[Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
Daryl Rose
darylrose at outlook.com
Wed Jul 22 19:27:04 UTC 2015
Tony,
When I look at "Organization", I only see the username of the person who registered with SCC. The "username" is what I use when I register a system to SCC. I don't see any other "credentials"
Perhaps I am not entering the URL syntax correctly?
https://<username>:<password>@nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP3-Pool/sle-11-x86_64
I did as Bernd suggested and tried that string in my browser. If I have only the user ID in the URL I get prompted for a user ID and password, But, I am not able to log in. I get an "invalid User ID or Password" error. If I try with the user ID and password in the URL, I just get an error from Google telling me that my search did not match any documents.
If I use that URL string in SW, I still get:
"ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: sles11sp3_channel. Please verify its path and try againSync completed"
I know the user ID and password are correct. They are what I use to log into SCC and what I use to register servers to SCC.
Am I missing something else?
Thanks
Daryl
> From: Tony.Coffman at snapon.com
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:50:03 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
>
> Daryl,
>
> In case this isn't entirely clear.
>
> Go into SuSE Customer Center and log in
>
> Click on Organization
>
> Click on Organization credentials
>
> The username and password listed there are what you want to use in the nu.novell.com URL syntax.
>
> Regards,
> --Tony
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bernd Helber
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:28 PM
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
>
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> Hi Daryl.
>
> The subscription ID was meant, you may verify it with webbrowser if you cann access the Repo.
>
> If not check if the Subscription is still valid.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Kind regards.
>
> Bernd
>
>
>
> Am 22.07.15 um 15:33 schrieb Daryl Rose:
> > Bernd, I have a follow up question. You're examples show
> > "https://whatever:youraccountis@nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Poo
> l/sle-11-x86_64".
> > I'm not sure what goes in "whatever:youraccountis". I don't know if
> > that is our subscription number, the user ID that I log into SCC with,
> > or the credential that registered server was registered with? I've
> > tried all of the above, and I still get an error telling me that SW
> > can not retrieve the repository metadata (respomd.xml).
> > Suggestions? Thank you Daryl
> >
> >> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 23:07:09 +0200 From:
> >> bernd at helber-it-services.com To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
> >>
> >> Dear Daryl
> >>
> >> If you make use of the nu.novell.com REPO's
> >>
> >> It should look like this.
> >>
> >>
> >> https://whatever:youraccountis@nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Poo
> l/sle-11-x86_64
> >>
> >>
> >>
> If you make Use of SuSE Customer Center and make use of new generated
> >> URL's from your registered Systems in SuSE CUstomer Center you dont
> >> need the nu.novell stuff anymore.
> >>
> >> https://updates.suse.com/SUSE/Products/SLE-SERVER/12/x86_64/product?V
> ERYLONGTOKEN
> >>
> >>
> >>
> If you want to do yourself an favor, install spacecmd Shell
> >> Creating Channels and Repos works very quick and is very comfortable.
> >>
> >> Few month ago i've written a blog post about this task, unfortunately
> >> its in german but it might give you an impression how it works.
> >>
> >> http://unixhaus.de/index.php?/archives/2502-Spacewalk-Channels-auf-de
> r-Shell-konfigurieren.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> Hope that helps to accomplish your needs.
> >>
> >> kind regards.
> >>
> >> Bernd Helber
> >>
> >> On 17.07.2015 21:46, Daryl Rose wrote:
> >>> Bernd, Thanks for the information. I looked at doing exactly what
> >>> you described, however, there is a variable in the URL, $RCE, that
> >>> I have no idea what to populate it with. Also, it appears to me
> >>> that they also pass the login credentials in the URL,
> >>> ?credentials=NCCcredentials. Do you know how to resolve those two
> >>> items? Thanks Daryl
> >>>
> >>>> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:16:05 +0200 From:
> >>>> bernd at helber-it-services.com To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
> >>>>
> >>>> One of my Customers, is using Spacewalk for exactly the same
> >>>> purpose. Patching and Installing CentOS and SLES 11/12
> >>>>
> >>>> What they do ist.. registering an Client to SuSE Customer Center
> >>>> scc.suse.com
> >>>>
> >>>> If the client is registered.. they activate the repository in
> >>>> SLES12 After the Activation the pull the newly generated REPO URls
> >>>> out the SLES Instance
> >>>>
> >>>> Create a Software Channel in Spacewalk Create a repository in
> >>>> Spacewalk add the Repository to the desired Spacewalk Software
> >>>> Channel.
> >>>>
> >>>> And install the Spacewalk Agent to the SLES Machine.
> >>>>
> >>>> In the past it was possible to get all Packages from nu.novell.com
> >>>>
> >>>> SLES in Spacewalk have been a topic on this list you may check out
> >>>> those links
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2014-December/msg001
> 33.html
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2015-February/msg00057.ht
> ml
> >>>>
> >>>> Kind regards and happy weekend.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Am 17.07.15 um 18:20 schrieb Daryl Rose:
> >>>>> Steven, Yes, my ultimate goal is to manage both my RHEL and SLES
> >>>>> servers with a single package management solution. I have a large
> >>>>> number of both RHEL and SLES servers. I am looking at a
> >>>>> server/package management system that I can manage both
> >>>>> environments. I have experience with previous versions of RH
> >>>>> Satellite, and knowing that SW was the upstream source I stood up
> >>>>> a SW server as a Proof-of-Concept. I was able to successfully
> >>>>> sync both CentoOS and OpenSuSE repository's and patch demo
> >>>>> servers.
> >>>>> In the past couple of months, I've had RH and SuSE demonstrations
> >>>>> to see if either one their products would fit with what we're
> >>>>> looking for in a package management system. I was not impressed
> >>>>> with RH Satellite 6 demo. The biggest thing that I need is to be
> >>>>> able to patch my servers. The person doing the demonstration
> >>>>> couldn't show me how to patch a system with Satellite 6. I don't
> >>>>> remember for sure, either he wasn't setup for it, or was prepared.
> >>>>> I do remember that I was not happy with the person doing the
> >>>>> demonstration. And.....l specifically requested patch management
> >>>>> when I setup the demo. One thing that I do remember about the
> >>>>> demo was; I can only manage RHEL servers with Satellite. I can't
> >>>>> manage my SLES servers. I would need a separate system to manage
> >>>>> my SLES servers. I had no prior experience with SuSE Manager
> >>>>> prior to the demonstration, but I was really impressed with the
> >>>>> product. I learned during the demo that SW is also the upstream
> >>>>> source and SuSE Manager looks and acts just like
> >>>>> SW, only a different theme. The person doing the
> >>>>> demonstration was prepared and showed me exactly want I wanted to
> >>>>> see, how to patch systems using SuSE Manger.
> >>>>> Also I can manage both RHEL and SLES with SuSE Manger. In order
> >>>>> to get the RHEL packages, I would need a Pulp server registered
> >>>>> with RH, then sync RHEL packages to the SuSE Manger. I
> >>>>> successfully setup a Pulp server, and synced the packages to my
> >>>>> current CentOS SW server. Now that I have functioning Pulp and SW
> >>>>> servers I got to thinking "how would I get the packages from
> >>>>> SuSE?" I don't know if I can point my SW server to SuSE without
> >>>>> it being registered.
> >>>>> My guess is that you can't. SuSE Manager is a SLES server and
> >>>>> would be registered with SuSE. I thought that I would try putting
> >>>>> SW on a SLES server, register it to SuSE to get the SLES packages.
> >>>>> I may not be able to access ALL of the SLES repositories, but
> >>>>> that's okay, this is just a PoC server, not an actual production
> >>>>> server. I would then use the Pulp server to pull down RHEL
> >>>>> packages and sync them over to the SW server. <snip>.....but it is
> >>>>> possible to use spacewalk running on Centos to manage/deploy SLES,
> >>>>> opensuse etc. </snip> If this is actually possible, how would a
> >>>>> person access the SuSE repositories via SW on a CentOS
> >>>>> server? If this is possible, I would like to try that.
> >>>>> I would be much easier than trying to compile SW from scratch on a
> >>>>> SLES server. Thanks Daryl
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From: Steven.Reed at transport.nsw.gov.au To:
> >>>>> spacewalk-list at redhat.com Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:56:34
> >>>>> +1000 Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Have not stood it up on SLES but it is possible to use spacewalk
> >>>>> running on Centos to manage/deploy SLES, opensuse etc. Assuming
> >>>>> that’s your end goal.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There is a bit of messing round with the kickstart/autoyast files
> >>>>> to get them to work and you need to modify some parts of cobbler.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Obviously this is unsupported and if you want to run it in
> >>>>> production it may be better to use Suse’s supported product.
> >>>>> Unless you know what you are doing and can deal with unexpected
> >>>>> issues J
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
> >>>>> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Daryl Rose
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, 17 July 2015 4:32 AM
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes, I know that SuSE is using Spacewalk as their upstream source.
> >>>>> I had them do a demo for me awhile back.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How difficult is it to compile SW from source? All of the
> >>>>> documentation is for Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora. Has anyone else
> >>>>> compiled it from source? What kind of documentation is available?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Daryl
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:15:03 -0400
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From: prmarino1 at gmail.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com; spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes the guys at SuSE lol.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Seriously it the upstream project for SuSE manager so yes it can
> >>>>> be done and you shouldn't expect to see any SuSE specific issues;
> >>>>> the one piece of bad news is you should not expect the Red Hat
> >>>>> rpms to work on SuSE so unless someone know a SuSE specific RPM
> >>>>> repo you may have to compile the server components your self.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From: Daryl Rose
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 09:55
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Reply To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Has anyone stood up Spacewalk on SuSE?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Daryl
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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