Internal Server Error when changing kickstart profile operating system on RHN Satellite 5.4
Issue
When trying to change the operating system of a kickstart profile from RHEL 6.0 to RHEL 6.1, an Internal Server Error is displayed in the webUI and in the tomcat logs the following error is reported:
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.KickstartEditCommand.updateKickstartableTree(KickstartEditCommand.java:228)
at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.action.kickstart.KickstartSoftwareEditAction.processFormValues(KickstartSoftwareEditAction.java:223)
at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.action.kickstart.BaseKickstartEditAction.execute(BaseKickstartEditAction.java:80)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
... 40 more
Environment
- RHN Satellite 5.4.1
Resolution
When modifying the kickstart's kickstart tree via the satellite web UI, first make sure the Advanced Options 'url' option is checked and a string is provided for the url.
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