Stefan Bluhm: > Hello Michael > > >> PR702 Changed backend/satellite_tools/reposync.py to also download the > >> .treeinfo file from a repo. The missing treeinfo file stops provisioning > >> of KVMs. > >> Downside is, that the now added treeinfo file causes issues when > >> provisioning CentOS 8 as it includes the Appstream repo, which does not > >> get synced down with reposync. > > >What problem solves it? Is currently provisioning of all distributins > >(Fedora, CentOS 6,7) or CentoOS 8 only broken? > > The current design: > .treeinfo is not downloaded from the repo. This file seems to be required for > kickstart provisionings. CentOS 7 shows a 404 before starting Anaconda. Then > the kickstart continues without any further issues. > > On CentOS 8, it sometimes worked, sometimes doesn't. I think it depends on > the channel setup. Sometimes even resaving of the channel helps. > > This month, I started looking at virtualising via kvm instead of VMWare but I > was not able to provision CentOS 7 or CentOS 8 at all. I don't remember > exactly but I think the installation process failed before anaconda. I traced > it down to the missing .treeinfo file. Now with my fix, I can always deploy > C7 and C8 reliably. Even on non kvm kickstart.
Ok, I see. > As I mentioned, one drawback of the existing treeinfo file is that a default > C8 definitely won't provision as the treeinfo file contains a link to the > AppStream FOLDER, which one would usually not clone down for Spacewalk usage > as all packages are in one/different Spacewalk Channels. So at the moment, > one has to manually update the treeinfo file and remove linked channels. The > way I see it though is, that this would be the expected design/flaw and > should be improved upstream. Kopano has the same issue. > I am happy to eventually work an a C8 specific/general Spacewalk improvement > to filter all linked channels out if that is asked for. Either way, this > limitation should be documented in the Spacewalk manual. RHEL 8 provisioning works, I'll try to take a look how is it different from CentOS. > Best wishes, > > Stefan -- Michael Mráka System Management Engineering, Red Hat _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-devel mailing list Spacewalk-devel@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-devel
