Salt-config, compliance scan of RHEL machine returns "SLS Rendering Failure: Jinja Error Due to Duplicate gpgcheck Line in /etc/yum.conf"

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)
• VMware SaltStack

Issue/Introduction

when attempting to scan compliance on RHEL machine, the job returns the below error message:

SLS Rendering Failure: Jinja Error Due to Duplicate gpgcheck Line in /etc/yum.conf
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[CRITICAL] Rendering SLS 'sse:locke.system.CIS_Red_Hat.....failed: Jinja error: While reading from '/etc/yum.conf

Environment

Salt-config 8.17.x

Cause

Compliance scan uses configparser library from saltstack for phrasing files. When attempting to phrase the target minion where the scan was attempted, the config file /etc/yum.conf had duplicate sections, in this senario, duplicate property was for "gpgcheck"

Resolution

To resolve this issue, identify and remove the duplicate gpgcheck line from the /etc/yum.conf file on the affected Salt minion(s). Steps to resolve the issue:

1. Locate the duplicate line:
   • Access the Salt minion(s) displaying the error.
   • Inspect the /etc/yum.conf file. Use commands like grep -i gpgcheck /etc/yum.conf to highlight the occurrences of the gpgcheck option.
2. Remove the duplicate line:
   • Manually edit the /etc/yum.conf file using a text editor (e.g., vi, nano).
   • Delete the extraneous gpgcheck line, ensuring that each section of the file contains only a single instance of gpgcheck.
   • Save the changes.
3. Verify the fix:
   • Navigate back to RAAS UI > Compliance > Re-run the compliance scan