[Spacewalk-list] Register Client to a Spacewalk Proxy Server

[Matthew Madey]

Ensure the following ports are open on your Spacewalk Proxy:

80
443
5222
5269

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Uwanna, Chukwuma (NIH/NCI) [C] <
chukwuma.uwanna at nih.gov> wrote:

>  Hello Nick/Tux Consult,
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> Thanks for responding.   I have done everything you recommended even
> before I asked that question but I keep getting the following error
> messages from the client:
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>                An error has occurred:
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> Error communicating with server. The message was:
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> Connection refused
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> See /var/log/up2date for more information
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> When I check the log file, I find:
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> [Fri Jan 16 13:30:48 2015] up2date
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> Traceback (most recent call last):
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>   File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 218, in <module>
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>     cli.run()
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>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhncli.py", line 83, in run
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>     sys.exit(self.main() or 0)
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>   File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 90, in main
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>     rhnreg.getCaps()
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>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnreg.py", line 239, in getCaps
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>     s.capabilities.validate()
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>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 159, in
> __get_capabilities
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>     self.registration.welcome_message()
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>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 50, in __call__
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>     return rpcServer.doCall(method, *args, **kwargs)
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>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 196, in doCall
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>     ret = method(*args, **kwargs)
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>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
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>     return self.__send(self.__name, args)
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>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 37, in _request1
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>     ret = self._request(methodname, params)
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>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 381, in
> _request
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>     self._handler, request, verbose=self._verbose)
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>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 167, in
> request
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>     headers, fd = req.send_http(host, handler)
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>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 698, in
> send_http
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>     self._connection.connect()
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>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/connections.py", line 124, in
> connect
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>     HTTPConnection.connect(self)
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>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 720, in connect
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>     self.timeout)
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>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/socket.py", line 567, in create_connection
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>     raise error, msg
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> <class 'up2date_client.up2dateErrors.CommunicationError'>: Error
> communicating with server. The message was:
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> Connection refused
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> I have been battling with this for months now, what am I doing wrong??!
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> Thanks again,
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> Chuck
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> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Nick Tailor
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:57 PM
> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] Register Client to a Spacewalk Proxy
> Server
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> Oh yeah and you also need to add this to yum.conf
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> proxy=http://mycache.mydomain.com:3128
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> # The account details for yum connections
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> proxy_username=proxy-user
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> proxy_password=password.
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> cheers
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>
>
> Nick Tailor
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> Nicktailor.com
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> *From:* Nick Tailor
> *Sent:* January-13-15 2:53 PM
> *To:* 'spacewalk-list at redhat.com'
> *Subject:* RE: Register Client to a Spacewalk Proxy Server
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> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
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> Its in there J Set your proxy in there.
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> Cheers
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> Nick Tailor
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> Nicktailor.com
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> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [
> mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
> <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com>] *On Behalf Of *Uwanna, Chukwuma
> (NIH/NCI) [C]
> *Sent:* January-13-15 1:29 PM
> *To:* 'spacewalk-list at redhat.com'
> *Subject:* [Spacewalk-list] Register Client to a Spacewalk Proxy Server
>
>
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> Hello Everyone,
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> Can someone tell me how to register a client to a spacewalk proxy server?
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> Thanks
>
> Chuck
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