I’m using Foreman/Katello to manage a mix of systems, including several Ubuntu hosts. These machines are correctly registered, and katello-host-tools is installed. Package and repository data are reported successfully, and I can see them under the Content tab.
However, the global host status remains orange due to the missing Errata information, which I understand is expected since Ubuntu doesn’t provide structured Errata metadata like RHEL-based systems do?!
Is there a recommended way to suppress or exclude the Errata status from the host status calculation for these Ubuntu hosts? Ideally, I’d like them to show a green status if everything else is healthy, even though Errata can’t be evaluated.
Hi! I looked through the Katello source and there isn’t anything that directly skips errata host facet calculations. The host is either “up to date” and green or displaying a warning/error. If I’m wrong, please feel free to correct me.
I’ll file a feature request for this issue since it seems like it will greatly enhance the usefulness of our host status indicator for non-EL users. Will update shortly.
Host statuses have a relevant? method which can be used to mark them irrelevant if certain conditions exist. I think this sounds like a good match for that.
