Robert - just wanted to let you know I appreciate you blazing this trail. I'm
watching this thread with interest. I want to make the same move with Postgres
but don't have a lot of time to invest in working through these issues.
I think the relevant file is /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Spacewalk/Setup.pm
It's got these hardcoded service references
sub postgresql_start {
system('service postgresql status >&/dev/null');
system('service postgresql start >&/dev/null') if ($? >> 8);
return ($? >> 8);
}
--Tony
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Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 11:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Support for postgresql > 8.4
I just re-read the report from 2012 and finally understood what Jan logged
against that ticket:
After re-reading that I did the following:
yum deplist spacewalk-postgresql
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin,
security, subscription-manager
This system is receiving updates from Red Hat Subscription Management.
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite.
rhel-6-server-extras-rpms
| 2.6 kB
00:00
rhel-6-server-optional-rpms
| 3.5 kB
00:00
rhel-6-server-rhn-tools-rpms
| 2.9 kB
00:00
rhel-6-server-rpms
| 3.7 kB
00:00
rhel-6-server-supplementary-rpms
| 3.7 kB
00:00
Finding dependencies:
package: spacewalk-postgresql.noarch 2.2.2-1.el6
dependency: /usr/bin/psql
Unsatisfied . dependency
dependency: postgresql >= 8.4
provider: postgresql93.x86_64 9.3.4-1PGDG.rhel6
provider: postgresql93.x86_64 9.3.3-1PGDG.rhel6
provider: postgresql93.x86_64 9.3.5-1PGDG.rhel6
dependency: postgresql-contrib >= 8.4
provider: postgresql93-contrib.x86_64 9.3.4-1PGDG.rhel6
provider: postgresql93-contrib.x86_64 9.3.5-1PGDG.rhel6
provider: postgresql93-contrib.x86_64 9.3.3-1PGDG.rhel6
dependency: spacewalk-common = 2.2.2-1.el6
provider: spacewalk-common.noarch 2.2.2-1.el6
dependency: perl(DBD::Pg)
provider: perl-DBD-Pg.x86_64 2.15.1-3.el6
provider: perl-DBD-Pg.x86_64 2.15.1-4.el6_3
provider: perl-DBD-Pg.x86_64 2.15.1-4.el6_3
provider: perl-DBD-Pg.x86_64 2.15.1-3.el6
dependency: spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql
provider: spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql.noarch 2.2.43-1.el6
dependency: spacewalk-java-postgresql
provider: spacewalk-java-postgresql.noarch 2.2.123-1.el6
After this I manually selected the listed items: yum install
postgresql93-contrib spacewalk-common perl-DBD-Pg
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql spacewalk-java-postgresql
If Jan's statement about the master package is correct then I've successfully
installed all of the components.
I found the messages from the list about taking care of the jdbc and did all
those fixes too.
>From Paul Robert Marino:
Ok three things here
1) install the PostgreSQL 8 libraries and JDBC driver
2) make sure the PostgreSQL 9.2 JDBC driver is installed
3) fix the symlink for the jdbc driver to point to the the 9.2 version here is
where it points to by default "
# ls -l /usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc.jar
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 44 Nov 5 2012
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc.jar ->
/usr/share/java/postgresql-8.4-703.jdbc4.jar
"
you need to point it to the PostgreSQL 9.2 JDBC driver instead
It would be nice if going forward all of this information is collected in 1
place as a set of notes for those choosing to install spacewalk with postgresql
v9 or greater. Unless we're only interested in everyone who follows after us
having to feel the same pains.
Now I'm trying to initialize spacewalk and here's what I get:
spacewalk-setup --disconnected --answer-file=answer-files/spacewalk-configure
* Loading answer file: answer-files/spacewalk-configure.
* Setting up SELinux..
** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
** Database: Installing the database:
** Database: This is a long process that is logged in:
** Database: /var/log/rhn/install_db.log
*** Progress: #
Could not install database.
[root@rdcengsw01 ~]# less /var/log/rhn/install_db.log
error reading information on service postgresql: No such file or directory
[root ~]# grep "error reading information" `which spacewalk-setup`
[root ~]# chkconfig --list | grep post
postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
postgresql-9.3 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
udev-post 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
It looks like to me that the install script supports postgresql version 8.4
ONLY. Has anyone actually done a straight install (not an upgrade of
postgresql ) of spacewalk with postgresql v9.*?
Am I going to have to do what Jonathan says to install the 8.4 postgresql
package(s) and then hide the binaries? This seems really ridiculously
complicated. It can't possibly be that involved to change the perl code that's
looking for the postgres components to have it check for the right names for a
higher version. It would be fairly easy to set up a table to have it check for
any version of postgresql, extract the version number and select where to find
the files necessary based on the version.
I'll be happy to have a go at it if I can figure out where the routines are
that handle that. At least perl is in my skillset.
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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:00 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Support for postgresql > 8.4
Hi Robert,
I faced the same issues (I think) - if I remember correctly;
I think I faked it,
by installing Postgres 8.x (from the default repos)
then getting 9.1 (for me) from postgres-repos
and then (re-)moving/hiding the 8.4 binaries.
Needed to take care of a bunch of Jars (9.x connectors etc)
but that was it...
If you want more details,
I might be able to tell you on Monday...
Best
-Jonathan
On 07/24/2014 04:38 PM, Boyd, Robert wrote:
Bedankt for the suggestion Andreas,
It appears that someone previously - in 2012 logged a report about this very
same problem with the installation procedure.
The installation guide on the wiki states: "Spacewalk uses database server to
store its primary data. It supports either PostgreSQL (version 8.4 and higher)
or Oracle RDBMS (version 10g or higher)." Unfortunately the rpm needs some
help to differentiate when something higher than 8.4 is actually installed.
As far as I can tell from what I read in the response to the bug report, the
problem is that the RPM is looking for 8.4 specific files and needs to be
updated to include handling the changes implemented for 9 and above.
Creating and managing RPMs is not in my current skillset - I would rather not
spend my time learning how to do that when I won't be doing that as a regular
thing. It looks like I'd have to find the source of the spacewalk rpm to
discover exactly how it's coded and how it's specifying the postgresql
dependencies. Then I could put together a fakeout rpm as a companion to the
postgresql9x rpms that would provide the missing metadata to fake out the
spacewalk rpm.
Seems like it would be a much easier effort for someone already well familiar
with the spacewalk rpm construction to make the mods necessary to handle
postgresql9x.
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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 3:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] upgrading postgres (8.4 > 9.x) on the spacewalk
server ?
Hi,
The RPM isn't actually looking at the file but at the file specs of all
available RPM's. You need to install and rpm that provides the binary
/usr/bin/psql in it's metadata. You could build an metadata-only-rpm that
depends on all the postgresql-9.x-stuff and provides the necessary files in
it's metadata and secretly creates symlinks underneath.
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On 23 Jul, 2014, at 23:42 , Boyd, Robert
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I tried changing the link for /usr/bin/psql to directly link to the binary.
That didn't help.
I tried removing the link and copying the binary to /usr/bin/psql -- that
didn't help either.
I take it this means that the error message I'm getting isn't telling me the
truth about what the real error is.
Robert Boyd
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-----Original Message-----
From: Boyd, Robert
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:33 PM
To: '[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>'
Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] upgrading postgres (8.4 > 9.x) on the spacewalk
server ?
I'm attempting an install of spacewalk 2.2 using postgresql-9.3.
I installed and manually configured postgresql.
When I attempt to install spacewalk I get this error:
yum install spacewalk-postgresql
... many dependencies resolved ... etc ...
Error: Package: spacewalk-postgresql-2.2.2-1.el6.noarch (spacewalk)
Requires: /usr/bin/psql
However there is clearly something there:
[root ~]# ll /usr/bin/psql
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 28 Jul 21 12:35 /usr/bin/psql ->
/etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql
[root ~]# ll /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 23 Jul 21 12:35 /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql ->
/usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/psql
[root ~]# ll /usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/psql
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 447560 Mar 18 03:19 /usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/psql
What is this package expecting to find there? Is a symbolic link not good
enough? Can I fake it out by copying over the real binary or changing the link
to point directly to the binary instead of an intermediate link?
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