Problem: After installation /var/lib/pulp is not set to pulp:pulp
Expected outcome: directory is set to pulp:pulp
Foreman, Katello and Puppet versions: 3.9, 4.11 and 7
Distribution and version: RedHat 8
We are working on a script, which will configure a freshly installed VM for the mostly automated installation of a Foreman with Katello and a handful of plugins. We set a hostname, build volume groups and logical volumes and also mount /var/lib/pgsql and /var/lib/pulp.
The script runs through and we do have a running Foreman and can login. However, when we try to create content with repositories a sync hangs forever as /var/lib/pulp is set to root:root and not pulp:pulp.
We’ve expected that the installer script detects the /var/lib/pulp directory and then set the access rights, but it seems that this is not the case. The installer adds the user pulp anyway.
I just looked it up and the installer should set the permissions just as you described.
So I would guess you either have an ordering problem (like running the installer before mounting /var/lib/pulp) or you are missing/misconfiguring some options for the installer.
thanks for your answer, we’ve installed a new Foreman yesterday and it did changed the ownership correctly:
2024-03-06 14:37:36 [INFO ] [configure] /Stage[main]/Pulpcore::Config/File[/var/lib/pulp]/owner: owner changed ‘root’ to ‘pulp’
2024-03-06 14:37:36 [INFO ] [configure] /Stage[main]/Pulpcore::Config/File[/var/lib/pulp]/group: group changed ‘root’ to ‘pulp’
2024-03-06 14:37:36 [INFO ] [configure] /Stage[main]/Pulpcore::Config/File[/var/lib/pulp]/mode: mode changed ‘0755’ to ‘0775’
2024-03-06 14:37:36 [INFO ] [configure] /File[/var/lib/pulp]/seluser: seluser changed ‘unconfined_u’ to ‘system_u’
2024-03-06 14:37:36 [INFO ] [configure] /File[/var/lib/pulp]/seltype: seltype changed ‘var_lib_t’ to ‘pulpcore_var_lib_t’
But somehow later after the installation, the directory was set back to root:root and we don’t know why and I can’t find in the logs under foreman-installer/katello*.logs
We’ve set it manually back to pulp:pulp and run the installer again.
