Re: [Spacewalk-list] CentOS repos reappear in /etc/yum.repos.d

The work around that we found quite helpful is to update /etc/yum.conf, to point to a different repository directory path. That way if another repository is added through CentOS or through any other rpm, we do not have to retrofit or update the kickstart. We do this with the following

Re: [Spacewalk-list] info request list by a newbie

Item #1 - Taken directly from one of my spacewalks config /etc/rhn/rhn.conf #https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2016-September/msg00016.html # The number of days to wait to hear from a system before warning that it is not checking in. web.system_checkin_threshold = 10 Item #2, I

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Is it possible to use spacewalk withoutregistering?

You can, just pay attention to the NOTE from item 2. (Updated) Sorry about the duplication, I missed a couple of steps for item 2. They have been updated and are items e and f. 1. Create a distribution. You may have this already done. If not, there is plenty of documentation

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Is it possible to use spacewalk without registering?

You can, just pay attention to the NOTE from item 2. 1. Create a distribution. You may have this already done. If not, there is plenty of documentation out there on how to do this. 2. Create a kickstart profile for each parent (base) channel, and select all of the child channels

Re: [Spacewalk-list] error with "spacecmdsoftwarechannel_setsyncschedule"

Was able to change it with the following... Need to put the schedule in ' '. # rpm -q spacecmd spacecmd-2.6 #spacecmd -q -s softwarechannel_listsyncschedule |grep epel6-x86_64 655 epel6-x86_640 0 21 ? * 1 #spacecmd -q -s softwarechannel_setsyncschedule

[Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.4 - Unable to remove configuration file

Attempting to completely remove a configuration file in a global configuration channel (exposed to 9+ devices), the following error is being generated.I was able to remove 2 other configuration files, and all revisions, in the same configuration channel earlier today. The file is

Re: [Spacewalk-list] [External Sender] Re: Help with Visually Identifying a Spacewalk Server

The image replacement will be interesting, would love to see instructions on how to do that. However the header and welcome changes should be able to be done through the following: Update /etc/rhn/rhn.conf # The following overrides the defaults in /usr/share/rhn/config-defaults/*.conf #

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Disable downloading stock repos in CentOS

There is another option mentioned in the archive, about updating /etc/yum.conf with a new reposdir=. This avoids updating/creating the repositories when the CentOS release rpm is updated with the next kernel release. Oracle and Redhat do not include the repository information in the primary

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 | Offline Clients

If /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd is not there, then need to investigate the package rhnsd. I would try and reinstall the rpm, and check to see if the file is there. If the file is not there: What version of rhnsd is installed on the clients? What files are being provided by the rpm?

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 | Offline Clients

You can also cron the check-in. Also, if the hardware/profile sync is not put in cron, the hostname or IP changes are never updated. #!/bin/bash PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin # Implemented on the RedHat Linux based systems supported by the five spacewalk environments. ###

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Client software update (download package from spacewalk server)

Our solution to this was to add the following to /etc/yum.conf. This solution also prevents other vendor repositories from dropping in a config file that would cause the same time out issue, since the servers can not reach them anyway. reposdir=/somepath/ - Thanks and good luck. From:

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Package refresh in UI

Typically for my configurations, it is almost immediate. However, after a successful yum update, I run "rhn-check" and "rhn-profile-sync". This will update the DB immediately. - Thanks and good luck From: Mario Mikocevic To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com

Re: [Spacewalk-list] wrong packages in channels

Yes.. Someone has in the past manually ran a reposync command and pointed it to the el7 vs the el6 repository URL. You may want to also validate the repository URLs to Channels mapping. Channels -> Manage Software Channels -> Manage repositories To audit all of them: If they all have

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk capability question

se rhn-action commands need to be run on each individual client? Or do they need to be run on the Spacewalk server? On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 5:50 PM, William H. ten Bensel <whten...@up.com> wrote: Spacewalk should be setup to already schedule. IF you want the commands to run immediately,

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Java heap space

We had to go higher in memory allocation --> # Increase java heap size and logging: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/43122 taskomatic.java.maxmemory=12288 taskomatic.java.initmemory=512 taskomatic.logfile.maxsize=100m java.taskomatic_channel_repodata_workers=4 tomcat6 --> -Xms512m

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk capability question

Spacewalk should be setup to already schedule. IF you want the commands to run immediately, then install osad on the clients. However there is a cost with doing that (Will not cover). If you do not install osad, on the next rhn-check (default every 4 hours) the commands will run. On the

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Rename Spacewalk server

Just as FYI --> To avoid running the spaceawalk-hostname-rename scripts in the future and easily migrate from one server to another, you can use a cname for all of the details. IE You can have a standby server with spacewalk installed on. Then all you have to do is flip the cname and

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Where to put modified rhn_search_daemon.conf?

system before warning that it is not checking in. Does not change the email notifications, just the GUI. web.system_checkin_threshold = ### - Thanks and good luck From: "William H. ten Bensel" <whten...@up.com> To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Date: 03/21/2018 09:32

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Where to put modified rhn_search_daemon.conf?

Any changes from the default should be placed in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf. The start process reads the defaults, then processes the rhn.conf for any additional settings. Here is an example of increasing the rhn-search memory. [root]# grep search /etc/rhn/rhn.conf # Increase rhn-search

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Fix yum repo definitions on spacewalk clients

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[Spacewalk-list] ISS sync - no proxy option

For the command "satellite-sync", is there a way to indicate not to use a proxy even when rhn.conf has one specified? Or is there a configuration on the the child spacewalk to allow the command to bypass the proxy? I see --http-proxy as an option, but if left blank or any data exists, the

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Issues with kickstarted systems. [External]

ely. From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com [ mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com] On Behalf Of William H. ten Bensel Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 3:34 PM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Issues with kickstarted systems. [External] Be aware: [This message came from

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Issues with kickstarted systems. [External]

error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com [ mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com] On Behalf Of William H. ten Bensel Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 3:34 PM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subj

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Issues with kickstarted systems.

The registration issues, during kickstart and manual, are related... The registration failure is caused by the kickstart script, "Registration and server actions" as it does not do dependency checks when doing the following command: rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --replacefiles

Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to "unregister" a Spacewalk client from the server

I also clean up the cache. /var/cache/yum/* - Thanks and good luck From: Michael Mraka To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Date: 06/02/2017 03:50 AM Subject:Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to "unregister" a Spacewalk client from the server Sent by:

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Re-generating Spacewalk certs?

I believe this can be done: Linux 6: update /etc/hosts, /etc/sysconfig/network and hostname with what you want it to be. Linux 7: update /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname Then regenerate the SSL. - Thanks and good luck From: "Fouts, Christopher" To:

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Errata error

The issue with disabling is, when you upgrade the settings for the repos configurations are re-enabled by the package centos-release-x-y. So, you have to do the entire disable step again. RedHat and Oracle installs do not do this, because they expect you to be using Satellite/Spacewalk/other

Re: [Spacewalk-list] registering servers with spacewalk

Instead of re-registering each server remotely. Could you just switch their base channels or add/remove child channels from the spacewalk itself? BASE: spacecmd -q -s myspacewalk.domain.com softwarechannel_listbasechannels spacecmd -q -s myspacewalk.domain.com system_listbasechannel $myserver

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Adding system to Spacewalk

links. On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:14 AM, William H. ten Bensel <whten...@up.com> wrote: > On the Spacewalk server: > validate that the installer created: > /var/www/html/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT. If not it should have also been > created in /root/ssl-build/. Copy RHN-

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Adding system to Spacewalk

by the Spacewalk application itself. On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 7:08 AM, William H. ten Bensel <whten...@up.com> wrote: > Hopefully this will assist, a shot in the dark... Most of the following is > from a kickstart. The !! comments and actions are additional steps that may > or may not be

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Adding system to Spacewalk

Hopefully this will assist, a shot in the dark... Most of the following is from a kickstart. The !! comments and actions are additional steps that may or may not be needed. Try reinstalling the following on the client side. # below pkgs needed for rhn registration and configuration

Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to tell what Errata has been applied

I believe the User and password are stored in the rhn.conf awk -F= '/db_[user|password]/ {print $2}' /etc/rhn/rhn.conf - Thanks and good luck From: Daryl Rose To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" Date: 02/24/2017 12:44 PM Subject:

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Building Spacewalk With a DNS AliasforFailover

To address some additional questions... 1. How to make the init.d start/stop script dynamic? rhnconf = "/etc/rhn.conf" if [[ "$srvr_product" == "spacewalk" ]]; then spacecname=$(grep "cobbler.host" $rhnconf |awk -F"=" '{print $2}'|sed 's/^[[:space:]]//g'|tr -d '\n') elif

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Building Spacewalk With a DNS Alias for Failover

Not crazy at ALL, that is what I do+. Hopefully this brain dump will help. GOTCHA's . If you are using ISS to sync other Spacewalks... You have to put BOTH failoverhost.network.com and primaryhost.network.com in the list! Spacewalk does not associate ALIAS to connecting server. It

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Need to setup monthly patching - while keeping base release frozen.

Try and utilize the command lines. spacewalk-clone-by-date !!!RESTART TASKOMATIC before running this: /usr/bin/spacewalk-manage-channel-lifecycle -c $fromchnl --no-children --promote Base -> Always updating from the public repo's date{x}Base -> Frozen at Date {x} *Note, some 3rd

Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to view all scheduled repo syncs?

Hopefully this helps. The times are in quartz standard. spacecmd -q softwarechannel_listsyncschedule |awk '$3 ~ /[a-zA-Z0-9]/ {print $0}' - Thanks and good luck From: Daryl Rose To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" Date: 01/10/2017

[Spacewalk-list] Configuration channel add files - Best way?

Anybody have any suggestions on the best way of uploading files to config channels? spacecmd almost meets all of my requirements but one. Last Requirement is: If it is a text file, the file needs to be identified as such and viewable in the GUI. Here is what I have tried and found

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Schedule Reboot (Bug?)

Franky nailed it. Just some additional insight (do not know how many devices/servers that are supported): If there ever is a chance of mass rebooting 1k+ servers/devices at once, the rhn_check's could degrade the spacewalk. Adding something like the perl command below, will assist in

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Schedule kernel upgrade result in kernel panic

- Schedule a kernel update from Web GUI, let spacewalk agent do it's job and get kernel update (/boot/initramfs missing) Just saw something similar today. Issue: Timed out (+2 hours) in the middle of the yum upgrade process. Solution: Reboot to previous kernel, run

Re: [Spacewalk-list] systems not checking in email

I believe this option added to /etc/rhn/rhn.conf should perform the requested notification time frame that you are looking for: # The following overrides the defaults in /usr/share/rhn/config-defaults/*.conf # The number of days to wait to hear from a system before warning that it is not

[Spacewalk-list] pass extra args to api system.provisionVirtualGuest

I would like to use the spacewalk api system.provisionVirtualGuest, however I need the ability to pass extra args to the virt-install line that spacewalk would create. Is there any way to do this? Am I missing something obvious? Reasons: Do not use DHCP, PXE, etc. static IP only.

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk and AD Authentication

one out there authenticating their Spacewalk users against AD? Or even LDAP. If so…. Any pointers, or links to good information on how to set it up ? Kind Regards, Jeff Jeff Baldwin 8335 Classic Drive Charlotte, NC 28262 800.368.1056 toll free 704.597.9015 main knowclassic.co

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk redundancy

This is a solution (might not be the best way) to prevent re-registering, hours of importing/exporting channels, and setting up an entire new spacewalk server with lots of downtime. Can be used in case the Active Spacewalk needs to be down longer then the Service level agreement. For this

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Update hosts names in SP

I am making the assumption that you are referring to the spacewalk profile id, let say abc123 and the hostname is now xyz123: On server/device /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid will have the abc123: profile_name abc123 Now you want to rename the spacewalk profile: # spacecmd -s

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk Force Internal Satellite Only

Just a side note, next time the package centos-release is updated, it is going to run into the same issue again. The redhat-release does not include /etc/yum.repos.d/* files but the centos-release does. Refer to the yum.conf modification in this post, as a work around.

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Firewall ports

For security, it would be best to setup a proxy. https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstallProxy If unable to setup a proxy, the ports are listed in the documentation. - Thanks and good luck From: Daryl Rose To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com"

Re: [Spacewalk-list] PRE Section doesn't work at all KVM Guest

I just responded today on how to pass console information to a kvm virtual: https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2016-April/msg00070.html - Thanks and good luck From: Lachlan Musicman To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Date: 04/11/2016 09:53 PM Subject:

Re: [Spacewalk-list] PRE Section doesn't work at all KVM Guest

- Thanks and good luck From: Konstantin Raskoshnyi To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Date: 04/11/2016 08:27 PM Subject:Re: [Spacewalk-list] PRE Section doesn't work at all KVM Guest Sent by:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com There's no file in tmp

Re: [Spacewalk-list] PRE Section doesn't work at all KVM Guest

Hopefully this example will help. You should be able to configure your hostname logic like the following: We had to do the following with CentOS 7.2 and Oracle Linux 7.2, because there is a bug with how the static --network line is being generated. (Bug opened with support and they have

Re: [Spacewalk-list] duplicate system weirdness..

Spacecmd keeps a cache in ~/.spacecmd/{localhost/spacewalk} Try: spacecmd -u -p x -s xx clear_caches or cd ~/.spacecmd/xx (localhost or spacewalk) rm the files in there. Sometimes, just to clear things out .. rm -rf ~/.spacecmd - Thanks and good luck From:

Re: [Spacewalk-list] KVM Kickstart

It is in extra arguments, ie: virt-install --name= --ram=8192 --vcpus=4 --mac= --location=http://spacewalk.domain/distro/centos --disk path=disk --bridge= --extra-args="ks=http://spacewalk.domain/kickstart noipv6 noselinux serial console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 ip=x

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Can't install post kickstart install

- Thanks and good luck From: Lachlan Musicman To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Date: 04/04/2016 01:36 AM Subject:Re: [Spacewalk-list] Can't install post kickstart install Sent by:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com This email originated from outside of

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart, Config management and debugging

- Thanks and good luck From: Lachlan Musicman To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Date: 03/31/2016 07:31 PM Subject:[Spacewalk-list] Kickstart, Config management and debugging Sent by:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com This email originated from outside

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart and Config management

ked, because we can use the "hack" If any of the files in a configuration channel needs to be pushed, you can use the UI. or if you need all of the configuration channels pushed use spacecmd. From: "William H. ten Bensel" <whten...@up.com> To: spacewalk-lis

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart and Config management

nt Sent by:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com This email originated from outside of the company. Please use discretion if opening attachments or clicking on links. On 30 March 2016 at 22:48, William H. ten Bensel <whten...@up.com> wrote: That is a "hack" work around. After the 1

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart and Config management

ent Sent by:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com This email originated from outside of the company. Please use discretion if opening attachments or clicking on links. On 30 March 2016 at 22:48, William H. ten Bensel <whten...@up.com> wrote: Note: To prevent updating multiple kickstarts whe

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart and Config management

is this a hack to get around the "something isn't working, but we don't know what it is" problem? I don't mind - I am happy to have it working :) L. -- The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way." - Grace Hopper On 30 March 2016 at 13:1

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Kickstart and Config management

*Deployed*... Does that mean activate/re-activate OR the installation of the rpms did not get the files OR an rhncfg-client get failed? Activate/re-activate should have pushed the files. Installation of the rpms by themselves, will not push the files. rhncfg-client get or a schedule through

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk slow opens full list of nodes (Systems) 250nodes

gt; Also, /etc/tomcat6/tomcat6.conf has some settings for JAVA_OPTS that are >>>>>> interesting for tuning purposes: >>>>>> >>>>>> JAVA_OPTS="-XX:NewRatio=4 -XX:PermSize=1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m >>>>>>

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk slow opens full list of nodes (Systems) 250nodes

. The spacewalk version is 2.4, Oct 7th, 2015 Thanks! On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 6:21 PM, William H. ten Bensel <whten...@up.com> wrote: What version of spacewalk are you running? Bill On Mar 24, 2016, at 20:15, Konstantin Raskoshnyi <konra...@gmail.com> wrote: This email originated

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk slow opens full list of nodes (Systems) 250nodes

What version of spacewalk are you running? Bill > On Mar 24, 2016, at 20:15, Konstantin Raskoshnyi wrote: > > This email originated from outside of the company. Please use discretion if > opening attachments or clicking on links. > > Hi Community! > We have a spacewalk

Re: [Spacewalk-list] old package versions installed duringkickstarts

activation keys for a group of repositories including upstream Cetnos and a repository for our internal code. On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:41 AM, William H. ten Bensel <whten...@up.com> wrote: We do this, however it is by design. Hopefully this will help. It is accomplished by: A Kickst

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Automatic auto updates

Python would be the best way, but if you are interested in bash/spacecmd examples. Just some quick examples. for server in `spacecmd -s xx -u y -p zz -q group_listsystems group`; do for errata in `spacecmd -s xx -u y -p zz -q system_listerrata $server |egrep

Re: [Spacewalk-list] old package versions installed during kickstarts

We do this, however it is by design. Hopefully this will help. It is accomplished by: A Kickstart profile is pointed to a "clone-by-date" base channel, updates, extras, debuginfo, and spacewalk-client. This gives us 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.5r1, 6.5r2, 6.6, kickstarts.

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk Failover?

You can do the following with an external DB and a cname. This is not an active/active solution, but active/standby. This method has it's own pros and cons. 1. Install spacewalk/satellite (same version) on one server at location x and another server at location y (do not update schema on

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Using getVar in a Snippet

Uncertain about the getVar commands. However the ks= can be found during the kickstart in /proc/cmdline as it has the entire command line that was sent via the anaconda boot options. This would include the ks= and other variable that can be obtained as well. ie. ip, gateway, netmask,

Re: [Spacewalk-list] problem pushing updates from spacewalk toclient

Some additional information: A cname will also work. It does not have to be FQDN. hostname cname update /etc/hosts with the cname information. This allows an easier migration from one spacewalk to another. ie. To a hot standby (all relevant spacewalk data replicated with external DB). - Thanks

Re: [Spacewalk-list] rhn_check fails

We ran into issues where "yum update" updated the centos-release RPM, which in turn would push updated .repos to /etc/yum.repos.d/. This would cause a similar issue to the errors described. The solution we came up with, was to put the following in the post section of the default kickstart:

Re: [Spacewalk-list] Test/Dev to Prod

Have you tried the spacewalk-manage-channel-lifecycle utility? RPM which provides the utility: spacewalk-utils /usr/bin/spacewalk-manage-channel-lifecycle --help Examples: List the base channels and child channels /usr/bin/spacewalk-manage-channel-lifecycle -u $conf{org1user} -p

[Spacewalk-list] compare-configs-default (compare-config-bunch) - DB high CPU usage

Is there any way to reduce the CPU usage via a configuration change (ie only schedule on % servers during these specified times), batch run time change, or increase the time between the scheduled tasks for each server? Any other ideas/suggestions on how to reduce the CPU usage for this task? -

[Spacewalk-list] Unable to register servers: idn_ascii_to_puny and idn_ascii_to_pune errors

Hello Spacewalk community, Issue: Servers will not register Root Cause: We updated an older kickstart centos6.6 with a root password change (not a major change), and now the kickstart will no longer register the servers. We found that when the kickstart was updated, the