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

[Simon Lukasik]

On 08/17/2012 12:44 PM, Morgan Cox wrote:
> 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.
> 

Dunno. Maybe there is some tool in Debian world for it? Maybe some
manual intervention would be needed? I am sorry, but I don't know.

Of course, the best thing would be to implement spacewalk-repo-sync for
deb packages.

> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Simon Lukasik
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> Simon Lukasik
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