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Subject: WEB TRACEBACK from satellite.example.com
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2011 20:28:01 -0400
From :Red Hat Satellite <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
java.lang.RuntimeException: XmlRpcException calling cobbler.
at
com.redhat.rhn.m anager.kickstart.cobbler.CobblerXMLRPCHelper.invokeMethod(Cobb
lerXMLRPCHelper.java:72)
at
com.redhat.rhn.taskomatic.task.CobblerSyncTask.execute(CobblerSyncTask.java:76)
at
com.redhat.rhn.taskomatic.task.SingleThreadedTestableTask.execute(SingleThreaded
TestableTask.java:54)
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:203)
at
org.quartz.sim pl.SimpleThreadPool$ WorkerThread.run(Sim pleThreadPool.java:520)
Caused by: redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: The response could not be parsed.
at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.handleResponse(XmlRpcClient.java:434)
at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.endCall(XmlRpcClient.java:376)
at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.invoke(XmlRpcClient.java:165)
at
com.redhat.rhn.m anager.kickstart.cobbler.CobblerXMLRPCHelper.invokeMethod(Cobb
lerXMLRPCHelper.java:69)
... 4 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 503 for
URL: http://someserver.example.com:80/cobbler_api
at
sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.jav
a:1236)
at redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.handleResponse(XmlRpcClient.java:420)
... 7 more
This indicates that there has been a problem with Cobbler communicating with the taskom atic
service. T ry checking the following:
Verify httpd is running: # service httpd status
Verify cobblerd is running: # service cobblerd status
Verify that there are no firewall rules that would prevent localhost connections
5.10. Registration
The rhnreg_ks command is failing when I run it, saying ERROR: unable to read
system id. What is the problem?
At the end of the kickstart file, there is a %post section that registers the machine to the Red Hat
Satellite:
Chapter 5. Troubleshooting
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