Feature #14013: Add setting for the default owner of new hosts - Foreman

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Feature #14013

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Add setting for the default owner of new hosts

Added by Stefan Hölzle about 8 years ago. Updated almost 6 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Amir Fefer

Category:

Host creation

Target version:

1.15.0

Difficulty:

Triaged:

Bugzilla link:

Pull request:

https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3556

Fixed in Releases:

Found in Releases:

1.10.2

Red Hat JIRA:

Description

If I add a user to my foreman, the new user doesn't get "Puppet error state" mails although the option is enabled.

More information:

I installed an earlier version from source (I think it was 1.8.?) using bundler and updated from time to time to a newer version using bundler. The currently used version is Foreman version 1.10.2.
This problem was also present in 1.9.3.
A user that I added in an earlier version is getting the subscribed mails, even if I disable and re-enable the "Puppet error state" mail subscription in the user's settings
I checked the foreman database table user_mail_notifications and found the new user is listed in there. However no mail is sent.
I enabled debug loglevel and searched the logs, but no suspicious errors/warnings.

Related issues 1 (0 open — 1 closed)

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Updated by Dominic Cleal about 8 years ago

Status changed from New to Feedback

The user (or a group that they are in) must be the registered owner of a host, check under the last tab of the host edit page.

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Updated by Stefan Hölzle about 8 years ago

Ok, if I change the owner the mails are sent. Thanks !

I have same questions:

Is there a way to define a default for new hosts ?
How is the owner of a host determined initially (I did not create hosts manually, they were all added automatically) ?
Is there a intended way of changing the owner of all hosts ?

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Updated by Dominic Cleal about 8 years ago

Stefan Hölzle wrote:

Is there a way to define a default for new hosts ?

How is the owner of a host determined initially (I did not create hosts manually, they were all added automatically) ?

No, I don't think you can define a default in any way. If a user adds a host through the web UI/API then the owner will be set to them, but for hosts picked up through Puppet etc, it'll probably be unset. If a user edits the host later it might be set to them.

You may want to watch ticket #9470 which will add a way to receive all Puppet error reports.

Is there a intended way of changing the owner of all hosts ?

Foreman 1.11 adds a change owner option to the bulk actions menu on the host list (after ticking the boxes) via ticket #1584.

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Updated by Stefan Hölzle about 8 years ago

I think the possibility to set a default is sensible, possibly an option settable in the Foreman settings.

Apart from that, my issue is solved :)

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Updated by Dominic Cleal about 8 years ago

Related to Feature #4524: The logged in user should be the default one in create new hosts added

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Updated by Dominic Cleal about 8 years ago

Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
Subject changed from Foreman not sending "Puppet error state" mails to Add setting for the default owner of new hosts
Status changed from Feedback to New