RHEL7: "leapp preupgrade" fails with message "Unable to use yum successfully"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When executing "leapp preupgrade" or "leapp upgrade", the following message is displayed:

    [ERROR] Actor: target_userspace_creator
    Message: Unable to use yum successfully
    Summary:
        Details: Command ['systemd-nspawn', '--register=no', '--quiet', '-D', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay', '--bind=/etc/hosts:/etc/hosts', '--setenv=..., 'yum', 'clean', 'all'] failed with exit code 1.
        Stderr: Host and machine ids are equal (XXX): refusing to link journals
                 There are no enabled repos.
                 Run "yum repolist all" to see the repos you have.
                 To enable Red Hat Subscription Management repositories:
                     subscription-manager repos --enable <repo>
                 To enable custom repositories:
                     yum-config-manager --enable <repo>
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • leapp

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