3.8. Configuration Management

This section describes known issues with the Configuration Management component of Satellite 6.1
BZ 1187774: Smart proxy Puppet environment list errors under load
Issue

The Capsule listing of Puppet environments or Puppet classes fails when multiple content views (3 or more parallel) are published. When this occurs, the content view publishing process fails and must be re-attempted in a singular fashion.

Workaround

Increase the REST client timeout as follows:

Procedure 3.2. Increase the REST Client Timeout

  1. Set the desired timeout in the Katello configuration file
    Edit the file /etc/foreman/plugins/katello.yaml and change the value of rest_client_timeout to 240
  2. Restart the Katello service.
    katello-service restart