Upgrading from RHEL 7.9 to RHEL 8.x failed

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Hello,

I'm trying to upgrade one of our test systems from RHEL 7.9 to 8.x version using Leapp. I have successfully resolved Leapp preupgrade errors but when I execute "leapp upgrade" command fails with the following errors:

STDERR:
Warning: Packages marked by Leapp for install not found in repositories metadata: python3-nss ldns-utils rpcgen python3-pyxattr gdk-pixbuf2-xlib ivy-local python3-javapackages libnsl2-devel rpcsvc-proto-devel
Warning: Packages marked by Leapp for upgrade not found in repositories metadata: gpg-pubkey
RPM: warning: Generating 6 missing index(es), please wait...
Error: Transaction test error:
  file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaddress.py from install of python2-ipaddress-1.0.18-6.module+el8.1.0+3111+de3f2d8e.noarch conflicts with file from package python-ipaddress-1.0.16-2.el7.noarch
  file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaddress.pyc from install of python2-ipaddress-1.0.18-6.module+el8.1.0+3111+de3f2d8e.noarch conflicts with file from package python-ipaddress-1.0.16-2.el7.noarch
  file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaddress.pyo from install of python2-ipaddress-1.0.18-6.module+el8.1.0+3111+de3f2d8e.noarch conflicts with file from package python-ipaddress-1.0.16-2.el7.noarch
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ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 12718 points
12 August 2021 12:47 PM

Hi Dusko,

As your issue is not clear to me, I have a few questions that might help others to dig into the issue:

  • What repositories are you using?
    • CDN of Red Hat or a RH Satellite?
  • Are you using the version 14 of the leapp-data.tgz?
  • Are you "Leapping" to RHEL 8.1 instead of 8.4?
    • if so why?

Regards,

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

DS Community Member 45 points
12 August 2021 1:30 PM

Hi Jan,

I will provide additional info in order to better understand the issue. As per guide Upgrading from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 I have enabled the following repositories:

# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-extras-rpms

Then I have set the release number to 7.9 by using subscription-manager, updated system and rebooted it

# subscription-manager release --set=7.9
# yum update
# reboot

After that I have installed leapp and leapp-repository packages, downloaded and placed leapp-data14.tar.gz to appropriate location and run "leapp preupgrade" command

# yum install leapp leapp-repository
# tar -xzf leapp-data14.tar.gz -C /etc/leapp/files && rm leapp-data14.tar.gz
# leapp preupgrade

On the first run preupgrade check detected three inhibitor problems (pata_acpi kernel module, remote root login and pkcs11 module check).

I have resolved those problem by removing kernel module (rmmod pata_acpi), allowing root login by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config and running command from documentation to disable pkcs11 module check.

After that "leapp preupgrade" run successfully although in report file there where some "Risk factor: High" warning about packages which where not signed by RHEL. I believe that this may be the consequence of me using "epel" repository to install for example "htop" package.

Risk Factor: high
Title: Packages not signed by Red Hat found on the system
Summary: The following packages have not been signed by Red Hat and may be removed during the upgrade process in case Red Hat-signed packages to be removed during the upgrade depend on them:
- certbot
- cgdcbxd
- cifs-utils
- compat-db-headers
- compat-db47
- compat-exiv2-023
- compat-glibc
- compat-glibc-headers
- compat-libcap1
- compat-libf2c-34
- compat-libgfortran-41
- compat-libtiff3
- compat-openldap
- epel-release
- gpg-pubkey
- hesiod
- htop
- hwloc
- hwloc-libs
- libhugetlbfs
- libhugetlbfs-utils
- libpng12
- libsemanage
- libsemanage-python
- libsepol
- perl-Sys-Syslog
- pyparsing
- python-cffi
- python-enum34
- python-idna
- python-ipaddress
- python-kmod
- python-ndg_httpsclient
- python-ply
- python-pycparser
- python-requests-toolbelt
- python-urwid
- python-zope-component
- python-zope-event
- python-zope-interface
- python2-acme
- python2-certbot
- python2-configargparse
- python2-cryptography
- python2-distro
- python2-future
- python2-josepy
- python2-mock
- python2-parsedatetime
- python2-pyasn1
- python2-pyrfc3339
- python2-six
- setools-libs
Key: 13f0791ae5f19f50e7d0d606fb6501f91b1efb2c

If some more info is needed I will gladly provide it.

DS Community Member 45 points
12 August 2021 1:38 PM

After all those things I have run command to upgrade system and it failed showing error which I have posted in first post.

# leapp upgrade

I have not "leaped" to RHEL 8.1 as I was not aware that I can set custom release to "leapp" to so I supposed that the default options would "leapp" my system to RHEL 8.4.

Upon further investigating package "python-ipaddress-1.0.16-2.el7.noarch" which is mentioned in the error message I have noticed that the mentioned package comes from "centos" repo and not " rhel-7-server-rpms" and I don't know if that could cause errors.

=============================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                       Arch                        Version                                  Repository                                          Size
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Removing:
 python-ipaddress                                              noarch                      1.0.16-2.el7                             @centos                                            227 k
Removing for dependencies:
 anaconda-core                                                 x86_64                      21.48.22.159-1.el7                       @rhel-7-server-rpms                                8.2 M
 anaconda-gui                                                  x86_64                      21.48.22.159-1.el7                       @rhel-7-server-rpms                                1.5 M
 anaconda-tui                                                  x86_64                      21.48.22.159-1.el7                       @rhel-7-server-rpms                                447 k
 certbot                                                       noarch                      0.39.0-1.el7                             @/certbot-0.39.0-1.el7.noarch                       89 k
 initial-setup                                                 x86_64                      0.3.9.45-1.el7                           @rhel-7-server-rpms                                222 k
 initial-setup-gui                                             x86_64                      0.3.9.45-1.el7                           @rhel-7-server-rpms                                 32 k
 insights-client                                               noarch                      3.1.5-1.el7_9                            @rhel-7-server-rpms                                1.3 M
 leapp                                                         noarch                      0.12.1-1.el7_9                           @rhel-7-server-extras-rpms                          93 k
 leapp-deps                                                    noarch                      0.12.1-1.el7_9                           @rhel-7-server-extras-rpms                         0.0
 leapp-repository                                              noarch                      0.14.0-4.el7_9                           @rhel-7-server-extras-rpms                         1.7 M
 leapp-repository-deps                                         noarch                      0.14.0-4.el7_9                           @rhel-7-server-extras-rpms                         0.0
 python-backports-ssl_match_hostname                           noarch                      3.5.0.1-1.el7                            @rhel-7-server-rpms                                 18 k
 python-coverage                                               x86_64                      3.6-0.5.b3.el7                           @anaconda/7.4                                      568 k
 python-ndg_httpsclient                                        noarch                      0.3.2-1.el7                              @epel                                              129 k
 python-requests                                               noarch                      2.6.0-10.el7                             @rhel-7-server-rpms                                341 k
 python-requests-toolbelt                                      noarch                      0.8.0-1.el7                              @epel                                              277 k
 python-setuptools                                             noarch                      0.9.8-7.el7                              @anaconda/7.4                                      1.9 M
 python-urllib3                                                noarch                      1.10.2-7.el7                             @rhel-7-server-rpms                                380 k
 python2-acme                                                  noarch                      0.39.0-1.el7                             @epel                                              678 k
 python2-certbot                                               noarch                      0.39.0-1.el7                             @epel                                              2.7 M
 python2-cryptography                                          x86_64                      1.7.2-2.el7                              @centos                                            2.6 M
 python2-josepy                                                noarch                      1.2.0-1.el7                              @epel                                              329 k
 python2-leapp                                                 noarch                      0.12.1-1.el7_9                           @rhel-7-server-extras-rpms                         618 k
 subscription-manager                                          x86_64                      1.24.48-1.el7_9                          @rhel-7-server-rpms                                4.4 M
 subscription-manager-gui                                      x86_64                      1.24.48-1.el7_9                          @rhel-7-server-rpms                                210 k
 subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon                      x86_64                      1.24.48-1.el7_9                          @rhel-7-server-rpms                                 47 k

Transaction Summary
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DS Community Member 45 points
13 August 2021 9:31 AM

I have resolved this issue.

It appears that the problem was that packages "python-ipaddress" and "python-idna" where installed from EPEL repo.

I have run command "yum reinstall python-ipaddress python-idna" after which packages where installed from rhel-7-server-rpms and after that leapp upgrade went successfully.

Maybe this will be useful to someone who faces similar problems.

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 12718 points
16 August 2021 7:19 AM

Hi Dusko,

Please mark your latest post as best responds, so people will find your solution.

Leapp is known to have issues with non-Red Hat packages.

Regards.

Jan Gerrit

DS Newbie 5 points
21 January 2022 9:26 PM

I'm having this exact issue, but after removing will not reinstall, getting package not found even with proper repos enabled. I have some 40 or so packages with conflicts.

Warning: Packages marked by Leapp for upgrade not found in repositories metadata: gpg-pubkey leapp-upgrade-el7toel8 leapp python2-leapp
RPM: warning: Generating 6 missing index(es), please wait...
Error: Transaction test error:
  file /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/six.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc from install of python3-six-1.11.0-8.el8.noarch conflicts with file from package python36-six-1.14.0-3.el7.noarch
  file /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/six.cpython-36.pyc from install of python3-six-1.11.0-8.el8.noarch conflicts with file from package python36-six-1.14.0-3.el7.noarch
  file /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/six.py from install of python3-six-1.11.0-8.el8.noarch conflicts with file from package python36-six-1.14.0-3.el7.noarch
  file /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__init__.py from install of python3-dateutil-1:2.6.1-6.el8.noarch conflicts with file from package python36-dateutil-1:2.4.2-5.el7.noarch
PHILIP NDUNGU's picture Community Member 32 points
6 April 2022 6:57 PM

I have the same error in conversion from CentOS7 to Virtuozzo. The first major issue I have is: Failed to initialize NSS libraries then this :

Problem 1: package python3-abrt-addon-2.10.9-20.vl8.1.x86_64 requires abrt = 2.10.9-20.vl8.1, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides libjson-c.so.4(libjson-c.so.4)(64bit) needed by abrt-2.10.9-20.vl8.1.x86_64 Problem 2: package python3-abrt-2.10.9-20.vl8.1.x86_64 requires abrt = 2.10.9-20.vl8.1, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides libjson-c.so.4(libjson-c.so.4)(64bit) needed by abrt-2.10.9-20.vl8.1.x86_64

I will appreciate any support.

Damian Borgi's picture Newbie 10 points
23 June 2022 1:07 PM

Hello how are you ? I am trying to upgrade from rhel8 to 9, when I run leapp preupgrade --target 9.0 it doesn't give any error, but when I run leapp upgrade --target 9.0 I get the following error

STDERR: warning: Found bdb_ro Packages database while attempting sqlite backend: using bdb_ro backend. warning: Found bdb_ro Packages database while attempting sqlite backend: using bdb_ro backend. Warning: Package marked by Leapp to upgrade not found in repositories metadata: gpg-pubkey leapp-upgrade-el8toel9 python3-leapp leapp warning: Found bdb_ro Packages database while attempting sqlite backend: using bdb_ro backend. error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 902 Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: BAD Header SHA256 digest: OK Header SHA1 digest: OK error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 902 Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: BAD Header SHA256 digest: OK Header SHA1 digest: OK Error: An rpm exception occurred: package not installed

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END OF ERRORS

Debug output written to /var/log/leapp/leapp-upgrade.log

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REPORT

A report has been generated at /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.json A report has been generated at /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt

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END OF REPORT

Answerfile has been generated at /var/log/leapp/answerfile

Content /var/log/leapp/leapp-upgrade.log 2022-06-22 17:25:21.280 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'. 2022-06-22 17:25:21.284 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: Error: An rpm exception occurred: package not installed 2022-06-22 17:25:21.339 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: Command ['systemd-nspawn', '--register=no', '--quiet', '--keep-unit', '--capability=all', '-D', '/var/lib/leapp/el9userspace', '--setenv=LEAPP_HOSTNAME=dborgi.cabal.coop.py', '--setenv=LEAPP_EXPERIMENTAL=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_UNSUPPORTED=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_NO_RHSM=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_UPGRADE_PATH_TARGET_RELEASE=9.0', '--setenv=LEAPP_UPGRADE_PATH_FLAVOUR=default', '--setenv=LEAPP_IPU_IN_PROGRESS=8to9', '--setenv=LEAPP_EXECUTION_ID=4ed65b08-8657-4082-88bb-9736c99e4536', '--setenv=LEAPP_COMMON_TOOLS=:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/el8toel9/tools', '--setenv=LEAPP_COMMON_FILES=:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/common/files:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/el8toel9/files', '/usr/bin/dnf', 'rhel-upgrade', 'download', '/var/lib/leapp/dnf-plugin-data.txt'] failed with exit code 1. 2022-06-22 17:25:21.343 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['systemd-nspawn', '--register=no', '--quiet', '--keep-unit', '--capability=all', '-D', '/var/lib/leapp/el9userspace', '--setenv=LEAPP_HOSTNAME=dborgi.cabal.coop.py', '--setenv=LEAPP_EXPERIMENTAL=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_UNSUPPORTED=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_NO_RHSM=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_UPGRADE_PATH_TARGET_RELEASE=9.0', '--setenv=LEAPP_UPGRADE_PATH_FLAVOUR=default', '--setenv=LEAPP_IPU_IN_PROGRESS=8to9', '--setenv=LEAPP_EXECUTION_ID=4ed65b08-8657-4082-88bb-9736c99e4536', '--setenv=LEAPP_COMMON_TOOLS=:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/el8toel9/tools', '--setenv=LEAPP_COMMON_FILES=:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/common/files:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/el8toel9/files', '/usr/bin/dnf', 'rhel-upgrade', 'download', '/var/lib/leapp/dnf-plugin-data.txt'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.344 ERROR PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: DNF execution failed: 2022-06-22 17:25:21.345 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/var/cache/dnf'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.358 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/var/cache/dnf'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.358 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/var/cache/dnf'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.364 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/var/cache/dnf'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.365 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.381 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.381 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.386 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.386 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/root_boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.407 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/root_boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.407 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/upper'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.412 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/upper'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.412 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/work'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.417 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/work'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.417 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/root_boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.421 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_boot/root_boot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.422 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/el9userspace/installroot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.439 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/el9userspace/installroot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.440 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/el9userspace/installroot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.444 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/el9userspace/installroot'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.445 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.473 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['umount', '-fl', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.473 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/upper'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.478 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/upper'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.478 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/work'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.483 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/work'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.484 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has started: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.488 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: External command has finished: ['rm', '-rf', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay'] 2022-06-22 17:25:21.489 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: Cleaning up mounts 2022-06-22 17:25:21.489 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: Recursively removing scratch directory /var/lib/leapp/scratch. 2022-06-22 17:25:21.490 DEBUG PID: 14749 leapp.workflow.Download.dnf_package_download: Recursively removed scratch directory /var/lib/leapp/scratch. 2022-06-22 17:25:21.503 INFO PID: 8497 leapp.workflow.Download: Starting stage After of phase Download 2022-06-22 17:25:21.504 INFO PID: 8497 leapp.workflow: Workflow interrupted due to the FailPhase error policy 2022-06-22 17:25:21.524 INFO PID: 8497 leapp: Answerfile will be created at /var/log/leapp/answerfile 2022-06-22 17:25:21.546 WARNING PID: 8497 leapp.reporting: Stable Key report entry not provided, dynamically generating one - 9d0ad2570f4aa34f0db5643deb920bebe03271d5 2022-06-22 17:25:21.659 WARNING PID: 8497 leapp.reporting: Stable Key report entry not provided, dynamically generating one - 9d0ad2570f4aa34f0db5643deb920bebe03271d5

Please someone can help me thanks