<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Is following the right URL to put into the </span><span style="color:black;">Repository URL in Spacewalk's Create New Repository page?</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/</span></div><div><span></span></div><div> </div><div>nz<br><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "fnwsa@yahoo.com" <fnwsa@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Alan Pittman <Alan.Pittman@publix.com>; "'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 3, 2012 9:07:20 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv607180433"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>Hi Alan,</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Thank you very much for your very helpful reply!!</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>My purpose is to patch all of our RHEL5x/6x systems, so I need to "</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">connect to RHN and download all of the available RPMS and populate your Spacewalk repository</span><span>" as you said. Please correct me if I am wrong here.</span></div><div><br></div><div>I've just installed mrepo, but still don't understand the whole picture. With mrepor's help, can Spacewalk connect directly to the RHN servers? What URL should be used in the Repository URL? Yes, I have RHN userid and password.<br></div><div><br><span></span></div><div>Have a nice day!</div><div><br></div><div>Nick</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alan Pittman <Alan.Pittman@publix.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> "'fnwsa@yahoo.com'" <fnwsa@yahoo.com>; "'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:42:35 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv607180433"> <style></style> <div> <div class="yiv607180433WordSection1"> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Nick,</span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> When I click on the link, the browser takes me to the repodata sub-directory. When I tried backing up a couple of levels, I never saw any RPMs. </span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Can I assume that you want to connect to RHN and download all of the available RPMS and populate your Spacewalk repository? If so, you’ll have to download and install a utility called mrepo because Spacewalk doesn’t have the ability to connect directly to the RHN servers. </span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Also, must also have a valid RHN userid and password for mrepo to connect. </span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">aep</span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>fnwsa@yahoo.com<br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2012 5:01 PM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal"> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Hi, I am now trying to create my first Repository for RHEL 6 (64bit) systems. Can I use the following link as Repository URL in Spacewalk's Create New Repository page?</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv607180433MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/x86_64/Debuginfo/repodata/">ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/x86_64/Debuginfo/repodata/</a><br> <br> If it's not the right one, where can I find it?<br> <br> Thank you in advance!<br> <br> Nick</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Spacewalk-list mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com">Spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</a><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>