[Spacewalk-list] Need to sync SW data via PUSH between environments

[Matt Micene]

Chris,

 

I deal with a few folks who have disconnected Satellites in multiple
enclaves.  Depending on your needs, I would suggest looking into
rhn-satellite-exporter and the associated man / documentation 

 

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satel
lite/5.5/html/Installation_Guide/sect-Installation_Guide-Content_and_Syn
chronization-Satellite_Export.html

 

Essentially, the exporter can be used to dump and copy Satellite data
from the source (in your case test) to the other environments.  How you
actually move the data can comply with your security requirements
(shared access point, sneakernet, etc).  Once you have the export
available on the targeted Satellite, you can use satellite-sync with the
-m option to pull from a mount instead of RHN.

 

HTH,

Matt

 

 

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[mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Snyder, Chris
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:54 AM
To: Spacewalk-list at redhat.com
Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Need to sync SW data via PUSH between
environments

 

I'm just starting to investigate how to synchronize between spacewalk
servers.  And I think I have a problem.  >From what I've read it appears
that the only way to synchronize data using the 'satellite-sync' command
is via a PULL from the master server by a slave server.  This is not
possible in my environments.

 

We have test,  staging, and production environments, each physically
separate and completely network independent and we only allow
connections from test to production or test to staging, not the other
way around.    Our normal operating procedures require us to apply all
updates to the test environment, work out any issues, then push those
updates to our staging, check everything again, and then finally from
test to our production environments.  Currently our sole Spacewalk
instance exists in our test environment and we want to implement slaves
in both staging and production.

 

So is it possibly to use the 'satellite-sync' tool to PUSH updates to
slaves from a master server?  If not, what other options do I have to
sync my software channels, packages, kickstart configurations, and
configuration channels between environments?   

 

Thx

Chris.

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