[Spacewalk-list] systems not registered by default?

Wed Sep 15 15:58:01 UTC 2010

  oops nevermind, found it.

Jason

On 09/15/10 11:51, Jason Welsh wrote:
>  ok awesome.. I think thatll help, but how do I find out under which 
> secret hex soup my rpms are under?
>
> I looked under packages and see
> File System Path: 
> redhat/1/d68/libxml2-python/2.6.26-2.1.2.8/x86_64/d680cc6d783978c4f2cf75da6897c2e6/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
> (for instance), but cant seem to pull it up via
> lynx 
> http://127.0.0.1/download/package/d680cc6d783978c4f2cf75da6897c2e6/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
>
>
> regards,
> Jason
>
> On 09/14/10 19:59, Colin Coe wrote:
>> Mike
>>
>> Yes, clients can access RPMs before activation/registration but not
>> trivially.  Here's a snippet from the post script from a kickstart:
>> ---
>> mkdir -p /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional
>> cd /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional
>> wget -P /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional
>> http://127.0.0.1/download/package/914a8ce4e6f7676172d0a4a7f676c27ec9a2a671/0/1/574/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm 
>>
>> http://127.0.0.1/download/package/820777256524475e88b262c612dbac16af14ccc4/0/1/9831/rhnlib-2.5.26-1.el5.noarch.rpm 
>>
>> http://127.0.0.1/download/package/3fd11ca62e5c2445fb825be90c6d180b6ff7a258/0/1/1433/pyOpenSSL-0.6-1.p24.7.2.2.x86_64.rpm 
>>
>> rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --replacefiles
>> /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/pyOpenSSL* /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/rhnlib*
>> /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/libxml2-python*
>> ---
>>
>> Notice the 'wget' followed by the 'rpm'.
>>
>> CC
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:32 AM, Mike Hanby<mhanby at uab.edu>  wrote:
>>> Can a client actually access the RPMs before being activated? I 
>>> would have thought the tools would need to come from another 
>>> non-spacewalk repo, installed and then activated.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>>> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jason Welsh
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:24 AM
>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] systems not registered by default?
>>>
>>>   anyone? i also noticed in my logs, that the "tools rpms" arent 
>>> getting
>>> found for some reason.. im sure this is the main cause of the system 
>>> not
>>> registering.
>>> but whats the right way to set this up?
>>>
>>>
>>> --2010-09-13 16:02:56--
>>> http://redhouse.mydomain.com/download/package/311a7f76de89f7771ca620b1d06d35aeea30bf14/0/1/2197/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm 
>>>
>>> Resolving redhouse.mydomain.com... 172.18.184.50
>>> Connecting to redhouse.mydomain.com|172.18.184.50|:80... connected.
>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
>>> 2010-09-13 16:02:56 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>>>
>>> --2010-09-13 16:02:56--
>>> http://redhouse.mydomain.com/download/package/ca96cbca538ffba541943902c1c742d16347fe3a/0/1/3249/pyOpenSSL-0.6-1.p24.7.2.2.x86_64.rpm 
>>>
>>> Reusing existing connection to redhouse.mydomain.com:80.
>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
>>> 2010-09-13 16:02:56 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>>>
>>> --2010-09-13 16:02:56--
>>> http://redhouse.mydomain.com/download/package/96cbf812c34191c95aa3a4566933b8eb2226bd64/0/1/6659/rhnlib-2.5.23-1.fc11.noarch.rpm 
>>>
>>> Reusing existing connection to redhouse.mydomain.com:80.
>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
>>> 2010-09-13 16:02:56 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>>>
>>> error: File not found by glob: /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/pyOpenSSL*
>>> error: File not found by glob: /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/rhnlib*
>>> error: File not found by glob: /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/libxml2-python*
>>> cp: cannot stat `/tmp/ks-tree-copy/*': No such file or directory
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/13/10 13:53, Jason Welsh wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 09/13/10 11:51, Stroehmann, James wrote:
>>>>> My clients auto-register when kickstarting, you might be missing the
>>>>> spacewalk client tools in your package list?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, one problem i was having originally was that new systems would
>>>>> not have the correct time on them, so i have a script in my kickstart
>>>>> to use rdate to update them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> look in the root's home directory for the installation log files,
>>>>> post them here ... they might provide some clues.
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________
>>>> well, ive tried using the setup at
>>>> https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToKickstartCobbler (please
>>>> correct me if this is not the right guide to follow)
>>>> the doc says to set up the "tools" distro as a child of my mail
>>>> rhel-server directory, and someone else stated that it should be this
>>>> way.. i.e.
>>>>
>>>> rhel-server-5.5
>>>>        |
>>>>        |----VT
>>>>        |----Cluster Server
>>>>        |----Cluster Virtualization
>>>>        |---- rhel-tools<-this has the 4 packages in it. (pyOpenSSL
>>>> rhnlib libxml2-python # spacewalk-koan)
>>>>
>>>> BUT, when I goto the step that says
>>>> Select "Systems|Kickstart|Distributions" and select "+ create new
>>>> distribution"
>>>>      "Base channel" should be "Fedora 9 with Tools"     (or rhel-tools
>>>> in my case)
>>>>
>>>> I cannot select this because its not a base channel.. its a child
>>>> channel..
>>>>
>>>> can someone please clear up how this is supposed to work?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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