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Chapter 6. Maintaining a Red Hat Satellite Server
This chapter provides information on how to maintain a Red Hat Satellite Server, including information on relevant log files, how to enable debug logging, how to open a support case and attach the relevant log tar files, and how to use Red Hat Insights to proactively diagnose systems.
6.1. Logging and Reporting
Red Hat Satellite provides system information in the form of notifications and log files.
Table 6.1. Log Files for Reporting and Troubleshooting
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Log File
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Description of Log File Content
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|---|---|
/var/log/candlepin
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Subscription management
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/var/log/foreman
|
Foreman
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/var/log/foreman-proxy
|
Foreman proxy
|
/var/log/httpd
|
Apache HTTP server
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/var/log/foreman-installer/satellite
|
Satellite installer
|
/var/log/foreman-installer/capsule
|
Capsule Server installer
|
/var/log/libvirt
|
Virtualization API
|
/var/log/mongodb
|
Satellite database
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/var/log/pulp
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Celerybeat and Celery startup request messages. After startup is complete, messages are logged to
/var/log/messages.
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/var/log/puppet
|
Configuration management
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/var/log/rhsm
|
Subscription management
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/var/log/tomcat6 and /var/log/tomcat
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Apache web server messages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, respectively.
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/var/log/messages
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Various other log messages related to pulp, rhsm, and goferd.
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You can also use the
foreman-tail command to follow many of the log files related to Satellite. You can run foreman-tail -l to list the processes and services that it follows.
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, you can use the journal for more extensive logging information. See Using the Journal[3] for more information.