Just for my own confirmation, does that mean that the command satellite-sync is for all intents and purposes useless in spacewalk? Regards
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Jon Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Moises Rivera > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a customer that need the installation of the RHN Satellite. I try > > with SpaceWalk, because, I dont have any experience with this product. > > The installation procedures for RHN Satellite and Spacewalk are a > little bit different. In Satellite, you download the ISO (either with > the embedded database or external database), and there is an installer > script that takes care of everything for you, from installing the > packages, setting up the database, generating the CA, etc. The > installation of Spacewalk is significantly more manual (though still > very doable) > > > After a lot ot problems with the PGP keys, packages installations and > more, > > finally I installed spacewalk (yuju!!!!). But.... and now? :) Today I can > > connect to the spacewalk - internal - web, but I dont know the next steps > in > > the configuration. > > Again, Spacewalk and Satellite differ significantly here. With > Spacewalk, you're fully responsible for creating all of your custom > content, pushing content into channels, etc. With Satellite, if you're > running a connected Satellite, you simply type 'satellite-sync > --list-channels' and it will connect to RHN and show you the channels > that you are entitled to. Then you type 'satellite-sync -c <channel > labels>' and it will start pulling down all of that content from RHN > hosted. > > > I dont know if I must create a Channel, if I nedd a certificate - in the > > FAQ say that spacewalk use a certificate, but it say that spacewalk not > use > > it -..... > > Yes, in Spacewalk you need to create channels. In Satellite, the > channel creation of Red Hat channels will be taken care of by the > commands that I listed above, however, you will still need to create > whatever custom channels you require and push content to them using > rhnpush. > > As for the certificate, both use an entitlement certificate, the > difference is where you get it. For Satellite, you'll have to get one > from Red Hat customer service, it specifies what channel entitlements > you have and how many, as well as any add-on entitlements that you may > have purchased (provisioning, monitoring). A cert comes by default in > Spacewalk, containing 20,000 entitlements for everything (and > instructions on how to generate one for more if you need). > > I hope that helped. > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list > -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis Registered Linux User #193352
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