[Spacewalk-list] FW: redhat channel in spacewalk

Thu Dec 4 19:07:15 UTC 2014

Hello

Good point Jeremy, I'll try the conf using ssl.

Take Care

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On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Jeremy Maes <jma at schaubroeck.be> wrote:

>  No, since spacewalk 2.1 you *no longer need to use mrepo* but you can
> sync the RHEL channels directly with spacewalk-repo-sync.
>
> Just take a peek at the repo configuration options in the webinterface and
> notice that you can add SSL certs, which is what RHN uses nowadays. You can
> get the certs via the RHEL customer portal.
>
> More details you won't find I'm afraid. It's a nice project to get it
> working but I can assure you it works and once you get it up and running
> you'll be happy to be rid of any extra scripts/daemons/... (maybe Paul
> Robert Marino gave extra info in the past, just try searching the mailing
> list archives as he keeps repeating to everyone asking this question ;))
>
> As Waldirio also mentioned, technically as long as your spacewalk host has
> an RHEL subscription and all your RHEL spacewalk clients do too, you should
> be OK license-wise.
>
> Regards
> Jeremy
>
> Ethan Bonick schreef op 04/12/2014 om 17:02:
>
> Just so I get this straight we need to always having a running copy
> subscribed to RHEL and then mirror the repo to that mahcine and then
> remirror to SW? That seems like a very convoluted process. Too bad we can't
> log into the repo's the way suse does. When I get around to it, I'll see if
> I can figure out a better way. Thanks guys for not making us reinvent the
> wheel. :)
>
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> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <
> waldirio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Daryl
>>
>>  You can follow the Jean orientation, perfect. ;-), one point is, if you
>> need more the one version (RHEL5, RHEL6, RHEL7 for example), you need
>> configure 3 VM's :-)), because your rhel machine will be subscribed just in
>> one base channel.
>>
>>  If you know how to configure multiples channel in the same OS please
>> share us!
>>
>>  B'Regards
>>
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>>   On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Daryl Rose <darylrose at outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Waldirio,
>>>
>>>  I do have RHEL subscriptions, but I'm not ready to set this up just
>>> yet.  I'll probably look into it more after the first of the year, so I may
>>> ask follow up question's on how to configure SW for RHN.
>>>
>>>  Thank you.
>>>
>>>  Daryl
>>>
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> From: waldirio at gmail.com
>>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:01:13 -0200
>>>
>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] FW: redhat channel in spacewalk
>>>
>>> Daryl
>>>
>>>  Happy for help. About SW support RHEL, in theory is not supported (so
>>> this is a RHN Satellite feature), although technically you can add. About
>>> be in compliance, since you share rpm packages to your rhel environment,
>>> but to all RHEL's that you have subscription, no problem. What you CANNOT
>>> do is, you have 1 rhel subscription, use this account to download rpm files
>>> and have 100 rhels registered in your SW receiving packages and updates.
>>>
>>>  Ps.: I checked this with redhat a long time ago, would be grateful if
>>> our Red Hatters friends tell us something about it.
>>>
>>>  Downloading rpm from redhat, the process is the same, you can
>>> configure a local repo and sync them or if you download a rpm package, you
>>> can send to channel via rhnpush.
>>>
>>>  Let me know if you have additional doubts.
>>>
>>>  Take Care
>>>
>>>
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>>> Waldirio
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>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Daryl Rose <darylrose at outlook.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Waldirio,
>>>
>>>  Thank you for the explanation. I understand your explanation.  The
>>> reason why I'm looking at Spacewalk is because I don't think that I can
>>> afford Satellite.  I'll look into the cost and see if it fits the budget or
>>> not.
>>>
>>>  Your final comment said that RHEL repo can also be add to Spacewalk,
>>> but the documentation say's that SW cannot be used with RHEL repo.  Can you
>>> please point me to the older posts that show how to add the RHEL repo?
>>>
>>>  Thanks
>>>
>>>  Daryl
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> From: waldirio at gmail.com
>>> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 20:09:29 -0200
>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] FW: redhat channel in spacewalk
>>>
>>>
>>> Daryl
>>>
>>>  Spacewalk is the RHN Satellite Project, so using Spacewalk you don't
>>> have support, updates, etc
>>>
>>>  RHN Satellite is a enterprise product, with support, updates, etc
>>>
>>>  When you buy the RHN Satellite Subscription, you can buy a "full
>>> version" or started pack, full version is, if you have 10 RHEL's, the
>>> certificate generated will come with 10 subscriptions, if you have 1k, your
>>> subscription will come with 1k subscriptions. There are details about
>>> unlimited guests, but we will not talk about it now.
>>>
>>>  When you install SW, you have a certificate to 20k servers, according
>>> bellow:
>>>
>>>  ###
>>>  <rhn-cert version="0.1">
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="product">SPACEWALK-001</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="owner">Spacewalk Default
>>> Organization</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="issued">2007-07-13 00:00:00</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="expires">2018-07-13 00:00:00</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="slots">20000</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="monitoring-slots">20000</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="provisioning-slots">20000</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="virtualization_host">20000</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field
>>> name="virtualization_host_platform">20000</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="satellite-version">spacewalk</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-field name="generation">2</rhn-cert-field>
>>>   <rhn-cert-signature>
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>> Version: GnuPG v1
>>>
>>>  iEYEABECAAYFAlNg/40ACgkQnnKdrwaUeTIXqwCgmRiTmzFuO7x3bitYPWcJFsZe
>>> UPgAn0kTzWo7xUGDpedM0No9nEnWa84P
>>> =FTXc
>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>> </rhn-cert-signature>
>>>  ###
>>>
>>>  So, to conclude, if you have the opportunity to use RHN Satellite, you
>>> can do this, and add another OS's as repo. Pay attention, each server that
>>> you add in RHN Satellite, will user a Smart Management addon.
>>>
>>>  If not, don't worry, you can add rhel repo, according various older
>>> posts.
>>>
>>>  Let me know if the answer is satisfactory! :-)
>>>
>>>  Take Care
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Daryl Rose <darylrose at outlook.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Waldirio,
>>>
>>>  I would like to probe this a little further.
>>>
>>>  Does a person have to have a "Satellite Server" in order to have a
>>> Satellite subscription?  Or, can a person get satellite subscriptions
>>> separate and use them with Spacewalk?
>>>
>>>  Thank you
>>>
>>>  Daryl
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: *Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro* <waldirio at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:07 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] redhat channel in spacewalk
>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Yang
>>>
>>>  One question, do you have RHEL Subscription ?!, if yes, do you have
>>> RHN Satellite subscription ?!, according the quantity of your RHEL
>>> environment, you can buy the RHN Satellite subscription to your company and
>>> add another OS as repo/channel. The difference is, using RHN Satellite you
>>> will use the redhat support, update, erratas, etc.
>>>
>>>  Check with your redhat sales person about it., you can get RHN
>>> Satellite Starter Pack (up to 50 subscriptions), the price is cool! ;-)
>>>
>>>  B'Regards
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:48 PM, YANG LI <yangli at clemson.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> we have different OS such as SLE, RHEL and OL. we would like to manage
>>> all our OS patching in one place if possible. is it possible to use
>>> spacewalk to get redhat channel?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Yang
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