[Spacewalk-list] FW: redhat channel in spacewalk

Fri Dec 5 00:17:54 UTC 2014

Hello Zinny

Bellow a simple sample of how to this procedure.

- log in the SW server
- create a base channel named centos_6.5_x86-64 (name, label and summary).
You can define according your necessity,
- mount the dvd iso
- access the directory which contain the rpm files
- execute the command bellow:
rhnpush -c centos_6.5_x86-64 --server=localhost -u <admin login> -p
<password> *.rpm

After this, your channel in SW will be populated with all packages from dvd.

Try it in your lab!

Take Care

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On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Zinny <eibeagbazi at gmail.com> wrote:

> In line with the redhat repo in SW, is there a way I can use an iso image
> or a dvd to create the channel in a home lab environment that way I can
> spawn up instances as and when I want.
> Please if it's possible share the procedures with me or point me to a url
> to where I can achieve this.
> I am new to SW, please any procedure to be shared should be well explained
> that way I won't struggle much in achieving it.
> Thanks
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 2:07 PM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <waldirio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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. :)
>>
>>      Ethan Bonick | Information Technology
>>
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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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>>> Waldirio
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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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ______________
>>>> Atenciosamente
>>>> Waldirio
>>>> msn: waldirio at gmail.com
>>>> Skype: waldirio
>>>> Site: www.waldirio.com.br
>>>> Blog: blog.waldirio.com.br
>>>> LinkedIn: http://br.linkedin.com/pub/waldirio-pinheiro/22/b21/646
>>>> PGP: www.waldirio.com.br/public.html
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ______________
>>>> Atenciosamente
>>>> Waldirio
>>>> msn: waldirio at gmail.com
>>>> Skype: waldirio
>>>> Site: www.waldirio.com.br
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>>>>
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