[Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk and Ubuntu

[Robert Paschedag]

Am 8. Januar 2019 22:12:25 MEZ schrieb William Hongach <William.Hongach at marist.edu>:
>Hi Robert,
>
>Thank you very much for taking the time to send along this information.
>I was able to successfully register and manage Debian 9 clients using
>the details you have provided.  Have a great day.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
><spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> On Behalf Of Robert Paschedag
>Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 10:49 AM
>To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com; James Krych <james.w.krych at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk and Ubuntu
>
>On 1/4/19 6:06 PM, James Krych wrote:
>> Thanks William!
>> 
>> I have figured as much. Nothing on youtube either!
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> James
>> 
>https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2018-September/msg00059.html
>
>This messages point to a custom "repo" for Debian / Ubuntu clients with
>the "latest" (2.8) spacewalk tools needed.
>
>Then....the things needed are the same as for every other distribution.
>
>You need
>
> - the tools (packages).
>- the CA certificate of your spacewalk server. (The certificate, that
>"signed" the cert of the spacewalk "web server"! This is the
>RHN-TRUSTED-ORG-SSL.CERT file that should be found within
>/var/www/html/pub/)
>- an activation key for the systems you want to register. This
>activation key should "contain" the "channels", that clients should
>subscribe, when they register with this specific "activation key"
>- channels: of course you need to create "software channels" for your
>Ubuntu clients (where you sync the packages to)
>
>Normally, ("traditional xmlrpc clients") there are so called "boostrap
>scripts" created by the spacewalk server which are used on a client to
>
>- get all needed packages from a "bootstrap repo" needed to get in
>touch with the spacewalk server
> - download the CA certificate to verify SSL/TLS certificates
> - register the system with a - possibly - predefined "activation key"
>
>For Ubuntu / Debian, these default bootstrap scripts do not work. You
>have to create your own.
>
>I describe the steps (from my mind) you need to do on "one" test
>client.
>
>- Add the repo as mentioned in the old spacewalk mailing archive
>message (mentioned above) to your client (so you are able to install
>the needed spacewalk packages). Make sure, you are able to reach the
>main Ubuntu repos.
>
>- Download the CA certificate (RHN-TRUSTED-ORG-SSL-CERT file) from the
>spacewalk server and "install" it as "trusted CA certificate" on the
>system. The instructions vary from distro to distro. See
>http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/update-ca-certificates.8.html
>for Ubuntu
>
>- Test the connection (so SSL/TLS communication works as expected) buy
>running something like "curl -v https://<your_spacewalk_server>". If
>you get SSL verification errors, fix the error. Nothing will work,
>until this works.
>
>- If not yet present, create an "activation key" within spacewalk
>server and add the "channels" you want the new client to subscribe
>automatically (I use the name "1-ubuntu18" here for example)
>
>- Install the needed packages (read mentioned archive message above)
>
>- Register the system with "rhnreg_ks --activationkey=1-ubuntu18
>--serverUrl=https://<your_spacewalk_server>/XMLRPC"
>
>That should be it.
>
>Robert
>
>> --
>> --
>> James W. Krych
>> CCNP, CCNA, Net+, Security+, A+, Linux+
>> Mobile: 843-847-1446
>> james.w.krych at gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 11:56 AM William Hongach 
>> <William.Hongach at marist.edu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I posted a similar inquiry a few weeks ago.  I have difficulty 
>>> getting Debian clients to play nicely with Spacewalk and I haven’t 
>>> found an over abundance of related documentation online for managing
>
>>> Debian/Ubuntu.  From previous list traffic, I know we have some 
>>> active users out there, so if anyone can weigh in with tips or a 
>>> documented process for managing updates, configuration files, remote
>
>>> commands, etc. or any of the other relevant Spacewalk features, it
>would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com < 
>>> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> *On Behalf Of *James Krych
>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 4, 2019 8:39 AM
>>> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>> *Subject:* [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk and Ubuntu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> First, my apologies if this has been beaten to death.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I did some preliminary research about this and did find some sites 
>>> that had up to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS listed as being able to utilize 
>>> Spacewalk. Is there a collection of steps that shows how this can be
>
>>> done -- especially with Ubuntu 18 now?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Very respectfully,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> James W. Krych
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>>> Mobile: 843-847-1446
>>> james.w.krych at gmail.com
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Glad it helped.

Robert
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