EUS repositories not available in Satellite after enabling Simple Content Access

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.3 and < 6.6.3
• Manifest using Simple Content Access
• Any Red Hat Enterprise Premium Subscription providing access to Extended Update Support (EUS)

Issue

• Unable to list/enable EUS repositories on the RHEL client registered in the Satellite server with Simple Content Access enabled

Resolution

• The issue has been fixed in version 6.6.3 of Red Hat Satellite.
• If this issue affects your environment please open a support case with Red Hat.

Root Cause

• Simple Content Access provides access to content of any product, of which at least 1 valid subscription exists.
• Access to EUS is indirectly granted by Red Hat Premium subscriptions, not explicitly.
• As no explicit valid RHEL EUS subscription is present, it will be removed by Satellite.

Diagnostic Steps

1. Import manifest with content access mode set to Organization Environment Access to Satellite.

2. Check Content Access Mode on the client

    # subscription-manager status
    +-------------------------------------------+
       System Status Details
    +-------------------------------------------+
    Overall Status: Disabled
    Content Access Mode is set to Organization/Environment Access. This host has access to content, regardless of subscription status.
   

3. List repositories on the client

    # subscription-manager repos --list
    +----------------------------------------------------------+
        Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
    +----------------------------------------------------------+
    Repo ID:   rhel-7-server-rpms
    Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs)
    Repo URL:  https://satellite.example.com/pulp/repos/EXAMPLE.COM/Library/hana-rhel76-x86_64/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7.6/$basearch/os
    Enabled:   1
   

4. Result: EUS is not available

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