[Spacewalk-list] Auto-Installation packages from Systems->Keys

[Konstantin Raskoshnyi]

I thought i'd work for a new kickstart machine...for example if I put these
packages they won't be installed, because first - you need to register your
machine.
I then you need to add packages into your kickstart.
rhn-client-tools
rhn-check
rhn-setup
rhnsd
m2crypto
yum-rhn-plugin
rhncfg-actions
rhn-virtualization-host




On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Avi Miller <avi.miller at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It works fine for me. :) YMMV.
>
> 1. Deploy the GPG keys for your target channels (via Kickstart or
> Configuration Channel or some other method)
> 2. Ensure the correct software channels are enabled for the activation key
> 3. List the packages you want installed by that key
>
> The kicker is usually step 1: making sure your target systems have the
> appropriate GPG key for the packages you want the activation key to
> install. It would be super peachy keen if you could associate GPG keys with
> activation keys so that it's more obvious.
>
> Note that step 2 can be tricky too, because the activation key will
> override the kickstart channels. So it's not cumulative, it's a replacement.
>
> Cheers,
> Avi
>
> On 8 Apr 2016, at 8:42 AM, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Konstantin,
>
> I disagree with Avi in that "it works". I have also not known it to work
> on Kickstarted machines. I found I had to add the packages to the software
> list under profiles.
>
> I am sure that is how it's meant to work - it would appear to be a good
> thing and an obvious functionality. But I've never known it to work either.
> My suspicion is on the cobbler/spacewalk snippets, but it's hard to pin
> down.
>
> I also found that the files weren't distributed on Kickstart without
> shoe-horning them in with a post install script.
>
> Let me know if you need the script to see it working.
>
> Cheers
> L.
>
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> On 8 April 2016 at 07:41, Avi Miller <avi.miller at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> It works if the packages are in a channel that is activated by the same
>> key. It also requires any GPG keys required by those packages to already be
>> installed on the target system.
>>
>> On the plus side, it works regardless of whether the system was
>> kickstarted by Spacewalk or not. Assuming you have the keys in place, any
>> system registered with that key will attempt to install the packages listed.
>>
>> > On 8 Apr 2016, at 6:23 AM, Konstantin Raskoshnyi <konrasko at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I found a great function, if you go to Systems->Activation
>> keys->%KEY%->Packages
>> >
>> > Seems like they should be installed on every system kickstarted with
>> this key.
>> >
>> > But it doesn't work. There're no logs too.
>> >
>> > I feel like this works only the system added to the spacewalk, but then
>> it doesn't make sense at all.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts?
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