[Spacewalk-list] Configuring Proxy

[Miroslav Suchý]

On 04/19/2011 11:13 AM, Assaf Flatto wrote:
> What i understood is that  the proxy function in the same way as a regular proxy , storing errata and packages for the use of the clients , and then if required they access the proxy instead of all clients establishing a connection to the outside source. (similar to the way one can run a proxy in front of a webserver on a single machine ) ,So the server is functioning as both the checker and the storage container .

Yes. Having set up proxy in front of web server often have sense.
Especially if you expect high load. In Spacewalk it is not worth to
bother with Spacewalk Proxy if you have less then 5000 registered systems.

> why must it be a separate machine ? , Storage ? Bandwidth ? what is the restriction /application that requires the proxy and the server to be on two autonomous boxes ?

Because http configuration file will use /XMLRPC and /rpc handler and
redirect it to its own code.
And surprisingly it is the same handlers, which Spacewalk server use.
You have conflicts here.

If you really want to do it, then use virtualization and set up proxy as
virtual guest.
But if you will have only 100 system registered you make the set up just
slower and it will consume more memory and more HDD space.

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Miroslav Suchy
Red Hat Satellite Engineering