[Spacewalk-list] Register Suse Systems

[Michael Calmer]

Hi,

this plugin is general for libzypp. This means also yast can access spacewalk 
after it is installed. It is not limted to zypper commandline tool.

About the error: Are you sure, that mirror process on spacewalk of the suse 
repos is finished and the metadata are already created?

Missing metadata could be a reason why yast display this message.

Am Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2012, 13:31:07 schrieb Alan Pittman:
> If all of the Spacewalk client components installed correctly, there is a 
zipper plug-in. So instead of using yast, you issue the following from the 
command line:
> 
> # zypper ref  <- refreshes the local repo
> # zypper lu    <- lists any and all available updates
> # zypper up   <- applies the updates.
> 
> FYI - zypper is similar to Red Hat's yum command.
> 
> Alan
> 
> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-
bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of trumpjk at gmail.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 4:38 PM
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Register Suse Systems
> 
> On , Alan Pittman <Alan.Pittman at publix.com<mailto:Alan.Pittman at publix.com>> 
wrote:
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> > Here's how I manage opensuse, hopefully this helps. This is an answer to 
similar question a while back.
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> > Hi Chuck,
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> >   I use Spacewalk to manage a couple of opensuse 12.1 machines.
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> > Here's what I've got setup, using 32bit as the example:
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> > Parent Channel:
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> > Channel Name:     opensuse12.1-i586
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> > Channel Label:    opensuse12.1-32bit
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> > Parent Channel:   (none)
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> > Yum Repository Checksum Type:       sha1
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> > Architecture:     IA-32
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> > Update channel (note: I have two child channels, just showing the update 
channel here):
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> > Channel Name:     opensuse12.1-i586-updates
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> > Channel Label:    opensuse12.1-32bit-updates
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> > Parent Channel:   opensuse12.1-i586
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> > Yum Repository Checksum Type:       sha1
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> > Architecture:     IA-32
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> > Summary:    opensuse12.1 32bit update channel
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> > Repo for the update channel:
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> > Repo label: opensuse12.1-32bit-updates-repo
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> > Repo URL:
> > http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/
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> > To sync the channel, I created a script that I schedule via cron:
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> > [root at taeps001 ~]# cat /usr/local/bin/sync-opensuse12-32.sh
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> > #!/bin/bash
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> > /usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync --channel opensuse12.1-32bit-updates --type 
yum
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> > When the sync runs, I get a log of messages that look like this:
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> > Package arch x86_64 incompatible with channel opensuse12.1-32bit-updates
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> > You need not worry about them, opensuse places both i586 and x86_64 rpms 
in the same remote repository. Spacewalk will receive them, but since I'm are 
trying to sync a 32 bit channel (ia-32), the x86_64 packages just exist in 
"limbo".
> > Going to "Manage Software Packages" and in the Channel field, select 
"packages with no channels", the x86_64 packages will display.
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> > If you create an opensuse x86_64 channel and run a sync, these "limbo" 
packages get pushed into the x86_64 channel. At least, that what it appears to 
do.
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> > On the opensuse machine, I just followed these procedures:
> > https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/RegisteringClients.
> >
> > The machines don't have internet access, so I manually downloaded the 
spacewalk-client packages and installed them.
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> > The opensuse client packages can be found here: 
baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement:/spacewalk:/1.7/openSUSE_12.1/
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> > Hope this helps.
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> > Alan
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> > From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-
bounces at redhat.com> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com]
> > On Behalf Of trumpjk at gmail.com<mailto:trumpjk at gmail.com>
> >
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:29 PM
> >
> > To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
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> > Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Register Suse Systems
> >
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> > Can someone point me to instructions on how to configure a suse system to 
use spacewalk?
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> Thanks Alan,
> How do you set the suse system to use spacewalk for update? I was able to 
get the suse system to register with spacewalk server. but if I bring up yast 
it complains about update repo not being defined?
> 


-- 
Regards

	Michael Calmer

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