Console Agent install fails on RHEL 9.6 due to Podman subnet conflict
Applies to
- NetApp Console Agent v4.2.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.6
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
- Podman container runtime
Issue
- NetApp Console Agent v4.2.0 installation fails on a RHEL 9.6 Azure VM.
- Service Manager remains unreachable during installation.
- Installation logs show timeout errors when attempting to start required containers.
- Podman fails to create container networks due to a subnet conflict.
Console installation command output :
[✖] Waiting for Service Manager to come online, It may take few minutes Timed out waiting for http://localhost/service-manager/isHealthy connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80 Installation failed, further info can be found on: /tmp/installer-2026-xx-xxT80807.log # systemctl status netapp-service-manager.service ● netapp-service-manager.service - Netapp Service Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/netapp-service-manager.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-09 08:08:27 UTC; 12min ago Main PID: 4960 (sm2) Tasks: 10 (limit: 203227) Memory: 79.9M CPU: 1min 22.920s CGroup: /system.slice/netapp-service-manager.service └─4960 /opt/application/netapp/service-manager-2/sm2 Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/podman_compose.py", line 1571, in output Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(p.returncode, " ".join(cmd_ls), stderr_data) Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'podman network create --label io.podman.compose.project=service-manager-2 --label com.docker.compose.p> Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: 2026-01-09T08:19:16.235Z error: docker-compose up failed with status 1 Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: 2026-01-09T08:19:16.236Z error: Error: docker-compose up failed with status 1 Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: at sendAuditMsgsForContainer (/snapshot/sm2dist/bundle.js) Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: at async mainLoop (/snapshot/sm2dist/bundle.js) Jan 09 08:19:16 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: at async /snapshot/sm2dist/bundle.js Jan 09 08:20:00 rhel-20260109 sm2[4960]: 2026-01-09T08:20:00.104Z warn: No container found for podman runtime