Satellite sync logs showing error "goferd/qpid trying: subscription.rhn.redhat.com:5671" on Red Hat Satellite 6

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6

Issue

  • Sync incomplete and goferd/qpid trying: subscription.rhn.redhat.com:5671
goferd: [WARNING][Thread-2] qpid.messaging:455 - sleeping 120 seconds
goferd: [WARNING][Thread-2] qpid.messaging:537 - trying: subscription.rhn.redhat.com:5671
goferd: [WARNING][Thread-2] qpid.messaging:453 - recoverable error[attempt 15]: [Errno 113] No route to host
  • The goferd trying: subscription.rhn.redhat.com:5671

Resolution

  • The goferd service is used to check any scheduled actions in between Satellite 6 server and Satellite 6 clients systems and this service should run only on Satellite 6 clients systems.
  • Stop goferd service on Satellite 6 and re-try with Satellite sync, also remove katello-agent and gofer packages from Satellite 6 system,
# yum remove katello-agent gofer

Root Cause

  • The goferd service was running on Satellite 6 server
  • The goferd service is used to check any scheduled actions in between Satellite 6 server and Satellite 6 clients systems and this service should run only on Satellite 6 clients systems.
  • In one scenario RHEL6.6 client registered to Satellite 5.6 was running goferd service, disabling the goferd service resolves the issue.

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