Description of problem: spacewalk-repo-sync fails if you set server.satellite.http_proxy entry with http:// prefix(for eg: server.satellite.http_proxy =http://proxy.example.com:80. We should specify the proxy entry in 'host:port' format(no http:// prefix) The Satellite Installation Guide specifies only using the fqdn for the proxy settings in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/5.4/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#sect-Installation_Guide-Installation-Installing_Satellite_behind_an_HTTP_Proxy server.satellite.http_proxy = <http-proxy-fqdn> server.satellite.http_proxy_username = <proxy-username> server.satellite.http_proxy_password = <proxy-password> Even though this is technically documented in the above, it could be nice to have a comment in the rhn.conf (like in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date) to potentially head-off spacewalk-repo-sync issues, as mentioned.
Making bugzilla public.
Comment added in Spacewalk master, 8fda134cbd29d5b6e6daaec09d7b36ed10a22541.
This issue is resolved with the release of RHN Satellite 5.5. As of September 20th 2012, RHN Satellite 5.5 has been generally available. Release Notes and other 5.5 documentation can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/ The associated Errata for the 5.5 release are: 5.5 Satellite GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1296.html 5.5 Upgrade Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1298.html 5.5 RHN Proxy GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1297.html 5.5 RHN Tools GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1299.html Regards, Clifford - Engineering Manager, Satellite