On Wednesday 05 March 2014 15:34:22 Pierre Casenove wrote: > Hello, > As spacewalk 2.1 is announced to be the latest version compatible with RHEL > 5, I've upgraded to RHEL 6 my dev platform, using your guide. > First: it works! > One side note though: > When you install spacewalk it starts osa-dispatcher and jabber... which > create a record in the database with the login/password in table > rhnPushDispatcher > After that, we restore the dump of the old server... which overrides the > password value. > > So osa-dispatcher can't start after the database restore. > > What we have to do is: > I did the following to get it work (BZ 825356): > > 1. stop jabberd & osa-dispatcher, remove jabberd's database > 2. log into your database and: > > delete from rhnPushDispatcher; commit; > > 3. start jabberd & osa-dispatcher again.
Yep, nice observation. I updated the instructions based on your comments. Thank you for trying / testing the procedure. Regards -Milan Zázrivec > 2013-11-15 13:52 GMT+01:00 Milan Zazrivec <[email protected]>: > > > Thanks a lot for this guide. > > > When is it planned to drop rhel 5 support? > > > > I'm not aware of any such plans right now really. > > > > -MZ > > > > > 2013/11/15 Milan Zazrivec <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > On 25/03/13 19:37, Pierre Casenove wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > To be perfectly clear: upgrading from el5 to el6 is possible, I > > > > just > > > > > > > > need some time to plan this. > > > > > > A page on the wiki would be useful : with my el5 backup, what > > > > exactly > > > > > > do > > > > > > > > > > I need to follow from the installation guide to get spacewalk up > > > > and > > > > > > > > running? > > > > > > What version of cobbler (2.0 ou cobbler-epel) should I install? > > > > > > Do I have to install spacewalk-setup-embedded-postgresql or do i > > > > just > > > > > > > > need to restore configuraiton files and the pg dump? Do I need to > > > > > > restore both postgres and spacewalk databases or only spacewalk > > > > one? > > > > > > > > In fact, a third page on the wiki, like HowToInstall and > > > > > > HowToUpgrade, but to address el5 to el6 upgrade. > > > > > > > > > > Quick reply, I think this thread high lights the need to try and > > > > > provide a document on our wiki as part of any release where we do > > > > drop > > > > > > > EL5. > > > > > > > > Long overdue, but here it comes: > > https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToUpgradeOperatingSystem > > > > > > instructions on how to upgrade the operating system under your > > > > Spacewalk. > > > > > > Also referenced from > > > > > > > > https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/UserDocs > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > -Milan Zázrivec > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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
