[Spacewalk-list] automatic deployment of configuration channes at specific intervals

[Daniel Souvignier]

In addition to that: Main purpose is to replace cfengine...

Am 17.12.2013 10:13, schrieb Daniel Souvignier:
> Hi Rick,
>
> I have osad configured, but primarly for actions like immediate 
> reboots of systems as I specify them on the web interface. For 
> configuration channels, the cron job you suggested is what I wanted to 
> do first, but it would be nice to have this managed by the server and 
> not by each client, that's why I'm looking at the task schedules of 
> the admin page as told by Gerald. Or do you know another way?
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
> Am 17.12.2013 10:04, schrieb Rick van der Linde:
>> RE: [Spacewalk-list] automatic deployment of configuration channes at 
>> specific intervals
>>
>> Perhaps a cron job that executes "rhncfg-client get"?
>>
>> But be aware that this also brings a risk. A misconfigured file in 
>> config channel can harras your environement (without intention). I 
>> prefer to do this in a more managed way. For exeample by scheduling 
>> config synchronisation of your channel. Perhaps if wanted this can be 
>> scheduled every hour to meet you first question again. You can 
>> configure "/etc/sysconfig/rh/rhnsd" to check with spacewalk within an 
>> hour or configured OSAD on clients for immediate effects.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>     -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>     *Aan:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com;
>>     *Van:* Daniel Souvignier <daniel.souvignier at ias.rwth-aachen.de>
>>     *Verzonden:* di 17-12-2013 09:39
>>     *Onderwerp:* [Spacewalk-list] automatic deployment of
>>     configuration channes at specific intervals
>>     *Bijlage:* untitled
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I configured a configuration channel on our spacewalk system
>>     containing
>>     all important configuration files on our infrastructure. What I
>>     want to
>>     do now is to have the systems check every hour or so if they have
>>     exactly the versions of the configuration files deployed so the
>>     configuration on all workstation is ensured to stay the same over
>>     time.
>>     I didn't find a configuration for this in the GUI. Is there a
>>     spacewalk
>>     mechanism for that or do I have to install a cron job on all
>>     client systems?
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Daniel
>>
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> Daniel Souvignier
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> Lehrstuhl für integrierte Analogschaltungen
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> 52074 Aachen
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Daniel Souvignier
Fachinformatiker Systemintegration in Ausbildung
Lehrstuhl für integrierte Analogschaltungen
RWTH Aachen
Sommerfeldstraße 24 (Walther-Schottky-Haus)
52074 Aachen
Raum 24C 313
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