[Spacewalk-list] Problem install SpaceWalk on CentOS 5.2 //

[Devan Goodwin]

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On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:30:19 +0200
Florent Véjux <flozbox at msn.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install SpaceWalk on a CentOS 5.2 like described in
> the Wiki documentations, but the command "spacewalk-setup
> --disconnected" is finishing in error : ... ...
> * Loading answer file: /usr/share/spacewalk/setup/defaults.conf.*
> Setting up environment and users.** GPG: Initializing GPG and
> importing RHN key.* Setting up database.** Database: Setting up
> database connection.** Database: Testing database connection.**
> Database: Populating database.The Database has schema.  Would you
> like to clear the database [Y]?** Database: Clearing database.**
> Database: Shutting down services that may be using DB: [tomcat5,
> taskomatic, httpd, jabberd, osa-dispatcher, tsdb_local_queue].**
> Database: Services stopped.  Clearing DB.** Database: Re-populating
> database.sh: dbhome: command not found*** Progress:
> ##################################################* Performing
> initial configuration.* Activating Satellite.** Loading Satellite
> Certificate.** Verifying certificate locally.** Activating
> Satellite.There was a problem activating the satellite: Local
> activation failure.
> 
> It seems that spacewalk-setup uses the command
> "/usr/bin/rhn-satellite-activate". When I try this command without
> any parameter, I get this error : NOTE: using backup cert as
> default: /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn-entitlement-cert.xml ERROR:
> rhn_parent is not set in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf

I think this step is what is supposed to be skipped by --disconnected,
so I wouldn't worry about this too much.

Not sure exactly what your error might be, does rhn-installation.log
have some more details you could provide?

Also this tends to bite Cent OS installs often:
https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall#CentOS5\

Cheers,

Devan

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Devan Goodwin <dgoodwin at redhat.com>
Software Engineer      Red Hat Network
Halifax, Canada     650.567.9039x79267
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