thanks, ill givem a shot. Jason
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 09:28:19AM +0800, Colin Coe wrote: > OK > > make_sat_client: does the magic and makes a node a Satellite/Spacewalk client > init_sat_client: (optional) does additional configuration like > removing duplicate profiles, joining config channels, uploading local > files to config channels > > Make_sat_client requires kickstart profiles matching the clients type > (i.e. RHEL5 Server). For example 'mksatclient5s-x86_64' for 64 bit > RHEL 5 server. > > The kickstart profile needs an activation key to subscribe the > appropriate child channels (like RHN Tools). I generally name the > activation key to be the same as the kickstart profile. > > I've attached a sample kickstart profile but I've removed identifying > strings and the SSL and GPG keys. You'll need to put this in. > > Remember that kickstart profiles and activations are bound to an > organisation so if you are multi-org, you'll need to clone these > between orgs. The script 'clone_ak_and_kp_between_orgs.pl' should be > a good starting point for you. > > Let me know if you have any questions on the above. > > Hope the helps. > > CC > > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Jason Welsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > ?that would be MOST appreciated.. ;) > > > > Jason > > > > > > On 09/17/10 16:46, Colin Coe wrote: > >> > >> Those .rpm files that aren't RPM files contain the following > >> ---- > >> <p>The file you requested could not be downloaded, likely due to one > >> of the foll ? ? ? ? ?owing reasons:</p> > >> ? ?<ol> > >> ? ? ?<li>The url has expired.</li> > >> ? ? ?<li>The url has been modified.</li> > >> ? ? ?<li>The Spacewalk server does not have read permissions on the > >> specified f ? ? ? ? ?ile.</li> > >> ? ?</ol> > >> <p>Please revisit the page you recieved this url from to recieve a new > >> one.</p> > >> ---- > >> > >> The way I handle this is to have a kickstart profile and activation > >> key called make_sat_client_el5s for example where el5s is RHEL5 > >> Server. ?I then have a script stored centrally that all nodes can see > >> called 'make_sat_client' which determines which kickstart profile to > >> use, downloads said kickstart file, hacks out the 'interesting bits' > >> of the kickstart and the runs the result. > >> > >> You could do something similar. > >> > >> If you want I can post these to the list on Monday. > >> > >> CC > >> > >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 2:09 AM,<[email protected]> ?wrote: > >>> > >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 07:59:43AM +0800, Colin Coe wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Mike > >>>> > >>>> Yes, clients can access RPMs before activation/registration but not > >>>> trivially. ?Here's a snippet from the post script from a kickstart: > >>>> --- > >>>> mkdir -p /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional > >>>> cd /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional > >>>> wget -P /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional > >>>> > >>>> http://127.0.0.1/download/package/914a8ce4e6f7676172d0a4a7f676c27ec9a2a671/0/1/574/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm > >>>> > >>>> http://127.0.0.1/download/package/820777256524475e88b262c612dbac16af14ccc4/0/1/9831/rhnlib-2.5.26-1.el5.noarch.rpm > >>>> > >>>> http://127.0.0.1/download/package/3fd11ca62e5c2445fb825be90c6d180b6ff7a258/0/1/1433/pyOpenSSL-0.6-1.p24.7.2.2.x86_64.rpm > >>>> rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --replacefiles > >>>> /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/pyOpenSSL* /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/rhnlib* > >>>> /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/libxml2-python* > >>>> --- > >>>> > >>>> Notice the 'wget' followed by the 'rpm'. > >>> > >>> I assume that instead of 127.0.0.1, you mean the ip address of the > >>> spacewalk server, right? > >>> > >>> like I stated before, I couldnt get wget to work with https, we we > >>> decided to do the following instead.. > >>> > >>> curl -O -k > >>> > >>> https://redhouse/download/package/8abd60ca2d6cc6a4e8/1284630970455/1/6660/spacewalk-koan-0.2.5-1.fc11.noarch.rpm > >>> > >>> for the 4 packages in question, BUT, when they get downloaded, they arent > >>> the real packages, they are umm.. > >>> well, im not sure what they are.. > >>> > >>> ja...@zim /tmp $ cat spacewalk-koan-0.2.5-1.fc11.noarch.rpm > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > >>> "http://www.w3.or > >>> g/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > >>> > >>> > >>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US"> > >>> ?<head> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> <!-- enclosing head tags in layout_c.jsp --> > >>> > >>> ? ?<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"/> > >>> ? ?<title> > >>> ? ? ?Spacewalk > >>> > >>> > >>> ? 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