How to run katello-package-upload forcefully on RedHat Satellite clients?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

  • How to upload package list to satellite forcefully?

Resolution

  • Go to the below directory on the client server and move packages.json file:
# mv /var/lib/rhsm/packages/packages.json /tmp
  • Run the below command to upload the package list:
  # katello-package-upload
  # katello-enabled-repos-upload
  • Verify whether a new task was created for the package upload from satellite:
  Actions::Katello::Host::UploadPackageProfile

Diagnostic Steps

  • Make sure that katello-agent is installed and up to date:
# rpm -qa |grep katello
katello-agent-1.5.3-7.el6sat.noarch
  • Ensure that the goferd service is up and running:
# ps aux | grep goferd
root     29485  2.5  2.4 945380 47808 ?        Ssl  03:05   0:22 python /usr/bin/goferd
root     31084  9.2  0.0 103252   840 pts/1    S+   03:20   0:00 grep goferd

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