Activation of Red Hat Network Satellite certificate fails with "[Errno -2] Name or service not known"
Issue
- Red Hat Network Satellite certificate Activation on Satellite server is failing with following traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/rhn-satellite-activate", line 42, in <module>
sys.exit(abs(mod.main() or 0))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/rhn_satellite_activate.py", line 596, in main
activateSatellite_remote(options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/rhn_satellite_activate.py", line 290, in activateSatellite_
remote
ret = s.satellite.deactivate_satellite(systemid, rhn_cert)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 649, in __call__
return self._send(self._name, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 383, in _request
self._handler, request, verbose=self._verbose)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 171, in request
headers, fd = req.send_http(host, handler)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 702, in send_http
self._connection.connect()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/connections.py", line 198, in connect
socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
gaierror [Errno -2] Name or service not known
Environment
- Red Hat Network Satellite
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