Check osad service status in Satellite


RedHat Satellite server allows user to push the updates or run the command remotely in a 'real time' manner. The backend services for this feature are osa-dispatcher, jabberd and osad. osa-dispatcher periodically check the database to see if any clients have actions they need to perform. If there are, it sends the messages through jabberd … Continue reading Check osad service status in Satellite →

ERROR 1452 (23000): Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails


I received such error 'Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails' when trying to import a new Puppet class (sys_yumversionlock) into Foreman via the smart proxy. Based on the error message, it should be database related. I am not a DBA, but I am interested to give a try, as … Continue reading ERROR 1452 (23000): Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails →

Set up Puppet lab in docker


Just finished my first docker set up - building a puppet server and a puppet client in two separate containers. 1) My docker host is Fedora 20. [root@1004521 ~]# cat /etc/system-release Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) 2) Install docker (https://docs.docker.com/installation/fedora/) [root@1004521 ~]# yum -y install docker-io [root@1004521 ~]# systemctl start docker [root@1004521 ~]# systemctl enable docker … Continue reading Set up Puppet lab in docker →