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I believe now you are good to go. ______________ Best Waldirio Skype: waldirio Site: www.waldirio.com.br LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldirio On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:28 AM William Hongach <william.hong...@marist.edu> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > > > Yes, it is a two-step process but it is a workaround to the Spacewalk > server not having the subscription to other distributions (or even major > releases). For example, if your Spacewalk server is RHEL 7, and you want > to download/push RHEL 6 packages using a local machine you can script the > following: > > > > Download: > > Create a local directory > > reposync –n –repoid=rhel-6-server-rpms > > reposync –n –repod=rhel-6-server-optional-rpms > > > > Push: > > rhnpush –v –channel=$CHANNEL –server=http://$SERVER/APP –dir=./local-dir > > > > My cron job runs this monthly since that is the anticipated patch > frequencey for our test and dev servers. While our software channels are > created ahead of time, you can script creation of these channels before the > push as well, using the “spacecmd softwarechannel_create” command. > > > > *From:* spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com < > spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> *On Behalf Of *Irwin, Jeffrey > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:09 AM > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com > *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL > 6/7 Servers > > > > HTH, > > That sounds better than my solution by far. Well, same solution but more > streamlined. So you do a reposync using a script, then use rhnpush to push > to satellite? Is that right? > > > > Jeff > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com < > spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> on behalf of William Hongach < > william.hong...@marist.edu> > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:03 AM > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com > *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL > 6/7 Servers > > > > Hi Phil, > > > > I use Spacewalk to centrally manage multiple distributions and different > major releases within each distribution, as you are seeking to accomplish. > Understanding that the Linux server running Spacewalk would not have access > to all of the different proprietary subscriptions, this was achieved by > setting up repository download servers for each distribution/release that > required a separate subscription. Updates are downloaded by a scripted > cron job on each local repo server and pushed to the central Spacewalk > server using rhnpush. > > > > To script update downloads on a local repo server, the reposync command > can be used for RHEL, the smt-mirror command can be used for SUSE, etc. > With this method, you do not need to worry about URLs. You can download > repositories by their ID/name. > > > > HTH. > > > > *From:* spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com < > spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> *On Behalf Of *p.cook...@bham.ac.uk > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:17 AM > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com > *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL > 6/7 Servers > > > > Hi Jeffrey > > > > Thanks for your reply. It seems I would have been better off by starting > with installing Spacewalk on a RHEL 7 server rather than an OL 7 server > then? Can you just clarify/confirm what URL’s you’ve configured for the > RHEL 6/7 repositories please (obviously, for the RHEL 6 local, just take > out any sensitive information)? > > > > Regards > > Phil > > > > *From:* spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com < > spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> *On Behalf Of * > jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com > *Sent:* 26 November 2018 19:58 > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com > *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL > 6/7 Servers > > > > I have been able to do this by building a rhel 6 server and creating a > local repo mirror. I then created a rhel 7 and installed spacewalk. That > way i have the entitlements for rhel 6 and 7 covered. From there, I set up > the channels and pointed the rhel 7 to the redhat network, and the rhel 6 > was pointed to my local repo server. I can now get all the rhel 6 and 7 > patches into spacewalk. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com < > spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk < > p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> > *Sent:* Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 > Servers > > > > Good afternoon > > > > I’m currently looking in to options for introducing a single centralised > patching solution for both Oracle Linux 6/7 and RHEL 6/7 systems. There are > about 100 Oracle Linux servers and 50 RHEL servers. I’m starting with the > Spacewalk product and therefore, built a proof of concept environment by > installing Spacewalk 2.8 on an Oracle 7 system. Subsequently, I’ve added > channels/repositories for Oracle 6/7 and successfully patched a number of > test client systems. > > However, I can’t seem to obtain clear instructions for how to patch RHEL > 6/7 systems using Spacewalk. I believe the functionality of Red Hat > Satellite and Spacewalk is basically the same but the ability to connect > directly to RHN to synchronize software repositories and errata's has been > disabled. I’ve seen some tentative clues that this can be circumvented as > well as some reference to using “mrepo” but the latter just seems over > complicated really. > > > > Alternatively, if Red Hat Satellite is purchased to patch the RHEL 6/7 > servers, has anyone had success with using it to patch Oracle 6/7 servers? > > > > In addition to patching, I also need to investigate their provisioning > capabilities too. > > > > Regards > > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > Spacewalk-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
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