTP.
2. Check the presence of the package grub2-efi-x64 (it won't be there, assuming the server where Satellite is installed is using BIOS)


Actual results:
Only install grub2-efi-x64 when we enable TFTP

Expected results:
Have the package grub2-efi-x64 installed at all times

Additional info:

Issues observed due to the lack of this package is linked to UEFI+SecureBoot usage. Boot disk image is created, but fails to boot on Secure Boot enabled systems.

Issue is that file /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grubx64.efi is not present (because it's provided by the package in question). I'm not sure how the file grubx64.efi is created on those circumstances, but it lacks instructions to properly boot with SecureBoot.

Having the package grub2-efi-x64 installed manually, allow generated bootdisk images to boot with SecureBoot properly.

Enabling the tftp feature also solves the issue, however it may be desired for customer to not have tftp enabled and use only bootdisks.
Comment 1 Eric Helms 2023-03-23 12:41:05 UTC 
Given the bootdisk also requires it, that plugin should receive an update to require it.
Comment 2 Bryan Kearney 2023-03-23 16:03:14 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to ekohlvan
Comment 3 Bryan Kearney 2023-03-23 16:03:17 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to ekohlvan
Comment 4 Bryan Kearney 2023-03-23 16:03:34 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to ekohlvan
Comment 5 Bryan Kearney 2023-03-23 16:03:35 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to ekohlvan
Comment 6 Bryan Kearney 2023-03-23 16:03:36 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to ekohlvan
Comment 7 Bryan Kearney 2023-03-23 16:03:38 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to ekohlvan
Comment 8 Bryan Kearney 2023-04-03 20:03:43 UTC 
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/36223 has been resolved.
Comment 9 Bryan Kearney 2023-04-03 20:03:56 UTC 
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/36223 has been resolved.
Comment 10 Bryan Kearney 2023-04-03 20:03:59 UTC 
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/36223 has been resolved.
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-08 14:19:02 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 6.14 security and bug fix update), 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-2023:6818
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