Bernd, I have a follow up question. You're examples show "https://whatever:[email protected]/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Pool/sle-11-x86_64";. I'm not sure what goes in "whatever:youraccountis". I don't know if that is our subscription number, the user ID that I log into SCC with, or the credential that registered server was registered with? I've tried all of the above, and I still get an error telling me that SW can not retrieve the repository metadata (respomd.xml). Suggestions? Thank you Daryl
> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 23:07:09 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE? > > Dear Daryl > > If you make use of the nu.novell.com REPO's > > It should look like this. > > > https://whatever:[email protected]/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Pool/sle-11-x86_64 > > If you make Use of SuSE Customer Center and make use of new generated > URL's from your registered Systems in SuSE CUstomer Center you dont need > the nu.novell stuff anymore. > > https://updates.suse.com/SUSE/Products/SLE-SERVER/12/x86_64/product?VERYLONGTOKEN > > If you want to do yourself an favor, install spacecmd Shell > Creating Channels and Repos works very quick and is very comfortable. > > Few month ago i've written a blog post about this task, unfortunately > its in german but it might give you an impression how it works. > > http://unixhaus.de/index.php?/archives/2502-Spacewalk-Channels-auf-der-Shell-konfigurieren.html > > Hope that helps to accomplish your needs. > > kind regards. > > Bernd Helber > > On 17.07.2015 21:46, Daryl Rose wrote: > > Bernd, > > Thanks for the information. > > I looked at doing exactly what you described, however, there is a variable > > in the URL, $RCE, that I have no idea what to populate it with. Also, it > > appears to me that they also pass the login credentials in the URL, > > ?credentials=NCCcredentials. > > Do you know how to resolve those two items? > > Thanks > > Daryl > > > >> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:16:05 +0200 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE? > >> > >> One of my Customers, > >> is using Spacewalk for exactly the same purpose. > >> Patching and Installing CentOS and SLES 11/12 > >> > >> What they do ist.. registering an Client to SuSE Customer Center > >> scc.suse.com > >> > >> If the client is registered.. they activate the repository in SLES12 > >> After the Activation the pull the newly generated REPO URls out the SLES > >> Instance > >> > >> Create a Software Channel in Spacewalk > >> Create a repository in Spacewalk add the Repository to the desired > >> Spacewalk Software Channel. > >> > >> And install the Spacewalk Agent to the SLES Machine. > >> > >> In the past it was possible to get all Packages from nu.novell.com > >> > >> SLES in Spacewalk have been a topic on this list you may check out those > >> links > >> > >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2014-December/msg00133.html > >> > >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2015-February/msg00057.html > >> > >> Kind regards and happy weekend. > >> > >> > >> Am 17.07.15 um 18:20 schrieb Daryl Rose: > >>> Steven, > >>> Yes, my ultimate goal is to manage both my RHEL and SLES servers with a > >>> single package management solution. > >>> I have a large number of both RHEL and SLES servers. I am looking at a > >>> server/package management system that I can manage both environments. I > >>> have experience with previous versions of RH Satellite, and knowing that > >>> SW was the upstream source I stood up a SW server as a Proof-of-Concept. > >>> I was able to successfully sync both CentoOS and OpenSuSE repository's > >>> and patch demo servers. > >>> In the past couple of months, I've had RH and SuSE demonstrations to see > >>> if either one their products would fit with what we're looking for in a > >>> package management system. > >>> I was not impressed with RH Satellite 6 demo. The biggest thing that I > >>> need is to be able to patch my servers. The person doing the > >>> demonstration couldn't show me how to patch a system with Satellite 6. I > >>> don't remember for sure, either he wasn't setup for it, or was prepared. > >>> I do remember that I was not happy with the person doing the > >>> demonstration. And.....l specifically requested patch management when I > >>> setup the demo. One thing that I do remember about the demo was; I can > >>> only manage RHEL servers with Satellite. I can't manage my SLES servers. > >>> I would need a separate system to manage my SLES servers. > >>> I had no prior experience with SuSE Manager prior to the demonstration, > >>> but I was really impressed with the product. I learned during the demo > >>> that SW is also the upstream source and SuSE Manager looks and acts just > >>> like SW, only a different theme. The person doing the demonstration was > >>> prepared and showed me exactly want I wanted to see, how to patch systems > >>> using SuSE Manger. Also I can manage both RHEL and SLES with SuSE > >>> Manger. In order to get the RHEL packages, I would need a Pulp server > >>> registered with RH, then sync RHEL packages to the SuSE Manger. I > >>> successfully setup a Pulp server, and synced the packages to my current > >>> CentOS SW server. > >>> Now that I have functioning Pulp and SW servers I got to thinking "how > >>> would I get the packages from SuSE?" I don't know if I can point my SW > >>> server to SuSE without it being registered. My guess is that you can't. > >>> SuSE Manager is a SLES server and would be registered with SuSE. I > >>> thought that I would try putting SW on a SLES server, register it to SuSE > >>> to get the SLES packages. I may not be able to access ALL of the SLES > >>> repositories, but that's okay, this is just a PoC server, not an actual > >>> production server. I would then use the Pulp server to pull down RHEL > >>> packages and sync them over to the SW server. > >>> <snip>.....but it is possible to use spacewalk running on Centos to > >>> manage/deploy SLES, opensuse etc. </snip> > >>> If this is actually possible, how would a person access the SuSE > >>> repositories via SW on a CentOS server? If this is possible, I would > >>> like to try that. I would be much easier than trying to compile SW from > >>> scratch on a SLES server. > >>> Thanks > >>> Daryl > >>> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:56:34 +1000 > >>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Have not stood it up on SLES but it is possible to use spacewalk running > >>> on Centos to manage/deploy SLES, opensuse etc. Assuming that’s your end > >>> goal. > >>> > >>> There is a bit of messing round with the kickstart/autoyast files to get > >>> them to work and you need to modify some parts of cobbler. > >>> > >>> Obviously this is unsupported and if you want to run it in production it > >>> may be better to use Suse’s supported product. Unless you know what you > >>> are doing > >>> and can deal with unexpected issues J > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> On Behalf Of Daryl Rose > >>> > >>> Sent: Friday, 17 July 2015 4:32 AM > >>> > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> > >>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yes, I know that SuSE is using Spacewalk as their upstream source. I had > >>> them do a demo for me awhile back. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> How difficult is it to compile SW from source? All of the documentation > >>> is for Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora. Has anyone else compiled it from > >>> source? What kind of documentation is available? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Daryl > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:15:03 -0400 > >>> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> > >>> To: [email protected]; > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE? > >>> > >>> Yes the guys at SuSE lol. > >>> > >>> > >>> Seriously it the upstream project for SuSE manager so yes it can be done > >>> and you shouldn't expect to see any SuSE specific issues; the one piece of > >>> bad news is you should not expect the Red Hat rpms to work on SuSE so > >>> unless someone know a SuSE specific RPM repo you may have to compile the > >>> server components your self. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> From: > >>> Daryl Rose > >>> > >>> > >>> Sent: > >>> Thursday, July 16, 2015 09:55 > >>> > >>> > >>> To: > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >>> Reply To: > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >>> Subject: > >>> [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk on SuSE? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Has anyone stood up Spacewalk on SuSE? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Daryl > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing > >>> list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or > >>> legally privileged information and is intended only to be read or used by > >>> the addressee(s). 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