RPM Support

To rule out an Ansible issue with displaying the location HREFs of self-uploaded packages, I uploaded a package to a repository using the pulp-cli commands below:

*pulp artifact upload --file "amsd-2.3.1-1459.1.rhel7.x86_64.rpm"
pulp rpm content create --sha256 "SHA256XXXXX" --relative-path "XXXXX"
pulp rpm repository content add --repository "REPONAME" --package-href "/pulp/api/v3/content/rpm/packages/XXXXX"
pulp rpm publication create --repository "REPONAME"
pulp rpm distribution update --publication "/pulp/api/v3/publications/rpm/rpm/XXXXX/" --base-path "XXXXX" --name "XXXXX"*

Here are the package information:

{
  "pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/content/rpm/packages/XXXXX/",
  "pulp_created": "2021-12-02T10:29:09.270535Z",
  "sha256": "XXXXX",
  "name": "amsd",
  "epoch": "0",
  "version": "2.3.1",
  "release": "1459.1.rhel7",
  "arch": "x86_64",
  "checksum_type": "sha256",
  "summary": "Agentless Management Service",
  "description": "This package contains the helper daemon that provides information for iLO5\nembedded health and alerting.",
  "url": http://www.hpe.com/go/proliantlinux,
  "changelogs": [
    [
      "HP Linux Development Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com 2.3.1-1459.1.rhel7",
      1280318400,
      "- ENHANCEMENTS"
    ]
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "suggests": [],
  "enhances": [],
  "recommends": [],
  "supplements": [],
  "location_base": "",
  "location_href": "fdf5a41c-7efb-4e77-b94b-dce447d706dc",
  "rpm_buildhost": "ablrh7ex6413.sde.rdlabs.hpecorp.net",
  "rpm_group": "System Environment/Daemons",
  "rpm_license": "MIT and BSD",
  "rpm_packager": "Hewlett-Packard Enterprise",
  "rpm_sourcerpm": "amsd-2.3.1-1459.1.rhel7.src.rpm",
  "rpm_vendor": "Hewlett-Packard Enterprise",
  "rpm_header_start": 872,
  "rpm_header_end": 52791,
  "is_modular": false,
  "size_archive": 6340864,
  "size_installed": 6333816,
  "size_package": 2901377,
  "time_build": 1616643775,
  "time_file": 1638440949
}

The package is still displayed as location HREF (in this case "fdf5a41c-7efb-4e77-b94b-dce447d706dc") in the web browser. Therefore, I assume that this behavior is not associated with the use of Ansible.

Here's the sequence that works for me:

(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ pulp artifact upload --file ./kangaroo-0.2-1.noarch.rpm 
Uploading file ./kangaroo-0.2-1.noarch.rpm
{
  "pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/artifacts/cac636b7-7fe1-401f-8f2d-db2d79ffd0b0/",
  "pulp_created": "2021-12-09T14:00:34.637843Z",
  "file": "artifact/83/3af594bc0ba31256045ed1fb17d3df2d8341a89b0c5a9bf610dd6103ce4cc8",
  "size": 1875,
  "md5": null,
  "sha1": "004ee29c029d1425705eca461e489d0f378d3e8c",
  "sha224": "01e3f2a5b2ed3f1199a06e6c44aac83935cbd66f958a30aa7d25a4f4",
  "sha256": "833af594bc0ba31256045ed1fb17d3df2d8341a89b0c5a9bf610dd6103ce4cc8",
  "sha384": "750a5b74afe777775425dc59f500623852ba1de7d8d1ce4879fee426cbbfea959c1db1c510bca4a0dbaf0c84efc0e19b",
  "sha512": "35ba692a7a7b2d84366b0158147e7ede46f380c0e6acdf3918c4b09e8b72216da158545e848ab18d79aea0404f340e5f20aff7772df6a404710c714bad222773"
}


(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ pulp rpm content create --sha256 "833af594bc0ba31256045ed1fb17d3df2d8341a89b0c5a9bf610dd6103ce4cc8" --relative-path "kangaroo-0.2-1.noarch.rpm"
Started background task /pulp/api/v3/tasks/ea2de705-fd53-4ffd-a7ec-0b2587410df2/
Done.
{
  "pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/content/rpm/packages/440f467d-84ba-4047-96ab-fbda9973ed23/",
  "pulp_created": "2021-12-09T14:01:17.366546Z",
  "md5": null,
  "sha1": "004ee29c029d1425705eca461e489d0f378d3e8c",
  "sha224": "01e3f2a5b2ed3f1199a06e6c44aac83935cbd66f958a30aa7d25a4f4",
  "sha256": "833af594bc0ba31256045ed1fb17d3df2d8341a89b0c5a9bf610dd6103ce4cc8",
  "sha384": "750a5b74afe777775425dc59f500623852ba1de7d8d1ce4879fee426cbbfea959c1db1c510bca4a0dbaf0c84efc0e19b",
  "sha512": "35ba692a7a7b2d84366b0158147e7ede46f380c0e6acdf3918c4b09e8b72216da158545e848ab18d79aea0404f340e5f20aff7772df6a404710c714bad222773",
  "artifact": "/pulp/api/v3/artifacts/cac636b7-7fe1-401f-8f2d-db2d79ffd0b0/",
  "name": "kangaroo",
  "epoch": "0",
  "version": "0.2",
  "release": "1",
  "arch": "noarch",
  "pkgId": "833af594bc0ba31256045ed1fb17d3df2d8341a89b0c5a9bf610dd6103ce4cc8",
  "checksum_type": "sha256",
  "summary": "A dummy package of kangaroo",
  "description": "A dummy package of kangaroo",
  "url": "http://tstrachota.fedorapeople.org",
  "changelogs": [],
  "files": [
    [
      "",
      "/tmp/",
      "kangaroo.txt"
    ]
  ],
  "requires": [],
  "provides": [
    [
      "kangaroo",
      "EQ",
      "0",
      "0.2",
      "1",
      false
    ]
  ],
  "conflicts": [],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "suggests": [],
  "enhances": [],
  "recommends": [],
  "supplements": [],
  "location_base": "",
  "location_href": "kangaroo-0.2-1.noarch.rpm",
  "rpm_buildhost": "smqe-ws15",
  "rpm_group": "Internet/Applications",
  "rpm_license": "GPLv2",
  "rpm_packager": "",
  "rpm_sourcerpm": "kangaroo-0.2-1.src.rpm",
  "rpm_vendor": "",
  "rpm_header_start": 280,
  "rpm_header_end": 1721,
  "is_modular": false,
  "size_archive": 300,
  "size_installed": 42,
  "size_package": 1875,
  "time_build": 1331831376,
  "time_file": 1639058477
}



(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ pulp rpm repository create --name test
{
  "pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/fca3fe70-0515-41d1-902a-54c1acbbecc9/",
  "pulp_created": "2021-12-09T14:01:37.242508Z",
  "versions_href": "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/fca3fe70-0515-41d1-902a-54c1acbbecc9/versions/",
  "pulp_labels": {},
  "latest_version_href": "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/fca3fe70-0515-41d1-902a-54c1acbbecc9/versions/0/",
  "name": "test",
  "description": null,
  "retain_repo_versions": null,
  "remote": null,
  "autopublish": false,
  "metadata_signing_service": null,
  "retain_package_versions": 0,
  "metadata_checksum_type": null,
  "package_checksum_type": null,
  "gpgcheck": 0,
  "repo_gpgcheck": 0,
  "sqlite_metadata": false
}



(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ pulp rpm repository content add --repository test --package-href /pulp/api/v3/content/rpm/packages/440f467d-84ba-4047-96ab-fbda9973ed23/
Started background task /pulp/api/v3/tasks/6d7a0536-f195-48a8-b0bd-42cf4a637d75/
Done.
(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ http :/pulp/api/v3/tasks/6d7a0536-f195-48a8-b0bd-42cf4a637d75/
{
    "child_tasks": [],
    "created_resources": [
        "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/fca3fe70-0515-41d1-902a-54c1acbbecc9/versions/1/"
    ],
    "error": null,
    "finished_at": "2021-12-09T14:02:14.260410Z",
    "logging_cid": "ebc6e4bfd22b4dddaa6cb8e4e06174e9",
    "name": "pulpcore.app.tasks.repository.add_and_remove",
    "parent_task": null,
    "progress_reports": [],
    "pulp_created": "2021-12-09T14:02:14.044079Z",
    "pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/tasks/6d7a0536-f195-48a8-b0bd-42cf4a637d75/",
    "reserved_resources_record": [
        "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/fca3fe70-0515-41d1-902a-54c1acbbecc9/"
    ],
    "started_at": "2021-12-09T14:02:14.082483Z",
    "state": "completed",
    "task_group": null,
    "worker": "/pulp/api/v3/workers/8c53774f-3bfe-4656-ba91-f53a286dcd53/"
}




(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ pulp rpm publication create --repository test
Started background task /pulp/api/v3/tasks/b430e47e-87e5-4c5a-8400-41ebb6b89b21/
.Done.
{
  "pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/publications/rpm/rpm/b0a9d63c-c8f5-4f93-a9f0-cbd84883adf8/",
  "pulp_created": "2021-12-09T14:02:34.671979Z",
  "repository_version": "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/fca3fe70-0515-41d1-902a-54c1acbbecc9/versions/1/",
  "repository": "/pulp/api/v3/repositories/rpm/rpm/fca3fe70-0515-41d1-902a-54c1acbbecc9/",
  "metadata_checksum_type": "sha256",
  "package_checksum_type": "sha256",
  "gpgcheck": 0,
  "repo_gpgcheck": 0,
  "sqlite_metadata": false
}



(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ pulp rpm distribution create --publication /pulp/api/v3/publications/rpm/rpm/b0a9d63c-c8f5-4f93-a9f0-cbd84883adf8/ --base-path test-rpm --name test
Started background task /pulp/api/v3/tasks/4a8d8bed-275e-4c07-aab9-0880ae011362/
.Done.
{
  "pulp_href": "/pulp/api/v3/distributions/rpm/rpm/a94e24c5-ce6a-4f6c-96a4-c679522b3eed/",
  "pulp_created": "2021-12-09T14:03:52.926666Z",
  "base_path": "test-rpm",
  "base_url": "http://pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7.padre-fedora.example.com/pulp/content/test-rpm/",
  "content_guard": null,
  "pulp_labels": {},
  "name": "test",
  "repository": null,
  "publication": "/pulp/api/v3/publications/rpm/rpm/b0a9d63c-c8f5-4f93-a9f0-cbd84883adf8/"
}

        

(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$ http :/pulp/content/test-rpm/Packages/k/
        <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html>
            <body>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="kangaroo-0.2-1.noarch.rpm">kangaroo-0.2-1.noarch.rpm</a></li>                
                </ul>
            </body>
        </html>
        

(pulp) [vagrant@pulp2-nightly-pulp3-source-centos7 assets]$

Basically you should ignore the "location_href" that the REST API provides entirely. It provides no useful information, it never should have been added in the first place and it should probably be removed at some point. Sorry for the confusion on that front.

I've written a little bit about this issue previously over here: https://pulp.plan.io/issues/8720

ggainey Thank you for the explanation and the example. Indeed, it was due to the relative-path that was given incorrectly. So now the problem could be solved.

Therefore, this issue can be closed.