Client hosts connected to Red Hat Satellite server shows package count as 0

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

• Repositories on client hosts connected to Red Hat Satellite/Capsule server shows package count as 0 when yum repolist is run.

Resolution

• Comment out the line starting with reposdir in /etc/yum.conf on client system registered with Red Hat Satellite server.

    [root@localhost ~]#  grep reposdir /etc/yum.conf
  
     #reposdir=repo1
  

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

Root Cause

• If reposdir is not set, yum uses the default directory /etc/yum.repos.d/.

Diagnostic Steps

• Check /etc/yum.conf on client system registered with Red Hat Satellite server.

    [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/yum.conf
    [main]
    cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
    keepcache=0
    debuglevel=2
    logfile=/var/log/yum.log
    reposdir=repo1
  

• Repository is already enabled on client system registered with Red Hat Satellite server as shown below.

    [root@localhost ~]# subscription-manager repos --list-enabled
    +----------------------------------------------------------+
    Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
    +----------------------------------------------------------+
    Repo ID:   rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.9-rpms
    Repo Name: Red Hat Satellite Tools 6.9 (for RHEL 7 Server) (RPMs)
    Repo URL:  https://satellite_hostname/pulp/repos/Redhat/Library/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/$basearch/sat-tools/6.9/os
    Enabled:   1
  
    Repo ID:   rhel-7-server-rpms
    Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs)
    Repo URL:  https://satellite_hostname/pulp/repos/Redhat/Library/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os
    Enabled:   1
  

• Yum repolist on client system registered with Red Hat Satellite server shows below :

    [root@localhost ~]#  yum repolist -v
    Not loading "rhnplugin" plugin, as it is disabled
    Loading "product-id" plugin
    Loading "search-disabled-repos" plugin
    Loading "subscription-manager" plugin
    Updating Subscription Management repositories.
    Config time: 0.829
    Yum version: 3.4.3
    Setting up Package Sacks
    repolist: 0
  

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