Environment
Sentinel 7.0.0.0 Server Appliance
Situation
When trying to register my Sentinel appliance through the WEBYAST gui by going to https://server_ip_address:54984/controlpanel and clicking on the “registration” Icon I get an error stating
Registration did not succeed.
A connection to the registration server could not be established. This may be a temporary issue.
Please try to register again later.
Registration did not succeed.
A connection to the registration server could not be established. This may be a temporary issue.
Please try to register again later.
Resolution
1. Go to your sentinel applicance box and edit the file /etc/suseRegister.conf.
2. Add a / to the end of the first line in the file.
3. Afterwards go back into WEBYAST and click the registration icon again. A box should appear requesting your email, machine, and registration code.
4. Fill in the required information to complete the registration.
2. Add a / to the end of the first line in the file.
3. Afterwards go back into WEBYAST and click the registration icon again. A box should appear requesting your email, machine, and registration code.
4. Fill in the required information to complete the registration.
Example of correctly configured suseRegister.conf file
url = https://secure-www.novell.com/center/regsvc/
listParams = command=listparams
register = command=register
listProducts = command=listproducts
#hostGUID = 122354
# add update sources provided by the registration server
#
#
addRegSrvSrc = true
# add additional update sources (only type zypp is supported)
# addAdSrc can be used multiple times
##addAdSrc = http://you.suse.de/updates/test?alias=someName
#addAdSrc = http://you.suse.de/updates/test2
# addAdSrc can be used multiple times
##addAdSrc = http://you.suse.de/updates/test?alias=someName
#addAdSrc = http://you.suse.de/updates/test2
Cause
The reason we cannot connect to the registration server is due to the URL being misconfigured.
Additional Information
To register through a command line with logging enabled use the following command: suse_register -d 3 -a yourname@yourdomain.com -a regcode-slm=your_reg_code -L /tmp/register.txt