How to fix broken symlink issue of Red Hat repository in Red Hat Satellite 6?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x threw 6.9
  • pulp-adm deprecated in sat6.10

Issue

  • Broken symlinks for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server Kickstart x86_64 7.3" and "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Kickstart x86_64 6.9" repository in Red Hat Satellite 6.

    "/var/lib/pulp/published/yum/http/repos/<Organization>/Library/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7.3/x86_64/kickstart/" 
"/var/lib/pulp/published/yum/https/repos/<Organization>/Library/content/dist/rhel/server/6/6.9/x86_64/kickstart/".

  • Syncing the repository with parameter force_post_sync_actions set to true and thereafter re-publishing the content view didn't fix the broken sysmlinks.

Resolution

Warning: The pulp-admin command can easily corrupt your database or put the pulp or katello databases out of sync. The use of pulp-admin outside the scope and direction of Red Hat Global Support Services is unsupported.

Notice: The command is intended to be used as a workaround or debugging tool for Satellite6 issues. The tool itself offers some functionality not integrated with Satellite6. I.e. some pulp-admin commands might not work on Satellite6.

  • The below commands to may fix the broken symlink issue where repo_id is the repository ID of the broken symlink.

    # pulp-admin repo download --repo-id <repo_id> --verify-all

  • How to find the repository ID?

    • Use below command to list the repositories along with Id.

               # pulp-admin repo list

         +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
                                      Repositories
         +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

         Id:                         Default_Organization-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Server-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_7_Server_RPMs_x86_64_7_4
         Display Name:     Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server RPMs x86_64 7.4
         Description:         None
         Content Unit Counts: 
         Erratum:                2578
         Package Category:       9
         Package Environment:    6
         Package Group:          75
         Rpm:                    18040
         Yum Repo Metadata File: 1

    • Copy the Id from the above command and use it in the below command.

       # pulp-admin repo download --repo-id "Default_Organization-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Server-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_7_Server_RPMs_x86_64_7_4"  --verify-all

  • DO NOT USE pulp-adm on sat 6.10 : As this should never occur as sat 6.10 has NO symlinks . As pulp-adm is a WIP for pulp3.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Repository Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Repository Issues.

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