Warning: Anaconda failed to fetch Kickstart file from the Server http://satellite.example.com/unattend-70b-a01a-3es40234ed50

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.3

Issue

  • Unable to provision the machine using the Red Hat Satellite 6.3
  • Getting below error message 
Curl: (22) The requested URL returned error : 404 Not Found
Warning: Anaconda failed to fetch Kickstart file from the Server http://satellite.example.com/unattend-70b-a01a-3es40234ed50

Resolution

  • Make sure the appropriate templates have been selected.
Login To Satellite webui --> Hosts --> Operating System --> Select the Operating System --> Templates --> Make sure all entries are filled with appropriate details.

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

Root Cause

  • The Provisioning template entry was not selected.

Diagnostic Steps

  • The below logs, can be found under the production.log file.
==> /var/log/foreman/production.log <==
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [app] [I] Started GET "/unattended/provision?token=409524b5-58ff-4c19-a1c5-24fa499e2589" for 10.8.29.90 at 2019-03-13 10:12:58 -0400
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [app] [I] Processing by UnattendedController#host_template as TEXT
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [app] [I]   Parameters: {"token"=>"409524b5-58ff-4c19-a1c5-24fa499e2589", "kind"=>"provision"}
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [app] [I] Current user: foreman_api_admin (administrator)
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [templates] [I] Rendering template 'Kickstart RHEL7'
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [app] [E] unable to find provision template for satellite.example.com running RedHat 7.4
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [app] [I]   Rendered text template (0.0ms)
2019-03-13 10:12:58 423f7867 [app] [I] Completed 404 Not Found in 45ms (Views: 5.8ms | ActiveRecord: 6.6ms)
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