Yay
A lot of great information to you! :-)
I believe now you are good to go.
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Waldirio
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:28 AM William Hongach <***@marist.edu>
wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
>
>
> Yes, it is a two-step process but it is a workaround to the Spacewalk
> server not having the subscription to other distributions (or even major
> releases). For example, if your Spacewalk server is RHEL 7, and you want
> to download/push RHEL 6 packages using a local machine you can script the
> following:
>
>
>
> Download:
>
> Create a local directory
>
> reposync ân ârepoid=rhel-6-server-rpms
>
> reposync ân ârepod=rhel-6-server-optional-rpms
>
>
>
> Push:
>
> rhnpush âv âchannel=$CHANNEL âserver=http://$SERVER/APP âdir=./local-dir
>
>
>
> My cron job runs this monthly since that is the anticipated patch
> frequencey for our test and dev servers. While our software channels are
> created ahead of time, you can script creation of these channels before the
> push as well, using the âspacecmd softwarechannel_createâ command.
>
>
>
> *From:* spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com <
> spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com> *On Behalf Of *Irwin, Jeffrey
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:09 AM
> *To:* spacewalk-***@redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL
> 6/7 Servers
>
>
>
> âHTH,
>
> That sounds better than my solution by far. Well, same solution but more
> streamlined. So you do a reposync using a script, then use rhnpush to push
> to satellite? Is that right?
>
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com <
> spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com> on behalf of William Hongach <
> ***@marist.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:03 AM
> *To:* spacewalk-***@redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL
> 6/7 Servers
>
>
>
> Hi Phil,
>
>
>
> I use Spacewalk to centrally manage multiple distributions and different
> major releases within each distribution, as you are seeking to accomplish.
> Understanding that the Linux server running Spacewalk would not have access
> to all of the different proprietary subscriptions, this was achieved by
> setting up repository download servers for each distribution/release that
> required a separate subscription. Updates are downloaded by a scripted
> cron job on each local repo server and pushed to the central Spacewalk
> server using rhnpush.
>
>
>
> To script update downloads on a local repo server, the reposync command
> can be used for RHEL, the smt-mirror command can be used for SUSE, etc.
> With this method, you do not need to worry about URLs. You can download
> repositories by their ID/name.
>
>
>
> HTH.
>
>
>
> *From:* spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com <
> spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com> *On Behalf Of ****@bham.ac.uk
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:17 AM
> *To:* spacewalk-***@redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL
> 6/7 Servers
>
>
>
> Hi Jeffrey
>
>
>
> Thanks for your reply. It seems I would have been better off by starting
> with installing Spacewalk on a RHEL 7 server rather than an OL 7 server
> then? Can you just clarify/confirm what URLâs youâve configured for the
> RHEL 6/7 repositories please (obviously, for the RHEL 6 local, just take
> out any sensitive information)?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
>
>
> *From:* spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com <
> spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com> *On Behalf Of *
> ***@rivertechllc.com
> *Sent:* 26 November 2018 19:58
> *To:* spacewalk-***@redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL
> 6/7 Servers
>
>
>
> I have been able to do this by building a rhel 6 server and creating a
> local repo mirror. I then created a rhel 7 and installed spacewalk. That
> way i have the entitlements for rhel 6 and 7 covered. From there, I set up
> the channels and pointed the rhel 7 to the redhat network, and the rhel 6
> was pointed to my local repo server. I can now get all the rhel 6 and 7
> patches into spacewalk.
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com <
> spacewalk-list-***@redhat.com> on behalf of ***@bham.ac.uk <
> ***@bham.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM
> *To:* spacewalk-***@redhat.com
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7
> Servers
>
>
>
> Good afternoon
>
>
>
> Iâm currently looking in to options for introducing a single centralised
> patching solution for both Oracle Linux 6/7 and RHEL 6/7 systems. There are
> about 100 Oracle Linux servers and 50 RHEL servers. Iâm starting with the
> Spacewalk product and therefore, built a proof of concept environment by
> installing Spacewalk 2.8 on an Oracle 7 system. Subsequently, Iâve added
> channels/repositories for Oracle 6/7 and successfully patched a number of
> test client systems.
>
> However, I canât seem to obtain clear instructions for how to patch RHEL
> 6/7 systems using Spacewalk. I believe the functionality of Red Hat
> Satellite and Spacewalk is basically the same but the ability to connect
> directly to RHN to synchronize software repositories and errata's has been
> disabled. Iâve seen some tentative clues that this can be circumvented as
> well as some reference to using âmrepoâ but the latter just seems over
> complicated really.
>
>
>
> Alternatively, if Red Hat Satellite is purchased to patch the RHEL 6/7
> servers, has anyone had success with using it to patch Oracle 6/7 servers?
>
>
>
> In addition to patching, I also need to investigate their provisioning
> capabilities too.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
>
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