Just remember that putting RPMs into a channel is step one, you also need to get the kickstart trees into Spacewalk if you want to do provisioning (building systems).
CC On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Robert Kuropkat <[email protected]> wrote: > > hehehe, I am starting to work that out :-) > > Right now I've hit pause on this for a couple more hours. I'm tired of > Windows 7 blue screening on me and corrupting my VMs, so I am trying to > get my Ubuntu partition functional. > > I hope to be back on this later tonight or tomorrow. > > Right now, I think I've been able to load the rpms from the iso using > rhnpush and I used the web GUI to initiate a load of rpms from the RHN > Extras site. This gave me about 6,000 rpms in this channel. > > Now, whether that did something useful or not, I'm not sure. I'll try > to recreate it soon and see if I can subscribe a system to that channel > and do updates. > > 'preciate all the help from everyone so far... > > Robert Kuropkat > > > On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 06:41 +0800, Colin Coe wrote: >> Robert, >> >> RHN Satellite != Spacewalk >> >> There are a lot of similarities but they are not the same, esp. when >> dealing with RHEL products. >> >> CC >> >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Robert Kuropkat >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > now see, that almost makes sense. It does not appear to be what the >> > documentation actually says, though maybe I am misreading it. it talks >> > about copying the files from the ISO and then goes right to the >> > satellite-sync import. I'm on page 47 of the install guide and rhnpush has >> > not even been mentioned yet. Perhaps the Channel Management guide is more >> > detailed and I should skip to it... >> > >> > Robert Kuropkat >> > >> > >> > [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >> The ISO's they are speaking of are the same one you downloaded on your >> >> first thread. >> >> >> >> They are saying that to save time, download the iso, mount it, and import >> >> into spacewalk via the rhnpush utility. >> >> >> >> This means it will not take as long to sync the channel from RHN via the >> >> rhnget command, because most of the packages are already there. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> >> Sent: Tue Nov 24 11:07:25 2009 >> >> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Initial load of Red Hat channel...? >> >> >> >> >> >> I still need to look into these packages. Last night I accidentally >> >> imported 3817 packages on accident, not exactly sure what. I guess part >> >> of >> >> what is irritating me is the following paragraph from the Satellite Server >> >> Installation guide: >> >> >> >> The Red Hat Network Channel Content ISOs or RHN Satellite Exporter data >> >> must be available, or the Satellite must have access to the Internet and >> >> the >> >> RHN website. >> >> >> >> Although it is possible to conduct the import directly from the RHN >> >> website, this should be done only if Channel Content ISOs are not >> >> available. >> >> It takes a long time to populate a channel from scratch over the Internet. >> >> For this reason, Red Hat urges you to use ISOs, if they are available, for >> >> initial import. >> >> >> >> So how the hell does one get the "Red hat Network Channel Content ISOs"? >> >> I have a valid RHN login but the iso's I download don't seem to have the >> >> Channel Content info? Or am I just on crack? I mean I try not to read >> >> documentation very often but would appreciate it to be correct when I do >> >> bother... :-) >> >> >> >> Robert >> >> >> >> >> >> [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>> Look into rhnget and gensystemid from the mrepo package. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> You can use that to sync the rhel rpms locally, then use rhnpush to >> >>> import into spacewalk. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> From: [email protected] >> >>> <[email protected]> >> >>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> >>> Sent: Mon Nov 23 21:37:40 2009 >> >>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Initial load of Red Hat channel...? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> yea, in the little reading I recall on it, I gave it a confused dog look >> >>> and just hoped I did not really need that. So I'll look a little harder >> >>> at >> >>> it unless this other thing actually works accidentally. But it sounds >> >>> like >> >>> even though I am getting nearly 4,000 packages it is still only part of >> >>> what >> >>> I need. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks for the info... >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Colin Coe wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> I didn't like mrepo as: >> >>>> a) I didn't find it at all intuitive >> >>>> b) unless you do some fancy scripting you end up all the RHEL (and/or >> >>>> EPEL) content twice on your filesystem >> >>>> >> >>>> CC >> >>>> >> >>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Robert Kuropkat >> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> hmmm... Well that makes a little more sense I guess. I think it did/is >> >>>>> syncing the epel repo, which is of course not what I wanted but would >> >>>>> imply >> >>>>> that process would work if I can dredge up the correct url. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I did see something about spacewalk-repo-sync but I think that requires >> >>>>> a >> >>>>> URL as well, not local media. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I do seem to have a sync process running, so I am not sure if it is >> >>>>> because >> >>>>> I clicked on the sync button multiple times or what. Nothing is >> >>>>> showing up >> >>>>> in the Schedule tab in Space walk under pending, failed, completed or >> >>>>> archived so I don't really understand what state this process is in. >> >>>>> There >> >>>>> is a /var/log/rhn/rhn_taskomatic_daemon.log file that is showing a lot >> >>>>> of >> >>>>> hibernate and java null pointer errors so that does not seem promising. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Actually, it looks like something might be happening now, I might have >> >>>>> just >> >>>>> been impatient. There is now file in /var/log/rhn/reposync that is >> >>>>> growing >> >>>>> and shoes 754/3817.... and my little VM has gotten sluggish as hell. >> >>>>> So >> >>>>> maybe it is downloading everything for a complete RH 5.2? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Of course, that kinda sucks because I was about to give up and go home. >> >>>>> Now >> >>>>> I have to stay and wait it out :-/ >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Robert >> >>>>> >> >>>>> P.S. What is mrepo and what did you not like about it? I thought I >> >>>>> saw >> >>>>> that mentioned somewhere in my reading but don't recall now... >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Colin Coe wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> My understanding is that satellite-sync does not work with Sapcewalk >> >>>>>> but I'm not 100% on that. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/ is the location for >> >>>>>> EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux), not for RHEL. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> a minute or two after clicking sync repo, do a 'ps -ef | grep sync' to >> >>>>>> see if you have any spacewalk-repo-sync processes running. I think >> >>>>>> the logs are under /var/satellite/sync_repo or something similar. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I ended up using mrepo to do this but I was less than happy with it. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> CC >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Robert Kuropkat >> >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I seem to be missing something obvious. I've installed Red Hat 5.2 >> >>>>>>> (in a >> >>>>>>> VirtualBox VM) and installed Spacewalk. Now I need to create my >> >>>>>>> first >> >>>>>>> channel. I downloaded Red Hat 5.2 and copied the ISO to the file >> >>>>>>> system >> >>>>>>> and >> >>>>>>> tried: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> satellite-sync --list-channels --mount-point /var/rhn-sat-import/rhel >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> It fails saying it is unable to process file >> >>>>>>> /var/rhn-sat-import/rhel/channel_families/channel_families.xml >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Sure enough, that file is not there. I read the documentation on how >> >>>>>>> to >> >>>>>>> get >> >>>>>>> the channel iso but it only gives me an iso without the channel >> >>>>>>> information. >> >>>>>>> The documentation does not seem to exactly describe the web ui >> >>>>>>> navigation >> >>>>>>> through the RHN web site so I'm not sure if the documentation is >> >>>>>>> slightly >> >>>>>>> out of date and I am guessing wrong, or if there is some other detail >> >>>>>>> I >> >>>>>>> am >> >>>>>>> missing. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I do also see the URL for repo sync in Spacewalk, but don't >> >>>>>>> understand >> >>>>>>> what >> >>>>>>> the URL should be for Red hat version 5.2. I put in this: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/ >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> And it said repository sync scheduled, but I see no evidence it >> >>>>>>> actually >> >>>>>>> did >> >>>>>>> anything... okay wait, before I hit send I went and looked again and >> >>>>>>> it >> >>>>>>> does look like it did something, just not what I wanted it to. So >> >>>>>>> maybe >> >>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>> URL above is just incorrect? How do I setup a local Red Hat 5.2 >> >>>>>>> repo? >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Any help appreciated. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Robert Kuropkat >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>>>> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> >>>>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> >>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Spacewalk-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> > >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list > -- RHCE#805007969328369 _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
