Bug 888281 - packstack: do not use ping to verify connectivity to hosts
Summary: packstack: do not use ping to verify connectivity to hosts
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openstack-packstack
Version: 2.0 (Folsom)
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Derek Higgins
QA Contact: Nir Magnezi
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-12-18 12:52 UTC by Yaniv Kaul
Modified: 2016-04-26 22:13 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2013-01-29 11:10:06 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2013:0204 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE OpenStack 2012.2 Folsom Preview bug fix and enhancement update 2013-01-29 16:08:59 UTC

Description Yaniv Kaul 2012-12-18 12:52:02 UTC
Description of problem:
In many enterprises, ICMP is blocked on the data center. Don't rely on it for testing connectivity for the hosts you wish to connect to. If you need SSH, test using SSH.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openstack-packstack-2012.2.2-0.1.dev205.el6ost.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

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Comment 1 Derek Higgins 2012-12-19 00:29:20 UTC
Fix now committed upstream

https://github.com/fedora-openstack/packstack/commit/c849ef7769ec7320a0b81b4bfa50e7b73678801b

now testing ssh port is open and no longer pinging hosts

Comment 4 Nir Magnezi 2013-01-24 09:06:43 UTC
Verified With: openstack-packstack-2012.2.2-0.5.dev318.el6ost.noarch

Verification Steps:
1. Configured packstack answers file with the relevant IP Addresses.
2. Stopped sshd service in one of the servers I've listed in packstack answers file.
3. Ran packstack

packstack failed with the following error:

Error: could not connect to the ssh server: <IP Address>

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-29 11:10:06 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, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013-0204.html


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