Using hammer to create a satellite user-group authenticated via AD

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Environment

Red Hat Satellite 6.8

Issue

  • Procedure described to create a satellite user group externally authenticated via AD led to wrong result

Resolution

  • Create the group 'satellite-admin' in the AD
  • Create the user group in satellite
# hammer user-group create --name "satellite-admin"
  • Find the auth ID as is conifgured in the satellite server

# hammer auth-source ldap list
-

ID | NAME     | SERVER   | PORT | LDAPS?
-|-|-|-|-

8  | AD Login | server.com | 636  | yes
-|-|-|-|-
  • Link internal user group with the external one created in the AD using the group names and the auth-source ID found before
# hammer user-group external create --name "satellite-admin" --user-group "satellite-admin" --auth-source-id 8

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 Authentication Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Authentication Issues

Root Cause

  • Documentation is not entirely clear

Diagnostic Steps

  • Find if the auth source is correctly configured in the satellite server

# hammer auth-source ldap list
-

ID | NAME     | SERVER   | PORT | LDAPS?
-|-|-|-|-

8  | AD Login | server.com | 636  | yes
-|-|-|-|-

  • Create the group 'satellite-admin' in the AD

  • Creating the group 'satellite-admin' as per documentation in satellite and link it to the AD via hammer gives error

hammer user-group external create --name "satellite-admin" --user-group "satellite-admin" --auth-source-id 8
Could not create external user group:
Error: usergroup not found.
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