try:
# get gid from the registry
url = interfaces[new_hrn]['url']
- interface = xmlrpcprotocol.get_server(url, server_key_file, server_cert_file)
+ interface = xmlrpcprotocol.get_server(url, server_key_file, server_cert_file, timeout=30)
# skip non sfa aggregates
server_version = api.get_cached_server_version(interface)
if 'sfa' not in server_version: