Unable to add repositories to the content view using a hammer on Red Hat Satellite 6.

Solution Verified - Updated

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

  • Failing to enable specify repository with the below command on the Red Hat Satellite CLI
# hammer content-view create --organization ExampleCorp --name "RHEL content view"  --product 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server' --repositories "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server RPMs x86_64 5Server"

Resolution

Extend the per page value on the Red Hat Satellite WebUI to add the repositories using Hammer.

  • Navigate to Administer -> Settings -> General -> Entries per page -> Increase the value as required(30).

Rerun the hammer command on the Red Hat Satellite CLI.

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

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

Root Cause

  • By default, the Red Hat Satellite configuration for per page list is set to 20.
  • As the synchronised repositories were greater than 20, enabling the repository failed.
[DEBUG 2018-04-01 04:32:06 API] Response: {
       "total" => 25,
    "subtotal" => 25,
        "page" => 1,
    "per_page" => 20,
       "error" => nil,
      "search" => nil,
        "sort" => {
           "by" => nil,
        "order" => nil
    },

Diagnostic Steps

  • Run hammer command with -d option.
# hammer -d -u admin -p changeme content-view create --organization-id 1 --name testcontentview --product "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server" --repositories "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server RPMs x86_64 5Server"
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