Re: [Spacewalk-list] Newbie, question about channels
I am not aware of a way to sync configuration files but if you push all the configs you want to maintain into a channel(s) you can simply then deploy all files from those configuration channels to all hosts and be confident they will all be the same. Keep in mind though there are some configuration file issues such as rollbacks do strange things (ie: rollbacks in general will redeploy all configuration files). The only way I have seen around this is to lock the system, rollback, unschedule the bits of the rollback you do not want, unlock the system. The sync'ing of package profiles (whether saved or to an existing system) work very nicely. I have used it many times here. I have even used it in a rollback process to pull a machine back to an old configuration state known to be ok that only existed on a different but currently operational server. On 12/11/2011 09:29 PM, Ian Forde wrote: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, David Greco david_gr...@harte-hanks.com wrote: I have 5 RH 5 servers at the moment that need to be configured similiarly. I have setup one of these exactly the way I like, and would like the 4 others to be setup similiarly. Same packages installed, same configuration, etc. Is this something satellite is good for? I browsed the documentation but so no mention of how to take an existing system, all its configs and packages, and create a channel that other systems can update from. Regarding the packages, you could do it with a channel or a package profile. I'd recommend the latter. Once the first system that you want done is built (which you say you've completed), ensure that it's registered to Spacewalk. Then you can build the other 4 systems, and have them sync package profiles to that of the first system. It's one of the advanced options in Kickstart. I'd tell you exactly where, but my Spacewalk server is currently down in anticipation of the CentOS 6.1 upgrade that I'll be doing tonight. ;) -I ___ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list ___ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
Re: [Spacewalk-list] Newbie, question about channels
There is no way I am aware of to do both at the same time. Configurations and packages are managed separately. Making sure all 5 ( or 100, or 1000) systems have the same configuration files should not be too hard. 1. put all of the configuration files you want to maintain in a configuration channel 2. use the System Set Manager to deploy the files to all the machines. 3. difference counts will be displayed in the 'Configs' column of the systems overview page. For your 5 systems you can use the profile compare feature in (Systems-Software-Packages-Profiles) but this only works for one system at a time. The kickstarting feature described by Ian would work for multiple systems at a time during initial deployment but not after. As far as I know there is no good way to make sure a 1000 systems have the same packages installed. Somebody could install a package and as long as there is not a more up to date version in one of the subscribed channels I would never know. Somebody could remove pacakges and I would never know. Is there a package profile compare in SSM I am not aware of ? ___ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
Re: [Spacewalk-list] Newbie, question about channels
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, David Greco david_gr...@harte-hanks.com wrote: I have 5 RH 5 servers at the moment that need to be configured similiarly. I have setup one of these exactly the way I like, and would like the 4 others to be setup similiarly. Same packages installed, same configuration, etc. Is this something satellite is good for? I browsed the documentation but so no mention of how to take an existing system, all its configs and packages, and create a channel that other systems can update from. Regarding the packages, you could do it with a channel or a package profile. I'd recommend the latter. Once the first system that you want done is built (which you say you've completed), ensure that it's registered to Spacewalk. Then you can build the other 4 systems, and have them sync package profiles to that of the first system. It's one of the advanced options in Kickstart. I'd tell you exactly where, but my Spacewalk server is currently down in anticipation of the CentOS 6.1 upgrade that I'll be doing tonight. ;) -I ___ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
[Spacewalk-list] Newbie, question about channels
I have 5 RH 5 servers at the moment that need to be configured similiarly. I have setup one of these exactly the way I like, and would like the 4 others to be setup similiarly. Same packages installed, same configuration, etc. Is this something satellite is good for? I browsed the documentation but so no mention of how to take an existing system, all its configs and packages, and create a channel that other systems can update from. ___ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
