Why satellite-sync fails with error " ProtocolError for xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com /SAT: 404 Not Found " ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite
  • Satellite-sync

Issue

satellite-sync fails with the following error :

 ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com /SAT: 404 Not Found>

Resolution

  • Update /etc/rhn/rhn.conf so that server.satellite.rhn_parent is set to satellite.rhn.redhat.com

  • Then restart the satellite service

# rhn-satellite restart

Root Cause

The server.satellite.rhn_parent setting in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf is either blank or mentions xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com instead of satellite.rhn.redhat.com.

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