Provisioning or updating a host in Red Hat Satellite 6 with non-admin user fails with : {"message": "resource have no errors"}, "msg": "Error while performing update on hosts: 500 Server Error: Internal Server Error for url: https://sat.redhat.com/api/

Solution Verified - Updated

Environment

Satellite 6.10+

Issue

  • Creating or updating a host with ansible role or api call fails if user used for api call or ansible playbook execution, which creates or edits host with parameters, does have only edit hosts deafult role assigned.

Run will end in

"Error while performing create on hosts: 500 Server Error: Internal Server Error for url: https://sat.redhat.com/api/hosts"}"

fatal: [sat.sysmgmt.lan -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "error": {"message": "resource have no errors"}, "msg": "Error while performing create on hosts: 500 Server Error: Internal Server Error for url: https://sat.redhat.com/api/hosts"}

partial trace log in foreman:

2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|aud|f94725fd] Parameter (26) create event on name mqm_name                                                                                           
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|aud|f94725fd] Parameter (26) create event on value mqtestname                                                                                        
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|aud|f94725fd] Parameter (26) create event on reference_id 21                                                                                         
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|aud|f94725fd] Parameter (26) create event on hidden_value false                                                                                      
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|aud|f94725fd] Parameter (26) create event on key_type string                                                                                         
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [W|app|f94725fd] Rolling back due to exception during save                                                                                              
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|app|f94725fd] Backtrace for 'Rolling back due to exception during save' error (ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid): Validation failed: 
 f94725fd | /usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-6.0.4.7/lib/active_record/autosave_association.rb:417:in `block in save_collection_association'      
 f94725fd | /usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-6.0.4.7/lib/active_record/autosave_association.rb:397:in `each'  
...
...
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [W|app|f94725fd] Action failed
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|app|f94725fd] Backtrace for 'Action failed' error (RuntimeError): resource have no errors
 f94725fd | /usr/share/foreman/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb:156:in `process_resource_error'
 f94725fd | /usr/share/foreman/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb:176:in `process_response'
 f94725fd | /usr/share/foreman/app/controllers/api/v2/hosts_controller.rb:147:in `create'
 f94725fd | /usr/share/gems/gems/actionpack-6.0.4.7/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
 f94725fd | /usr/share/gems/gems/actionpack-6.0.4.7/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:195:in `process_action'
...
...
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|app|f94725fd]   Rendering api/v2/errors/standard_error.json.rabl within api/v2/layouts/error_layout
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|app|f94725fd]   Rendered api/v2/errors/standard_error.json.rabl within api/v2/layouts/error_layout (Duration: 7.6ms | Allocations: 6240)
2022-09-20T10:32:20 [I|app|f94725fd] Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 484ms (Views: 16.1ms | ActiveRecord: 73.1ms | Allocations: 138797)

Resolution

Add filter to the role used by non-admin user

Administer -> roles -> select role -> filters tab -> New filter -> Resource type -> Parameter -> edit_params create_params -> submit

If user has just Edit hosts defaut role, clone it first by selecting drop down arrow -> clone -> fill in name, for example Edit hosts and parametres

Then change used role on non-admin user

Administer -> users -> select user -> roles tab -> select new role

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

edit_params or create_params from Parametres permission is need for host creation if host parametres are edited or created

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