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

[Sean Allin]

Did you verify the host is in the /etc/hosts file?
Sean

Florent Véjux wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to be able to ignore this message, but when it happens the setup aborts, and I have never been able to go to next step like I can see in the WiKi doc.
> The rhn-installation.log contains this error :
>     ERROR: RHN Entitlement Certificate failed to validate:
>     Exception reported from FQDN of our server
> 
> Regards,
> Florent
> 
>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:31:26 -0300
>> From: dgoodwin at redhat.com
>> To: flozbox at msn.com
>> CC: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Problem install SpaceWalk on CentOS 5.2 //
>>
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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
>>
>> - -- 
>> Devan Goodwin <dgoodwin at redhat.com>
>> Software Engineer      Red Hat Network
>> Halifax, Canada     650.567.9039x79267
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