Subscription-manager command fails with the error "Tunnel connection failed: 407 authenticationrequired".

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
  • Red Hat Subscription-Manager.
  • Red Hat Customer Portal.

Issue

  • While attaching the subscription on the server it fails with the error "Tunnel connection failed: 407 authentication required".

Resolution

  • Set the proper proxy details in the /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf file:
proxy_hostname = 
proxy_port = 
proxy_user = 
proxy_password =

Root Cause

  • The proper proxy details were not configured in /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf file, hence the server was not able to communicate with the proxy server and Red Hat CDN.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Logs from /var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log:
2018-06-26 03:35:42,592 [ERROR] rhsmd:58149:MainThread @cache.py:179 - Tunnel connection failed: 407 authenticationrequired
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/subscription_manager/cache.py", line 170, in update_check
    self._sync_with_server(uep, consumer_uuid)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/subscription_manager/cache.py", line 522, in _sync_with_server
    content_tags=self.tags)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/connection.py", line 1001, in updateConsumer
    ret = self.conn.request_put(method, params)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/connection.py", line 654, in request_put
    return self._request("PUT", method, params, headers=headers)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/connection.py", line 671, in _request
    info=info, headers=headers)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rhsm/connection.py", line 527, in _request
    conn.request(request_type, handler, body=body, headers=final_headers)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1017, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1051, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1013, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 864, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 826, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1227, in connect
    HTTPConnection.connect(self)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 810, in connect
    self._tunnel()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/httplib.py", line 792, in _tunnel
    message.strip()))
error: Tunnel connection failed: 407 authenticationrequired

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