Bug 923159

Suspect an error in the test scenario.
Both the server and the client clocks need to be in sync before a consumer cert will be regenerated within the default 90 day expiry threshold.
As written in comment 0, i suspect there was a "clock skew detection" warning in rhsm.log

Please re-test.



Additional Info: these are the candlepin configurations that govern automatic  consumer cert regeneration...
# threshold in days before the expiration date for a consumer cert to be automatically regenerated during an rhsmcertd update (default is 90)
candlepin.identityCert.expiry.threshold = 90
# validity duration for a consumer cert (default is 16 years - was originally 1 year)
candlepin.identityCert.yr.addendum = 16

Moving to ON_QA given comment #1.

Retesting with version...
[root@jsefler-7 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 0.9.2-1
subscription-manager: 1.10.11-2.el7
python-rhsm: 1.10.11-2.el7

[root@jsefler-7 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=jsefler-f14-candlepin.usersys.redhat.com:8443/candlepin
Username: testuser1
Password: 
Organization: admin
The system has been registered with ID: 78ced260-c48a-4175-b61f-1a41cb97eb37 
[root@jsefler-7 ~]# rct cat-cert /etc/pki/consumer/cert.pem | grep Date
	Start Date: 2014-01-31 18:24:30+00:00
	End Date: 2030-01-31 18:24:30+00:00
                  ^^^^
Take note of the original vailidity dates above.
By default, a newly created consumer cert is valid for 16 years!

Now, let's fast-forward time into the future on both the candlepin server and the subscription-manager system to within 90 days before 2030-01-31 18:24:30+00:00...



[root@jsefler-7 ~]# service ntpd stop
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop  ntpd.service
[root@jsefler-7 ~]# date
Fri Jan 31 13:26:50 EST 2014
[root@jsefler-7 ~]# date -s '+15 year +9 month +2 day'
Thu Nov  2 14:26:58 EDT 2029

[root@jsefler-f14-candlepin ~]# service ntpd stop
Shutting down ntpd:                                        [  OK  ]
[root@jsefler-f14-candlepin ~]# date
Fri Jan 31 13:27:31 EST 2014
[root@jsefler-f14-candlepin ~]# date -s '+15 year +9 month +2 day'
Thu Nov  2 14:27:40 EDT 2029


Now let's restart rhsmcertd and wait for a hard 2 minutes for the cert deamon to check for certificate updates with the server... 

[root@jsefler-7 ~]# service rhsmcertd restart
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart  rhsmcertd.service
[root@jsefler-7 ~]# sleep 120
[root@jsefler-7 ~]# 


[root@jsefler-7 ~]# tail -f /var/log/rhsm/rhsmcertd.log
Fri Nov  2 14:43:21 2029 [INFO] rhsmcertd is shutting down...
Fri Nov  2 14:43:21 2029 [INFO] Starting rhsmcertd...
Fri Nov  2 14:43:21 2029 [INFO] Auto-attach interval: 1440.0 minute(s) [86400 second(s)]
Fri Nov  2 14:43:21 2029 [INFO] Cert check interval: 240.0 minute(s) [14400 second(s)]
Fri Nov  2 14:43:21 2029 [INFO] Waiting 120 second(s) [2.0 minute(s)] before running updates.
Fri Nov  2 14:45:23 2029 [INFO] (Auto-attach) Certificates updated.
Fri Nov  2 14:45:25 2029 [INFO] (Cert Check) Certificates updated.


[root@jsefler-7 ~]# subscription-manager identity 
system identity: 78ced260-c48a-4175-b61f-1a41cb97eb37
name: jsefler-7.usersys.redhat.com
org name: Admin Owner
org ID: admin
[root@jsefler-7 ~]# rct cat-cert /etc/pki/consumer/cert.pem | grep Date
	Start Date: 2029-11-02 18:45:22+00:00
	End Date: 2045-11-02 18:45:22+00:00
                  ^^^^

VERIFIED: The rhsmcertd deamon has has automatically updated the validity period for the same consumer UUID.  It is now valid for another 16 years!

This request was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

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