How can content be removed from the Library?

[Brian Lee]

Still trying to understand how content is retained/purged from Katello. I
tried the following on a test system running Katello Version: 1.3.30-1.el6:
- Created a custom repository
- Synced repo to the Library
- Did not promote the content
- Deleted the custom repository

The packages no longer show in the content search, yet they still exist in
/var/lib/pulp. Only one repository was created on the system.

Thanks for your help

[Mike McCune]

On 07/11/2013 12:27 PM, Brian Lee wrote:
>  Still trying to understand how content is retained/purged from
> Katello.
>  I tried the following on a test system running Katello Version:
>  1.3.30-1.el6:
>  - Created a custom repository
>  - Synced repo to the Library
>  - Did not promote the content
>  - Deleted the custom repository
>
>  The packages no longer show in the content search, yet they still exist
>  in /var/lib/pulp. Only one repository was created on the system.
>
>  Thanks for your help
>  
unfortunately no, you can read some of the details here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c10

and a workaround is here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c15

let me know if you have questions.

Mike
-- 
Mike McCune
mmccune AT redhat.com
Red Hat Engineering       | Portland, OR
Systems Management        | 650-254-4248

[Brian Lee]

Mike,

Thanks for your response. What I did in the meantime is "yum install
pulp-admin-client", then using the pulp password in
"/etc/katello/pulp_user_password-file", I ran "pulp-admin login -uadmin
-p[password]", then "pulp-admin orphan remove --all". It seemed like that
cleared everything up, although I don't know if that would have any
undesirable consequences for Katello. Any insight on this? Also, for anyone
else reading this, I followed the pulp admin client guide found here:

https://pulp-user-guide.readthedocs.org/en/pulp-2.1/admin-client/orphan.html

Thanks,
Brian


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Mike McCune <mmccune(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  On 07/11/2013 12:27 PM, Brian Lee wrote:
>
> > Still trying to understand how content is retained/purged from Katello.
> > I tried the following on a test system running Katello Version:
> > 1.3.30-1.el6:
> > - Created a custom repository
> > - Synced repo to the Library
> > - Did not promote the content
> > - Deleted the custom repository
> >
> > The packages no longer show in the content search, yet they still exist
> > in /var/lib/pulp. Only one repository was created on the system.
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> >
>  unfortunately no, you can read some of the details here:
>
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/**show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c10<https://bugzi...
>
>  and a workaround is here:
>
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/**show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c15<https://bugzi...
>
>  let me know if you have questions.
>
>  Mike
>  --
>  Mike McCune
>  mmccune AT redhat.com
>  Red Hat Engineering       | Portland, OR
>  Systems Management        | 650-254-4248
>

[Mike McCune]

you did the right thing, the CLI call you did below is basically just 
calling that API I mentioned.

On 07/12/2013 04:30 AM, Brian Lee wrote:
>  Mike,
>
>  Thanks for your response. What I did in the meantime is "yum install
>  pulp-admin-client", then using the pulp password in
>  "/etc/katello/pulp_user_password-file", I ran "pulp-admin login -uadmin
>  -p[password]", then "pulp-admin orphan remove --all". It seemed like
>  that cleared everything up, although I don't know if that would have any
>  undesirable consequences for Katello. Any insight on this? Also, for
>  anyone else reading this, I followed the pulp admin client guide found here:
>
>  https://pulp-user-guide.readthedocs.org/en/pulp-2.1/admin-client/orphan.html
>
>  Thanks,
>  Brian
>
>
>  On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Mike McCune <mmccune(a)redhat.com
>  <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>      On 07/11/2013 12:27 PM, Brian Lee wrote:
>
>          Still trying to understand how content is retained/purged from
>          Katello.
>          I tried the following on a test system running Katello Version:
>          1.3.30-1.el6:
>          - Created a custom repository
>          - Synced repo to the Library
>          - Did not promote the content
>          - Deleted the custom repository
>
>          The packages no longer show in the content search, yet they
>          still exist
>          in /var/lib/pulp. Only one repository was created on the system.
>
>          Thanks for your help
>
>
>      unfortunately no, you can read some of the details here:
>
>      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/__show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c10
>      <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c10>
>
>      and a workaround is here:
>
>      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/__show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c15
>      <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831276#c15>
>
>      let me know if you have questions.
>
>      Mike
>      --
>      Mike McCune
>      mmccune AT redhat.com <http://redhat.com>
>      Red Hat Engineering       | Portland, OR
>      Systems Management        | 650-254-4248 <tel:[phone]>
>
>