[Spacewalk-list] Pulling working configs

[Michael Mraka]

InvalidPath:
> >> >> So, silly question.. my boss asked me today, "Can Spacewalk pull the
> >> >> current routing tables from the servers registered to it?"
> >> >
> >> > Yes, it can, if you have remote configuration enabled: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E71078/html/swk24-manageclisys.html
> >> >
> >> > You could then run a remote command, e.g. “ip route show” across multiple client machines: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E71078/html/swk24-lbw_npz_js.html
> >> >
> >> > Getting the results is slightly tedious though. :) You’ll see the result as the output from each remote command.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Avi
> >>
> >> Thanks Avi.. So you can't like, pull then generate conf files on a per
> >> system basis then?  Configuration management, to me, should include
> >> the mundane things like this.
> >
> > If you want to see client's configuration in server interface you can
> > run remote command and then inspect the result.
> >
> > If you want to configure client (a.k.a. push config file from server to client)
> > then there are Configuration Channels / Files for it. You can use
> > different macros to have a single config file expanded properly on more
> > clients.
> 
> 
> Thanks Michael.. So once more just so I understand.  You cannot pull,
> in bulk, config files (or generate config files) from registered
> systems?

Correct. There's no easy way to do it.
A complicated way to achieve it would comprise of getting file content
with remote command and comparing it via a custom (spacewalk-)report or so.

Regards,

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Michael Mráka
System Management Engineering, Red Hat