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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">No problem Harald. If you want to continue using
<b>rhnsd</b> you can still reduce the check-in time in <b>/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd</b> if you want though (default is 240 mins):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"># cat /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">INTERVAL=240<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Harald.Wachauer@akm.at<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2019 11:18<br>
<b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 | Offline Clients<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for your reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It looks like it was a rookie mistake.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am new at Spacewalk and I followed the instructions here to register a client.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/RegisteringClients">https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/RegisteringClients</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Unfortunately there was no hint that you have to start the rhnsd service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So I have started the service now and configured it to start automatically.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And I need no osad at the moment. Every 4 hours check in is fine for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Harald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">
<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b><a href="mailto:P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk">P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk</a><br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 14. Februar 2019 10:01<br>
<b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 | Offline Clients<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Harald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Were they ok originally, and stopped working properly, or are you just trying to setup OSAD for the first time? Either way if you work through my personal notes (for OSAD), below, it may help to identify your
problem. If everything has been done correctly it may be an infrastructure problem though ie un-reliable network connection or NTP?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By default, the rhnsd daemon on a client system connects to the Spacewalk server every
<b>four hours</b> (see <b>/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd</b>) and performs any updates or actions that have been scheduled. If you install the OSA daemon, you can apply updates and actions to client systems immediately from the Spacewalk server.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>osa-dispatcher<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Server-side service that determines when an osad client instance needs to be pinged or run rhn_check and sends a message telling them to do so. This is installed when Spacewalk is installed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Open Source Architecture Daemon (OSAD)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Client-side service that responds to pings and runs rhn_check when told to by osa-dispatcher.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See official documentation, at the following link, for more details:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/OSADSetup">https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/OSADSetup</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Install OSAD and related RHN/Spacewalk packages<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"># yum -y install osad rhncfg rhncfg-actions rhncfg-client<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Spacewalk Actions Control - Enable Scheduled Actions<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"># rhn-actions-control --enable-all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Spacewalk Actions Control - Show Status<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"># rhn-actions-control --report<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Start OSAD<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"># systemctl start osad.service OR service osad start<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Enable OSAD<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"># systemctl enable osad.service OR chkconfig osad on<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>OSAD Log File<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">/var/log/osad<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope this is of help<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:Harald.Wachauer@akm.at">Harald.Wachauer@akm.at</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2019 08:22<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 | Offline Clients<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi, Jonathan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Looks good:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">[root@vie-srv-log02 ~]# netstat -tn|grep 5222<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">tcp 0 0 172.21.0.181:46018 172.21.0.166:5222 ESTABLISHED<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Nerveless the client is offline in spacewalk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Harald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">
<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Jonathan Horne<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2019 21:48<br>
<b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 | Offline Clients<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">all your clients should have established traffic to the spacewalk server on port 5222. it should stay in an established state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">[jhorne@dlp-log01 ~]$ netstat -tn|grep 5222<br>
tcp 0 0 10.12.59.52:38718 10.12.59.64:5222 ESTABLISHED<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">From:</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">
<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>> on behalf of Wachauer Harald <<a href="mailto:Harald.Wachauer@akm.at">Harald.Wachauer@akm.at</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 13, 2019 10:17:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 | Offline Clients</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have the problem that most of my systems (CentOS 6 & 7) are going offline after approximately one day.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Only if I run rhn_check the systems come online again, but only for short time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have tried to install osad service, the service is running but nerveless the client is going offline.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any help would be very appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Harald<o:p></o:p></p>
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