Failed to publish items from publishing content library to subscriber library

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms

• Failed to publish items from publishing content library to subscriber library
• vCenter servers are using HTTP / HTTPS PROXY 
• Publication is successful when disabling HTTP/HTTPS proxies

Environment

• vCenter Server 7.x

Cause

This issue occurs when publishing vCenter is unable to connect to the other vCenter through the proxy server. 

 

Resolution

To work around this issue, edit the NO_PROXY section in /etc/sysconfig/proxy  to include the other vCenter Servers domain, as recommended in https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/370265/how-to-configure-proxy-settings-for-vcen.html

1. To exclude traffic to specific systems from being routed via the proxy, edit the NO_PROXY option to include both the FQDN and IP address of the system. Be aware though, that NO_PROXY requires specific syntax. To separate entries in this option, you need to use a comma (') followed by a space ( ):

   ..
   # Example: NO_PROXY="www.me.de, do.main, localhost"
   NO_PROXY="localhost, 127.0.0.1, vc.domain.tld, 192.168.1.55"
   ..

2. Reboot the VCSA VM or restart service with the command:

   # service-control --stop --all && service-control --start --all