[Spacewalk-list] Debian/Ubuntu spacewalk help - need assistance with setting up Debian/ubuntu channels/repos/client.

[Morgan Cox]

Sorry one last thing :-

Is there a (easy) way of just downloding updates from the debian repo ?

As far as I can see in debian the directories are arranged alphabetically.

i.e is it possible to just mirror the updates repo ?

Any help on this would be welcomed.

Regards


On 17 August 2012 10:55, Morgan Cox <morgancoxuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for that
>
>
> On 16 August 2012 16:20, Simon Lukasik <slukasik at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 08/16/2012 04:06 PM, Morgan Cox wrote:
>>>> Also where can I find the URL to add to the repos?
>>>
>>> I mean when adding a repository in the spacewalk web gui - what URL
>>> should I add for (as an example) debian squeeze - i.e
>>> http://debian.org/debian/squeeze... etc
>>>
>>> But your response kind of answers that - you don't.
>>>
>>> So just to clarify...
>>>
>>> Say I want debian squeeze - how can a setup the repo - I take it I
>>> cant just make a local mirror of the debian repo and keep the same
>>> structure  i.e
>>>
>>> /debian/pool/main
>>> /debian/pool/non-free
>>>
>>
>> You can have a whatever structure you have. You just need a bit of
>> scripting, like
>>
>> find $mycooldirectory/ -name '*.deb' \
>>   | xargs rhnpush -u admin --channel=$mycoolchannel
>> --server=$mycoolserver --
>>
>>
>>> i.e does it need all the packages in one directory - or can I point to
>>> to a file in
>>>
>>> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable-updates/Contents-amd64.gz
>>> and that contains the directory structure?
>>>
>>> (sorry if this isn't making sense)
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 August 2012 14:40, Simon Lukasik <slukasik at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> On 08/16/2012 03:24 PM, Morgan Cox wrote:
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the response?
>>>>>
>>>>> - How do you sync an apt channel at present ?
>>>>
>>>> Actually, I do not have .deb based machines anymore.
>>>>
>>>> But, you can download the packages to a directory and then use the
>>>> rhnpush tool in order to upload them to the server.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - Also where can I find the URL to add to the repos?
>>>>
>>>> I am sorry, I can't understand this question.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - At present is spacewalk 1.7 capable of pushing updates to
>>>>> debian/ubuntu clients?
>>>>>
>>>>> >From what I have seen spacewalk looks amazing (for Centos servers at
>>>>> least) its going to make my live easier so thank you to all who
>>>>> contribute to this project.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 16 August 2012 13:55, Simon Lukasik <slukasik at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 08/16/2012 01:42 PM, Morgan Cox wrote:
>>>>>>> I tried ' /usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync --channel  debian6-x86-64  --type apt '
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This one still waits for implementation.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Simon Lukasik
>>>>>>
>>>>
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