[Spacewalk-list] Problem installing Spacewalk on CentOS7 (Brand new install)

Wed Jun 28 05:22:28 UTC 2017

Am 27. Juni 2017 23:10:06 MESZ schrieb Bruce Wainer <bruce at brucewainer.com>:
>Robert,
>
>Here is everything that is logged in /var/log/messages from the time I
>call
>"systemctl start osa-dispatcher" to the time that the process dies:
>
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN systemd: Starting OSA Dispatcher daemon...
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: [7] [::1, port=57726] connect
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: [7] [::1, port=57726]
>disconnect
>jid=unbound, packets: 0, bytes: 168
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:02 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: [7] [::1, port=57728] connect
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: [7] [::1, port=57728]
>disconnect
>jid=unbound, packets: 0, bytes: 168
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:03 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: [7] [::1, port=57730] connect
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: [7] [::1, port=57730]
>disconnect
>jid=unbound, packets: 0, bytes: 168
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:04 NETMAN jabberd/c2s[996]: SASL callback for non-existing
>host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN osa-dispatcher: Spacewalk 2974 2017/06/27
>16:59:05
>-04:00: ('Not able to reconnect - See
>https://access.redhat.com/solutions/45332 for possible solutions.\n',)
>Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN osa-dispatcher: Spacewalk 2974 2017/06/27
>16:59:05
>-04:00: ('Error caught:',)
>Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN osa-dispatcher: ERROR: unhandled exception
>occurred:
>(unicode argument expected, got 'str').
>Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN systemd: osa-dispatcher.service: control process
>exited, code=exited status=255
>Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN systemd: Failed to start OSA Dispatcher daemon.
>Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN systemd: Unit osa-dispatcher.service entered
>failed
>state.
>Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN systemd: osa-dispatcher.service failed.
>
>The three errors logged by osa-dispatcher seem to be caused by the
>jabberd/c2s error. Also, the URL listed in the error is a page that
>requires a RedHat support account which I do not have.
>
>As a followup to the prior messages, here is a snippet from
>/etc/jabberd/c2s.xml:
><c2s>
>...
><local>
>...
> <id require-starttls="false"
>pemfile="/etc/pki/spacewalk/jabberd/server.pem" realm=""
>register-enable="true">NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com</id>
>...
></local>
>...
></c2s>
>
>and from /etc/jabberd/sm.xml:
><sm>
><id>NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com</id>
>...
><local>
>...
><id>NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com</id>
>...
></local>
>...
></sm>
>
>Again, both of these files seem to have been pre-configured properly by
>the
>install script, and if there was a problem with these files it would
>mean
>there is a bug in the installer, as I haven't edited these files, and
>there
>was no instruction to do so.
>
>Bruce
>
>Bruce Wainer
>
>On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Robert Paschedag
><robert.paschedag at web.de>
>wrote:
>
>> Am 27. Juni 2017 17:43:22 MESZ schrieb Bruce Wainer
><bruce at brucewainer.com
>> >:
>> >Robert,
>> >
>> >Thanks for the attempt at helping, but I've already checked these
>two
>> >xml files. The spacewalk installer had properly set up the <id>
>> >entries, and the redhat troubleshooting page I linked in my original
>> >thread includes checking the contents of these files also. I believe
>I
>> >have also looked at this particular page as well in the past - I
>really
>> >have looked at almost every google result for relevant search terms
>on
>> >this error.
>> >
>> >Bruce
>> >
>> >> On Jun 27, 2017, at 7:23 AM, Robert Paschedag
>> ><robert.paschedag at web.de> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Bruce,
>> >>
>> >> maybe this might help. Just a quick googleing.....
>> >>
>> >> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3706169?start=0&tstart=0 (not
>a
>> >spacewalk link... I know ;-) )
>> >>
>> >> Robert
>> >>
>> >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Juni 2017 um 08:18 Uhr
>> >> Von: "Bruce Wainer" <bruce at brucewainer.com>
>> >> An: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>> >> Betreff: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Problem installing Spacewalk on
>CentOS7
>> >(Brand new install)
>> >> Robert,
>> >> Using any type of DNS lookup tool does properly resolve the FQDN
>to
>> >the machine's IP address, both on this machine and on others in the
>> >network that use the internal DNS servers. Is reverse lookups (IP ->
>> >FQDN) required as well?
>> >>
>> >> # host netman.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >> netman.ad.brucewainer.com has address 192.168.10.20
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Bruce
>> >>
>> >> Bruce Wainer
>> >>
>> >>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Robert Paschedag
>> ><robert.paschedag at web.de> wrote:
>> >>> Am 27. Juni 2017 03:25:00 MESZ schrieb Bruce Wainer
>> ><bruce at brucewainer.com>:
>> >>> >Hello all,
>> >>> >
>> >>> >I have found an issue installing SpaceWalk on CentOS7 that I
>have
>> >not
>> >>> >been
>> >>> >able to diagnose/resolve (aside from the required downgrade of
>c3p0
>> >as
>> >>> >mentioned here
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442140
>> >).
>> >>> >
>> >>> >Issue: osa-dispatcher.service crashes on start with "'Not able
>to
>> >>> >reconnect"
>> >>> >
>> >>> >Background Information: Brand new install of CentOS7, set the
>> >hostname
>> >>> >durin the installer, ran updates, made sure hostname was correct
>in
>> >all
>> >>> >locations including /etc/hosts, followed the spacewalk
>installation
>> >>> >instructions verbatim.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >Every time osa-dispatcher is started, "journal -xe" logs the
>> >following
>> >>> >3
>> >>> >times (I think due to three connection attempts)
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]: [7]
>> >>> >[::ffff:192.168.10.20, port=45018] connect
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]: [7]
>> >>> >[::ffff:192.168.10.20, port=45018] disconnect jid=unbound,
>packets:
>> >0,
>> >>> >bytes: 168
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >Jun 26 21:09:37 NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com jabberd/c2s[1003]:
>SASL
>> >>> >callback
>> >>> >for non-existing host: NETMAN.ad.brucewainer.com
>> >>> >
>> >>> >Based on this it seems like jabberd isn't recognizing the
>hostname,
>> >but
>> >>> >I
>> >>> >have followed the "Resolution" and "Diagnostic Steps" here:
>> >>> >https://access.redhat.com/solutions/327903 to no avail, as well
>as
>> >>> >every
>> >>> >other google result related to "SASL callback for non-existing
>> >host".
>> >>> >Since
>> >>> >my hostname was set during the installation, it was
>automatically
>> >and
>> >>> >correctly put into every config file that matters, other than
>> >>> >/etc/hosts
>> >>> >which I have rechecked a haf dozen times. You can see in the
>> >journalctl
>> >>> >output that the host that jabberd is seeing matches the actual
>> >>> >hostname.
>> >>> >I've done the complete setup from scratch twice to make sure I
>> >hadn't
>> >>> >missed any step in the installation instructions.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >Joe Belliveau, it sounded like you ran into an issue like this
>with
>> >>> >your
>> >>> >new install?
>> >>> >
>> >>> >Thanks in advance for any assistance,
>> >>> >Bruce Wainer
>> >>>
>> >>> So.... Testing your DNS resolution with "dig" or "host" or
>> >"nslookup" does resolve your hostname correctly?
>> >>>
>> >>> Just found this right now but it looks there was no answer yet...
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2017-
>> February/msg00022.html
>> >>>
>> >>> Robert
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> Is there something mentioned in /var/log/messages?
>>
>> Robert
>>

Jun 27 16:59:05 NETMAN osa-dispatcher: ERROR: unhandled exception occurred: (unicode argument expected, got 'str').

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