satellite-sync fails with "Error Class Code: 3006 Error Class Info: Invalid satellite certificate "

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite

Issue

  • satellite-sync fails with error Invalid satellite certificate.
  • rhn_check fails with Error Class Code: 3006 Error Class Info: Invalid satellite certificate.

  • Error in the email sent by the Satellite:

    Exception type satellite_tools.syncLib.RhnSyncException 

Exception Handler Information 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "/usr/bin/satellite-sync", line 142, in main 
    return satsync.Runner().main() 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 212, in main 
    ret = method() 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 279, in _step_channel_families 
    self.syncer.processChannelFamilies() 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 581, in processChannelFamilies 
    "channel-families") 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 462, in _process_simple 
    stream = method() 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/xmlWireSource.py", line 206, in getChannelFamilyXmlStream 
    return self._openSocketStream("dump.channel_families", (self.systemid,)) 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/xmlWireSource.py", line 170, in _openSocketStream 
    raise RhnSyncException, lastErrorMsg 
RhnSyncException:  
Error Message: 
    Satellite Cert expired 
Error Class Code: 3006 
Error Class Info: Invalid satellite certificate 
Explanation:  
     An error has occurred while processing your request. If this problem 
     persists please enter a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com. 
     If you choose to submit the bug report, please be sure to include 
     details of what you were trying to do when this error occurred and 
     details on how to reproduce this problem.

Resolution

Root Cause

  • This error is generally seen when the certificate has expired.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Check for expire date under the certificate by executing: 
# cat /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn-entitlement-cert.xml|grep expire
  <rhn-cert-field name="expires">2010-12-09 00:00:00</rhn-cert-field>

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