Newer API does not support "type"

[Rocco83]

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katello-attach-subscription/katello-attach-subscription

Line 204 in e4c69df

if sub.has_key?('type')

Newer API seems to not have the "type" filled.

• which is the root cause?
• how can we identify in the newer API the kind of server (Hypervisor, Physical, Virtual)
• should we block the yaml to run if type is set? -> reason why, we expect that what is written in the yaml is respected

[mossicrue]

With Hosts and Systems API unification, type field is currently missing for Satellite >= 6.2

Currently there is an open BugZilla for fix this problem, BZ1635861, that is linked to Bug 11914 of Foreman

Also, in the BZ above is present a possibile workaround that can't fix at 100% the problem because assign the host type as hypervisor checking if name match '*virt-who*' regexp.

Another possible workaround (that can't fix the problem at 100% too) is to check the combination of this facts fields: facts.virt, facts.virt::host_type and facts.virt::is_guest values.

Depending on the servers type, this values are setted in this way:

Physical Server:

facts.virt::host_type : "Not Applicable"
facts.virt::is_guest  : false
facts.virt            : null

Guest:

facts.virt::host_type : "vmware"/"rhev, kvm"
facts.virt::is_guest  : true
facts.virt            : null

Hypervisor:

facts.virt::host_type : not present
facts.virt::is_guest  : not present
facts.virt            : not present

[evgeni]

fixed in 3821d6a