[Spacewalk-list] Kickstart profiles

Kobus Bensch kobus.bensch at trustpayglobal.com
Wed Oct 23 10:39:36 UTC 2013 

Hi

I have come across a problem with creating a kickstart.

I tried 2 different ways.

Method 1:
I ran the following command
spacewalk-repo-sync --channel centos6-x86_64 --sync-kickstart and this 
seems to create a kickstart distribution.
I then create the kickstart profile using this distribution. I enter a 
few basic details and when I click on create, I get a server 500 error 
and the following WEB TRACEBACK
The following exception occurred while executing this request:
POST /rhn/kickstart/CreateProfileWizard.do

Date:10/23/13 11:19:06 AM BST
Headers:
   host: spacewalk.mydomain.com
   user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) 
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0
   accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
   accept-language: en,en-us;q=0.5
   accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
   referer: 
https://spacewalk.mydomain.com/rhn/kickstart/CreateProfileWizard.do
   cookie: JSESSIONID=CEDB2DC02B182D5C577B58E051BAFD27; 
DWRSESSIONID=juG6aXLo$0GRHyNTDiMTm8Hlq8k; 
__utma=210282064.164980364.1358331853.1359042498.1359390283.3; 
pxt-session-cookie=20x329d1d761a25a6a193b37fc3d0488981
   connection: keep-alive
   content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
   content-length: 300

Request:
Local Name = spacewalk.mydomain.com
Server Name = spacewalk.mydomain.com
Requested Session Id came from Cookie
Requested Session Valid = true
Session = 
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade at 2dfb91de[session=StandardSession[CEDB2DC02B182D5C577B58E051BAFD27]]
Protocol = https
Request Locale = en_US
Request Character Encoding = UTF-8
Attribute Names = rhnActiveLang, 
javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.timeZone.request, 
javax.servlet.request.key_size, requestedUri, kickstartCreateWizardForm, 
javax.servlet.request.ssl_session, org.apache.struts.action.MESSAGE, 
session, javax.servlet.request.cipher_suite, 
org.apache.struts.action.mapping.instance, org.apache.struts.action.MODULE,

Form Variables:
   prevStep: second
   rootPasswordConfirm: 6saCJpbb!
   rootPassword: password
   kstreeUpdateType: none
   defaultDownload: true
   virtualizationTypeLabel: none
   nextStep: complete
   kickstartLabel: standard-centos-6-x86_64
   kstreeId: 8
   userDefinedDownload:
   submitted: true
   csrf_token: 8818249114721795261
   wizardStep: complete


User Information:
User tpg_kbensch (id 2, org_id 1)

Exception:
javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processException(RequestProcessor.java:520)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:427)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:228)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.struts.RhnRequestProcessor.process(RhnRequestProcessor.java:102)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1913)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:462)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.AuthFilter.doFilter(AuthFilter.java:127)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129)
     at 
com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.LocalizedEnvironmentFilter.doFilter(LocalizedEnvironmentFilter.java:67)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.EnvironmentFilter.doFilter(EnvironmentFilter.java:100)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.SessionFilter.doFilter(SessionFilter.java:57)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:97)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
     at 
org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
     at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:291)
     at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:769)
     at 
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:698)
     at 
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:891)
     at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
     at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
     at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.struts.wizard.WizardStep.invoke(WizardStep.java:116)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.struts.wizard.RhnWizardAction.dispatch(RhnWizardAction.java:103)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.struts.wizard.RhnWizardAction.execute(RhnWizardAction.java:89)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.action.kickstart.CreateProfileWizardAction.execute(CreateProfileWizardAction.java:106)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425)
     ... 40 more
Caused by: org.cobbler.XmlRpcException: XmlRpcException calling cobbler.
     at 
org.cobbler.CobblerConnection.invokeMethod(CobblerConnection.java:120)
     at 
org.cobbler.CobblerConnection.invokeTokenMethod(CobblerConnection.java:150)
     at org.cobbler.Profile.invokeModify(Profile.java:158)
     at org.cobbler.CobblerObject.modify(CobblerObject.java:149)
     at org.cobbler.Profile.setKickstart(Profile.java:299)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.cobbler.CobblerProfileCreateCommand.store(CobblerProfileCreateCommand.java:78)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.KickstartWizardHelper.store(KickstartWizardHelper.java:192)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.domain.kickstart.builder.KickstartBuilder.create(KickstartBuilder.java:570)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.action.kickstart.CreateProfileWizardAction.runComplete(CreateProfileWizardAction.java:301)
     ... 49 more
Caused by: redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcFault: <class 
'cobbler.cexceptions.CX'>:'kickstart not found: 
/var/lib/rhn/kickstarts/wizard/standard-centos-6-x86_64--1.cfg'
     at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.handleResponse(XmlRpcClient.java:443)
     at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.endCall(XmlRpcClient.java:376)
     at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.invoke(XmlRpcClient.java:165)
     at 
org.cobbler.CobblerConnection.invokeMethod(CobblerConnection.java:117)
     ... 57 more


I then decided to create everything again.
I copied the required files for a pxeboot to a separate location.
Created the distibution and then the profile and elected to upload a 
basic kickstart file instead.
Clicked ojn create and got the following webtrace back


The following exception occurred while executing this request:
POST /rhn/kickstart/AdvancedModeCreate.do

Date:10/23/13 11:25:14 AM BST
Headers:
   host: spacewalk.mydomain.com
   user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) 
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0
   accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
   accept-language: en,en-us;q=0.5
   accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
   referer: 
https://spacewalk.mydomain.com/rhn/kickstart/AdvancedModeCreate.do
   cookie: JSESSIONID=CEDB2DC02B182D5C577B58E051BAFD27; 
DWRSESSIONID=juG6aXLo$0GRHyNTDiMTm8Hlq8k; 
__utma=210282064.164980364.1358331853.1359042498.1359390283.3; 
pxt-session-cookie=20x329d1d761a25a6a193b37fc3d0488981
   connection: keep-alive
   content-type: multipart/form-data; 
boundary=---------------------------173642704124301
   content-length: 2211

Request:
Local Name = spacewalk.mydomain.com
Server Name = spacewalk.mydomain.com
Requested Session Id came from Cookie
Requested Session Valid = true
Session = 
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade at 2dfb91de[session=StandardSession[CEDB2DC02B182D5C577B58E051BAFD27]]
Protocol = https
Request Locale = en_US
Request Character Encoding = UTF-8
Attribute Names = rhnActiveLang, 
javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.timeZone.request, csrfToken, 
javax.servlet.request.key_size, requestedUri, create, 
javax.servlet.request.ssl_session, org.apache.struts.action.MESSAGE, 
session, javax.servlet.request.cipher_suite, kickstartFileForm, 
org.apache.struts.action.mapping.instance, uploadKey, 
org.apache.struts.action.MODULE,

Form Variables:
   csrf_token: 8818249114721795261


User Information:
User tpg_kbensch (id 2, org_id 1)

Exception:
javax.servlet.ServletException: org.cobbler.XmlRpcException: 
XmlRpcException calling cobbler.
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processException(RequestProcessor.java:520)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:427)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:228)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.struts.RhnRequestProcessor.process(RhnRequestProcessor.java:102)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1913)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:462)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.AuthFilter.doFilter(AuthFilter.java:127)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129)
     at 
com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.LocalizedEnvironmentFilter.doFilter(LocalizedEnvironmentFilter.java:67)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.EnvironmentFilter.doFilter(EnvironmentFilter.java:100)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.SessionFilter.doFilter(SessionFilter.java:57)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:97)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
     at 
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
     at 
org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
     at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:291)
     at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:769)
     at 
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:698)
     at 
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:891)
     at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
Caused by: org.cobbler.XmlRpcException: XmlRpcException calling cobbler.
     at 
org.cobbler.CobblerConnection.invokeMethod(CobblerConnection.java:120)
     at 
org.cobbler.CobblerConnection.invokeTokenMethod(CobblerConnection.java:150)
     at org.cobbler.Profile.invokeModify(Profile.java:158)
     at org.cobbler.CobblerObject.modify(CobblerObject.java:149)
     at org.cobbler.Profile.setKickstart(Profile.java:299)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.cobbler.CobblerProfileCreateCommand.store(CobblerProfileCreateCommand.java:78)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.KickstartWizardHelper.store(KickstartWizardHelper.java:192)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.domain.kickstart.builder.KickstartBuilder.createRawData(KickstartBuilder.java:457)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.action.kickstart.AdvancedModeDetailsAction.submit(AdvancedModeDetailsAction.java:175)
     at 
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.action.kickstart.AdvancedModeDetailsAction.execute(AdvancedModeDetailsAction.java:108)
     at 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425)
     ... 40 more
Caused by: redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcFault: <class 
'cobbler.cexceptions.CX'>:'kickstart not found: 
/var/lib/rhn/kickstarts/upload/standard-centos-6-x86_64--1.cfg'
     at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.handleResponse(XmlRpcClient.java:443)
     at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.endCall(XmlRpcClient.java:376)
     at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.invoke(XmlRpcClient.java:165)
     at 
org.cobbler.CobblerConnection.invokeMethod(CobblerConnection.java:117)
     ... 50 more


In both cases the kickstart profile is unmanaged by spacewalk.

Can anybody help please

Thanks

Kobus

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