RHEL Sytem registration / update fail with error "There was an SSL error: [('SSL routines', 'SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO', 'unknown protocol')]"
Issue
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When registering system into RHN, the register process failed and /var/log/up2date has following error messages:
up2date rhn_check execution:: ERROR: SSL errors detected [('SSL routines', 'SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO', 'unknown protocol')]
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Yum commands fail with the following"
[root@example ~]# package-cleanup --dupes
Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 417, in <module>
util = PackageCleanup()
File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 60, in __init__
self.main()
File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 307, in main
opts = self.doUtilConfigSetup()
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.py", line 273, in doUtilConfigSetup
self.conf
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 887, in <lambda>
conf = property(fget=lambda self: self._getConfig(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 358, in _getConfig
self.plugins.run('init')
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 184, in run
func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
File "/usr/share/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 114, in init_hook
login_info = up2dateAuth.getLoginInfo()
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 219, in getLoginInfo
login()
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 186, in login
li = server.up2date.login(systemId)
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 50, in __call__
return rpcServer.doCall(method, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 206, in doCall
ret = method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
return self.__send(self.__name, args)
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 39, in _request1
ret = self._request(methodname, params)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 383, in _request
self._handler, request, verbose=self._verbose)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 171, in request
headers, fd = req.send_http(host, handler)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 704, in send_http
headers=self.headers)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 914, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 951, in _send_request
self.endheaders()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 908, in endheaders
self._send_output()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 780, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 759, in send
self.sock.sendall(str)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/SSL.py", line 217, in write
sent = self._connection.send(data)
OpenSSL.SSL.Error: [('SSL routines', 'SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO', 'unknown protocol')]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Red Hat Network (RHN)
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