BUG REPORT: repo_compare_html.sh doesn't compare RHEL_Beta_* repositories

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#67 opened on Nov 6, 2021 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: shell
Domain: testing-qa

Research direction

Start with module_compare_html.sh, the script linked in the report, and reproduce the failure with ./repo_compare_html.sh RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS Rocky8_BaseOS_stg on the stated RHEL environment. Investigate how RHEL_Beta_* repositories are accessed and how the script handles the reported 403 response. Done means the comparison produces output similar to the Rocky repocompare site instead of an empty comparison.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

priority: low type: bug

Describe the bug

repo_compare_html.sh is unable to compare RHEL_Beta_* repositories to Rocky_*_stg repositories because RHEL_Beta_* repositories cannot be accessed.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Clone this repository on a RHEL system with subscription.
Attempt to run repo_compare_html.sh for a RHEL_Beta_* repository
See error

[root@localhost repo_compare]# ./repo_compare_html.sh RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS Rocky8_BaseOS_stg
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS  436  B/s | 359  B     00:00
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS':
  - Status code: 403 for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/beta/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 23.198.106.83)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
Last metadata expiration check: 1:29:00 ago on Sat 06 Nov 2021 11:06:27 AM PDT.
<html><h3>Repo Version Differences for:  RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS   vs.   Rocky8_BaseOS_stg</h3>

<style>
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 90%;
}

th, td {
  text-align: left;
  padding: 8px;
}

tr:nth-child(even) {background-color: #d4d4d4;}
</style>

<div style="overflow-x:auto;">


<i>Generated by Repo Compare Script at:  2021-11-06  12:35:27 </i>
<br />

<table>
<tr><th>RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS Version</th>   <th>Rocky8_BaseOS_stg Version</th></tr>


<tr> <td>--</td>  <td>(DOES NOT EXIST)</td>  </tr>
</table></html>

Expected behavior

repo_compare_html.sh should produce output similar to that found on the Rocky repocompare site.

System / Environment (please complete the following information):

OS: RHEL Workstation
OS Version: 8.4
Subscription: Active
Testing Repository
- Branch: main
- Hash: 9da40ca1735c527972f4f3f36fac767792e1c494
- Script / Tool: repo_compare_html.sh

RHEL Subscription Active

[root@localhost repo_compare]# subscription-manager list
+-------------------------------------------+
    Installed Product Status
+-------------------------------------------+
Product Name:   Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Product ID:     479
Version:        8.4
Arch:           x86_64
Status:         Subscribed
Status Details:
Starts:         05/08/2021
Ends:           05/08/2022

Entitlement Encoded in /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel8_beta.repo definition file

[root@localhost repo_compare]# grep $(basename $(ls /etc/pki/entitlement/*-key.pem)) /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel8_beta.repo | wc -l
10

No access to RHEL Beta repository with entitlement

[root@localhost repo_compare]# dnf --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS repolist
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
repo id                                repo name
RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS                      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) (BETA)

[root@localhost repo_compare]# dnf --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS repoinfo
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) (BETA)                            414  B/s | 359  B     00:00
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS':
  - Status code: 403 for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/beta/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 23.198.106.83)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'RHEL8_Beta_BaseOS': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

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