Hi everyone!
I'm reaching out for advice regarding Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI).
My cloud service provider manages the provided RHUI repository.
I have a few systems with RHEL 9.5 at the provider, and for some time now, I haven't been able to fetch the latest updates available in RHEL, such as for webkit or PostgreSQL 13.20, which include important security fixes.
I contacted the provider to verify the repository, and they claimed that their repository is fine and that the issue must be on my end, even though it affects all servers.
[rhui-rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rhui-rpms]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream from RHUI (RPMs)
mirrorlist=repo-redhat.xyz.com/pulp/mirror/content/dist/rhel9/rhui/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/os
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/rhui/ca.crt
sslclientcert=/etc/pki/rhui/product/content.crt
sslclientkey=/etc/pki/rhui/key.pem
The above repository only partially fetches updates and does not contain the latest fixes for RHEL 9.5.
I decided to manually replace $releasever with 9.5, and it turned out that this resolved the issue—I can now see the latest updates. However, this introduces an additional problem: If I want to fix it this way, I will have to modify the provider’s repository and remember to adjust it again when upgrading to RHEL 9.6.
The provider claims they have no control over the package locations or the configuration of the provided RHUI repository.
- redhat.xyz.com/pulp/mirror/content/dist/rhel9/rhui/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/os
- dnf resolves $releasever to 9
- redhat.xyz.com/pulp/mirror/content/dist/rhel9/rhui/9/x86_64/appstream/os ← Missing the latest updates
- redhat.xyz.com/pulp/mirror/content/dist/rhel9/rhui/9.5/x86_64/appstream/os ← Contains the latest fixes
What do you think?
Should the provider be able to fix the package locations in RHUI, or is this something I need to handle myself by modifying the repository as described and propagating the changes across my RHEL systems?
