[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler and multiple rhn repositories

[Adam Goodall]

Hi

 

I'm currently testing cobbler and so far it has done everything ive
asked of it flawlessly. There is however one function I need some help
with. Im trying to get it to pull down multiple rhn channels so that I
can deploy/patch both rhel4 and rhel5 from the cobbler server.

 

The box itself is RHEL 5 so it has no problem mirroring
rhn://rhel-i386-server-5 I would also however like to mirror
rhn://rhel-i386-es-4 , Whenever I try and run a reposync with this repo
added, I of course get told that the system isn't entitled to download
the rhel4 content.

 

Using mrepo's tools and the instructions at:
http://www.labmonkeys.org/systems_management:patch_management:installing
_mrepo_on_rhel5 
I have managed to get a separate systemid for the box which is allowed
to pull down rhel4 content, and I can successfully create a local mirror
of rhel-i386-es-4 in that fashion. 

 

I would however like to add this into my cobbler setup with the minimum
of fuss. I could of course tell cobbler to create a repo from the local
files but that means keeping 2 copies of the rpm's. Or I could just add
the repository manually in the post of all my kickstart files. But both
of these methods involve a bit more management as I still need to make
sure that the rhel4 mirror is correctly synching - would be nice it it
"just worked"

 

Does anyone know of a way to get cobbler to pull down content from the
rhel4 channel using the alternative systemid? Or of any other ingenious
methods to achieve what I want?

 

Thanks

Adam
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