Help out a newbie setup foreman --scenario katello

[matemikulic]

Problem:
Hey guys. So I have couple of servers that I manage with Chef. I need central patch management so I’ve decided to use Foreman/Katello for that purpose. I’m having issues with installation. It keeps failing on me. All my servers are CentOS7.6, including this one that I’m trying to setup Foreman/Katello on.
I’m following instructions from this page Foreman :: Plugin Manuals
On foreman-installer I’m using following the following attributes

foreman-installer --scenario katello   --enable-foreman-plugin-chef   --enable-foreman-plugin-tasks   --enable-foreman-proxy-plugin-chef   --no-enable-puppet

Expected outcome:

Installation to go smoothly and receive output of admin/password.
I’m most likely missing something here, or do not have full tutorial.

Foreman and Proxy versions:

Katello 3.13 installs latest versions

Foreman and Proxy plugin versions:
Katello 3.13 installs latest versions

Distribution and version:
Clean CentOS 7.6 system

Other relevant data:

[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose]  Proxy foreman-1.server.local has failed to load one or more features (Puppet, Puppet CA, Chef), check /var/log/foreman-proxy/proxy.log for configuration errors
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_smartproxy/rest_v3.rb:70:in `validate_features!'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_smartproxy/rest_v3.rb:59:in `refresh_features!'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_smartproxy/rest_v3.rb:48:in `features='
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/property.rb:193:in `call_provider'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/property.rb:507:in `set'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/property.rb:570:in `sync'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:241:in `sync'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:136:in `sync_if_needed'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:90:in `block in perform_changes'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:89:in `each'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:89:in `perform_changes'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:21:in `evaluate'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:263:in `apply'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:283:in `eval_resource'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:187:in `call'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:187:in `block (2 levels) in evaluate'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:521:in `block in thinmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:520:in `thinmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:187:in `block in evaluate'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/graph/relationship_graph.rb:122:in `traverse'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:174:in `evaluate'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:240:in `block (2 levels) in apply'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:521:in `block in thinmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:520:in `thinmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:239:in `block in apply'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/log.rb:161:in `with_destination'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/report.rb:146:in `as_logging_destination'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:238:in `apply'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:194:in `block (2 levels) in apply_catalog'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:521:in `block in thinmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:520:in `thinmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:193:in `block in apply_catalog'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:233:in `block in benchmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:232:in `benchmark'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:192:in `apply_catalog'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:381:in `run_internal'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:242:in `block in run'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/context.rb:62:in `override'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet.rb:274:in `override'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:219:in `run'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:343:in `apply_catalog'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:260:in `block (2 levels) in main'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/context.rb:62:in `override'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet.rb:274:in `override'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:243:in `block in main'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/context.rb:62:in `override'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet.rb:274:in `override'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:207:in `main'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:177:in `run_command'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application.rb:382:in `block in run'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:687:in `exit_on_fail'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application.rb:382:in `run'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/command_line.rb:143:in `run'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/command_line.rb:77:in `execute'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose] /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/puppet:5:in `<main>'
[ERROR 2019-10-26T09:54:22 verbose]  /Stage[main]/Foreman_proxy::Register/Foreman_smartproxy[foreman-1.server.local]/features: change from ["HTTPBoot", "Logs", "Pulp", "TFTP", "Templates"] to ["Chef", "HTTPBoot", "Logs", "Puppet", "Puppet CA", "TFTP", "Templates"] failed: Proxy foreman-1.server.local has failed to load one or more features (Puppet, Puppet CA, Chef), check /var/log/foreman-proxy/proxy.log for configuration errors

# cat /var/log/foreman-proxy/proxy.log

2019-10-26T07:15:49 4f6583fd [I] Started GET /pulp/status/disk_usage 
2019-10-26T07:15:49 4f6583fd [W] File at /var/lib/pulp/content defined in pulp_content_dir parameter doesn't exist or is unreadable
2019-10-26T07:15:49 4f6583fd [W] File at /var/lib/mongodb defined in mongodb_dir parameter doesn't exist or is unreadable
2019-10-26T07:15:49 4f6583fd [I] Finished GET /pulp/status/disk_usage with 200 (5.2 ms)
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Started GET /v2/features 
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Finished GET /v2/features with 200 (1.14 ms)
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Started GET /pulp/status/puppet 
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Finished GET /pulp/status/puppet with 200 (0.48 ms)
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Started GET /v2/features 
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Finished GET /v2/features with 200 (0.62 ms)
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Started GET /v2/features 
2019-10-26T09:54:22 17aaf819 [I] Finished GET /v2/features with 200 (0.59 ms)
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Started GET /v2/features 
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Finished GET /v2/features with 200 (1.02 ms)
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Started GET /pulp/status/puppet 
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Finished GET /pulp/status/puppet with 200 (0.54 ms)
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Started GET /v2/features 
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Finished GET /v2/features with 200 (0.7 ms)
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Started GET /v2/features 
2019-10-26T10:35:16 03ed2fe5 [I] Finished GET /v2/features with 200 (0.65 ms)

[ehelms]

Looks like you attempted to disable puppet but you only disabled the setup of Puppet not any of the defaults that Foreman or Foreman Proxy has. You’ll need to specify a few more options to truly disable Puppet. I think @ekohl knows the combo.

[matemikulic]

tnx @ehelms for a direction.
I’ve added additionally --katello-enable-puppet false but that made me hit another wall.
Can somebody help out which flags are needed to disable Puppet fully?

[matemikulic]

/usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_smartproxy/rest_v3.rb:48:in `features='
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/property.rb:193:in `call_provider'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/property.rb:507:in `set'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/property.rb:570:in `sync'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:241:in `sync'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:136:in `sync_if_needed'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:89:in `each'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:89:in `perform_changes'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:21:in `evaluate'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:263:in `apply'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:283:in `eval_resource'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:187:in `call'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:187:in `block (2 levels) in evaluate'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:521:in `block in thinmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:520:in `thinmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:187:in `block in evaluate'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/graph/relationship_graph.rb:122:in `traverse'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction.rb:174:in `evaluate'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:240:in `block (2 levels) in apply'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:521:in `block in thinmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:520:in `thinmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:239:in `block in apply'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/log.rb:161:in `with_destination'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/transaction/report.rb:146:in `as_logging_destination'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:238:in `apply'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:194:in `block (2 levels) in apply_catalog'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:521:in `block in thinmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:520:in `thinmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:193:in `block in apply_catalog'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:233:in `block in benchmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:232:in `benchmark'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:192:in `apply_catalog'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:381:in `run_internal'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:242:in `block in run'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/context.rb:62:in `override'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet.rb:274:in `override'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/configurer.rb:219:in `run'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:343:in `apply_catalog'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:260:in `block (2 levels) in main'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/context.rb:62:in `override'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet.rb:274:in `override'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:243:in `block in main'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/context.rb:62:in `override'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet.rb:274:in `override'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:207:in `main'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application/apply.rb:177:in `run_command'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application.rb:382:in `block in run'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:687:in `exit_on_fail'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/application.rb:382:in `run'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/command_line.rb:143:in `run'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/command_line.rb:77:in `execute'
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/puppet:5:in `<main>'

[ekohl]

There’s a few (it’s on my agenda to improve this):

--no-enable-puppet --foreman-proxy-puppet false --foreman-proxy-puppetca false --foreman-proxy-content-puppet false

Copied from my RFC:

Defaulting Puppet to off in the Katello Scenario

In a lot of scenarios a Puppetserver is not desired by the user. If it is, it may make a lot more sense to deploy it on a separate machine via the foreman-proxy-content scenario. This is easier in terms of upgrades, scaling and backups. Current Situation To get a default installation, the following command is executed: foreman-installer --scenario [katello|foreman-proxy-content] Both include a Puppetserver, even though it’s optional. To install without Puppetserver, the following command will…

[matemikulic]

@ekohl that is the solution.
Thank you both very much for your help.