[Spacewalk-list] Can spacewalk be used on a disconnected network?

[Sadri, Wafa (BITBW)]

Dear Paul,

Spacewalk is a great tool to manage servers „offline“ and act as a local repository. You can deploy servers using spacewalks internal kickstart functionality. I have not used it myself, because I run a seperate kickstart server. You can also use it to deploy „security configurations“ via the configuration channels which your servers can subscribe to.
However keep in mind that you should connect the spacewalk to the internet to be able to download the latest patches for your servers once in a while. I recommend to install the server while connected to the internet. It makes life much easier. There’s no good way to populate channels with rpms properly, if you’re not connected tot he internet.

Hope this helps.

regards,
Wafa

Von: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] Im Auftrag von Paul Greene
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Januar 2018 05:16
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Hi All,
I have a requirement to manage a bunch of CentOS servers that are all disconnected from the internet. These are the kinds of things I'm looking to accomplish:
yum updates and security patches, preferably for multiple version #s of CentOS 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, and 7.x
rapid deployment of new servers, preferably with predefined security configurations; currently, the systems are primarily physical, virtualization might come later
sometimes the "rapid deployment of servers" might include blowing away what is currently on an existing server and reinstalling a fresh system

For the building of the spacewalk server itself, how complicated is it to build the server itself offline - i.e. resolving all the dependencies and populating with all the needed rpms? (It might be possible to build the server connected to the internet initially, and then move it offline)

Is spacewalk a good tool to meet these requirements?
Paul
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