[Spacewalk-list] Multiple Data Center Setup

[Michael Mraka]

Jess:
> Hello,
> 
> I currently have Spacewalk setup in one data center that we are using to
> manage the servers in only that location. I would like to expand out and
> implement Spacewalk into our other data centers as well. I have spent a few
> hours searching for the best method to do this but so far have come up
> short.
> 
> The DCs are located around the world and each has its own vlan.  I do not
> want to use a single location and be pulling packages across the internet.
> At the moment I have setup Spacewalk in a second DC, setup ISS, and used
> satellite-sync to sync the channels but this is as far as I've went. The
> next step would seem to be to create the repos, kickstart configurations,
> etc. since there does not seem to be a method to sync those (unless I'm
> wrong or going about this the wrong way).
> 
> Is there a better way to achieve this than literally copying all the
> configuration for each DC?

Hello Jess,

Spacewalk can't synchronize this kind of information. But you can create
a script which will use API to read settings from one Spacewalk and
recreate it on the other.
See https://spacewalkproject.github.io/documentation/api/2.9/

> I'm going to continue to research from my end but I appreciate any help or
> suggestions from others who have tackled this issue.
> 
> Thank you!
> Jess

Regards,

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Michael Mráka
System Management Engineering, Red Hat