The `hammer` command timeout setting is not respected by the Red Hat Satellite server

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

• When modifying or disabling the hammer command request_timeout setting as per How to setup hammer API request timeout on Satellite 6, the new setting is not respected, and it does not take effect.

Resolution

1. Confirm whether you have a ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml config file on the Satellite server, using the following command:

# ls -laR ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/

2. If such a config file is found, check its content and confirm that it does not have a request_timeout setting that overrides the value configured in /etc/hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml.

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

Root Cause

A ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml config file exists on the Satellite server, and it has request_timeout setting that overrides the value configured in /etc/hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml.

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