Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Hi Ray Yes, as I’ve said below, I’ve managed to directly sync both RHEL6 and RHEL7 packages to our Spacewalk server now. After struggling for 2-3 weeks, off and on, I’ve learnt I sort of only needed 2 lots of information really (both from the lists). 1. Add Red Hat Subscription Manager (RHSM) SSL Certificate to the trusted certificates database on the Spacewalk server. # cp -p /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem /usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/ # update-ca-trust 2. Follow Robert's instructions, from list, here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2016-January/msg00014.html Note, I’ve installed Spacewalk 2.8 on a RHEL 7 server. Therefore, I sourced the /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo info from that server. I’d also built a RHEL 6 client test system, so I sourced the equivalent information from that system. If you need any further help just let me know, though, as I know how frustrating this was to sort out! I’ve only patched a single RHEL 6/7 system, subsequently, but it’s looking encouraging. Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com On Behalf Of raymond.setchfi...@gmail.com Sent: 13 December 2018 11:43 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Hi Phil I would be very interested in knowing if you got this working, as this is something which I have been attempting to do. I resolved this issue which you are experiencing by doing the following; copy the redhat-uep.pem to your spacewalk server to the following location #> /usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/redhat-uep.pem run #> update-ca-trust But from there I ran into authentication issues. If you get further than I please let me know Ray On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:22 AM p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> wrote: Hi Graeme Thanks for your response. I could see it was a certificate issue; just not so sure how to resolve it. After installing Spacewalk 2.8 on a RHEL 7 server I encountered the following 3 errors when trying to sync a RHEL 7 repository. I found all the resolutions in the lists so thought I’d group them together, here, for quick reference. Subsequently, I’ve synced the RHEL 7 repository to the Spacewalk server and successfully patched a RHEL 7 client system from it too☺ 1st SYNC ERROR - [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." Resolution: # cp -p /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem /usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/ # update-ca-trust 2nd SYNC ERROR - [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 403 – Forbidden Resolution: Add Red Hat SSL Certificate details to relevant repository configuration page in Spacewalk Web UI. See Robert's instructions, from list, here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2016-January/msg00014.html 3rd SYNC ERROR - https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 404 - Not Found Resolution: Amend Repository URL From https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os To https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/os Note, if I’d followed Robert’s instructions, more diligently, I wouldn’t have seen this last error! I’ve also used a similar configuration for RHEL 6, too, and directly synced a RHEL 6 repository then successfully patched a RHEL 6 client system from it. Hope this is useful to others. Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of Graeme Fowler Sent: 11 December 2018 16:52 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Hi Phil The answer is staring you in the face in red: the RHEL repos use a certificate which your system doesn’t trust. You’ll need to fetch a copy of the cert and install it into your appropriate PKI tools on the Spacewalk server (part of the OS, not Spacewalk) to allow it to trust the certificate. You’re very much not the only person to have raised this on this mailing list – a check of the archives might help you! Graeme From: mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of "p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>" mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Reply-To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>" mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>> Date: Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 16:39 To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>" mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Hi Jeffrey I haven’t had much success patching RHEL systems with my original proof of concept
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Hi Phil I would be very interested in knowing if you got this working, as this is something which I have been attempting to do. I resolved this issue which you are experiencing by doing the following; copy the redhat-uep.pem to your spacewalk server to the following location #> /usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/redhat-uep.pem run #> update-ca-trust But from there I ran into authentication issues. If you get further than I please let me know Ray On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:22 AM p.cook...@bham.ac.uk wrote: > Hi Graeme > > > > Thanks for your response. I could see it was a certificate issue; just not > so sure how to resolve it. > > > > After installing Spacewalk 2.8 on a RHEL 7 server I encountered the > following 3 errors when trying to sync a RHEL 7 repository. I found all the > resolutions in the lists so thought I’d group them together, here, for > quick reference. > > > > Subsequently, I’ve synced the RHEL 7 repository to the Spacewalk server > and successfully patched a RHEL 7 client system from it tooJ > > > > *1st SYNC ERROR* - [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has > been marked as not trusted by the user." > > *Resolution*: > > # cp -p /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem /usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/ > > # update-ca-trust > > > > *2nd SYNC ERROR* - [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 403 – Forbidden > > *Resolution*: > > Add Red Hat SSL Certificate details to relevant repository configuration > page in Spacewalk Web UI. > > See Robert's instructions, from list, here: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2016-January/msg00014.html > > > > *3rd SYNC ERROR* - > https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 404 - Not Found > > *Resolution*: > > Amend Repository URL > > From > https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os > > To https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7*S* > erver/x86_64/os > <https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/os> > > > > Note, if I’d followed Robert’s instructions, more diligently, I wouldn’t > have seen this last error! > > > > I’ve also used a similar configuration for RHEL 6, too, and directly > synced a RHEL 6 repository then successfully patched a RHEL 6 client system > from it. > > > > Hope this is useful to others. > > > > Regards > > Phil > > > > *From:* spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com < > spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> *On Behalf Of *Graeme Fowler > *Sent:* 11 December 2018 16:52 > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com > *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL > 6/7 Servers > > > > Hi Phil > > > > The answer is staring you in the face in red: the RHEL repos use a > certificate which your system doesn’t trust. You’ll need to fetch a copy of > the cert and install it into your appropriate PKI tools on the Spacewalk > server (part of the OS, not Spacewalk) to allow it to trust the certificate. > > > > You’re very much not the only person to have raised this on this mailing > list – a check of the archives might help you! > > > > Graeme > > > > > > *From: * on behalf of " > p.cook...@bham.ac.uk" > *Reply-To: *"spacewalk-list@redhat.com" > *Date: *Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 16:39 > *To: *"spacewalk-list@redhat.com" > *Subject: *Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL > 6/7 Servers > > > > Hi Jeffrey > > > > I haven’t had much success patching RHEL systems with my original proof of > concept (PoC) environment that had Spacewalk 2.8 installed on an *OEL* 7 > server. > > > > I’ve therefore, created a 2nd PoC environment with Spacewalk 2.8 > installed on a *RHEL* 7 server, as you’ve described. I’ve left the RHEL 7 > server repo (rhel-7-server-rpms) with its default configuration, as you > have below, but when I try and sync I see the following error: > > > > [root@ yum.repos.d]# *cat > /var/log/rhn/reposync/rhel7_x86_64.log* > > 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', > '--channel', 'rhel7_x86_64', '--type', 'yum'] > > 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Sync of channel started. > > 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 > > 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Processing repository with URL: > https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os > > 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from > rhel7_x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. > > > https://cdn.redhat.
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Hi Graeme Thanks for your response. I could see it was a certificate issue; just not so sure how to resolve it. After installing Spacewalk 2.8 on a RHEL 7 server I encountered the following 3 errors when trying to sync a RHEL 7 repository. I found all the resolutions in the lists so thought I’d group them together, here, for quick reference. Subsequently, I’ve synced the RHEL 7 repository to the Spacewalk server and successfully patched a RHEL 7 client system from it too☺ 1st SYNC ERROR - [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." Resolution: # cp -p /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem /usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/ # update-ca-trust 2nd SYNC ERROR - [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 403 – Forbidden Resolution: Add Red Hat SSL Certificate details to relevant repository configuration page in Spacewalk Web UI. See Robert's instructions, from list, here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2016-January/msg00014.html 3rd SYNC ERROR - https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 404 - Not Found Resolution: Amend Repository URL From https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os To https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/os Note, if I’d followed Robert’s instructions, more diligently, I wouldn’t have seen this last error! I’ve also used a similar configuration for RHEL 6, too, and directly synced a RHEL 6 repository then successfully patched a RHEL 6 client system from it. Hope this is useful to others. Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com On Behalf Of Graeme Fowler Sent: 11 December 2018 16:52 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Hi Phil The answer is staring you in the face in red: the RHEL repos use a certificate which your system doesn’t trust. You’ll need to fetch a copy of the cert and install it into your appropriate PKI tools on the Spacewalk server (part of the OS, not Spacewalk) to allow it to trust the certificate. You’re very much not the only person to have raised this on this mailing list – a check of the archives might help you! Graeme From: mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of "p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>" mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Reply-To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>" mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>> Date: Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 16:39 To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>" mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Hi Jeffrey I haven’t had much success patching RHEL systems with my original proof of concept (PoC) environment that had Spacewalk 2.8 installed on an OEL 7 server. I’ve therefore, created a 2nd PoC environment with Spacewalk 2.8 installed on a RHEL 7 server, as you’ve described. I’ve left the RHEL 7 server repo (rhel-7-server-rpms) with its default configuration, as you have below, but when I try and sync I see the following error: [root@ yum.repos.d]# cat /var/log/rhn/reposync/rhel7_x86_64.log 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'rhel7_x86_64', '--type', 'yum'] 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Sync of channel started. 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Processing repository with URL: https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from rhel7_x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from rhel7_x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00. [root@yum.repos.d]# Did you perform some additional configuration perhaps/any ideas? Might be useful if you could forward a screen dump of your channel/repo setup screen for RHEL 7, from the Web UI, too? Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com<mailto:jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com> Sent: 27 November 2018 14:21 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Spacewa
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Hi Phil The answer is staring you in the face in red: the RHEL repos use a certificate which your system doesn’t trust. You’ll need to fetch a copy of the cert and install it into your appropriate PKI tools on the Spacewalk server (part of the OS, not Spacewalk) to allow it to trust the certificate. You’re very much not the only person to have raised this on this mailing list – a check of the archives might help you! Graeme From: on behalf of "p.cook...@bham.ac.uk" Reply-To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" Date: Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 16:39 To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Hi Jeffrey I haven’t had much success patching RHEL systems with my original proof of concept (PoC) environment that had Spacewalk 2.8 installed on an OEL 7 server. I’ve therefore, created a 2nd PoC environment with Spacewalk 2.8 installed on a RHEL 7 server, as you’ve described. I’ve left the RHEL 7 server repo (rhel-7-server-rpms) with its default configuration, as you have below, but when I try and sync I see the following error: [root@ yum.repos.d]# cat /var/log/rhn/reposync/rhel7_x86_64.log 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'rhel7_x86_64', '--type', 'yum'] 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Sync of channel started. 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Processing repository with URL: https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from rhel7_x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from rhel7_x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00. [root@yum.repos.d]# Did you perform some additional configuration perhaps/any ideas? Might be useful if you could forward a screen dump of your channel/repo setup screen for RHEL 7, from the Web UI, too? Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com Sent: 27 November 2018 14:21 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers RHEL 6 (my mirror repo) pulling from RH [rhel-6-server-rpms] metadata_expire = 86400 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/entitlement/3922910052842520258.pem baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/6/$releasever/$basearch/os ui_repoid_vars = releasever basearch sslverify = 1 name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs) sslclientkey = /etc/pki/entitlement/3922910052842520258-key.pem gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release enabled = 1 sslcacert = /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem gpgcheck = 1 Spacewalk pulling from mirror (above) [rhel-6-server-rpms] name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs) baseurl = https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/rhel-6-server-rpms/ enabled = 1 gpgcheck = 1 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release RHEL 7 [rhel-7-server-rpms] metadata_expire = 86400 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/entitlement/redhat.pem baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os ui_repoid_vars = releasever basearch sslverify = 1 name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs) sslclientkey = /etc/pki/entitlement/redhat-key.pem gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release enabled = 1 sslcacert = /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem gpgcheck = 1 From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:16 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com<mailto:jeffrey.ir...@riv
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Hi Jeffrey I haven’t had much success patching RHEL systems with my original proof of concept (PoC) environment that had Spacewalk 2.8 installed on an OEL 7 server. I’ve therefore, created a 2nd PoC environment with Spacewalk 2.8 installed on a RHEL 7 server, as you’ve described. I’ve left the RHEL 7 server repo (rhel-7-server-rpms) with its default configuration, as you have below, but when I try and sync I see the following error: [root@ yum.repos.d]# cat /var/log/rhn/reposync/rhel7_x86_64.log 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'rhel7_x86_64', '--type', 'yum'] 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Sync of channel started. 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 2018/12/11 15:50:42 +01:00 Processing repository with URL: https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from rhel7_x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from rhel7_x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user." 2018/12/11 15:50:43 +01:00 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00. [root@yum.repos.d]# Did you perform some additional configuration perhaps/any ideas? Might be useful if you could forward a screen dump of your channel/repo setup screen for RHEL 7, from the Web UI, too? Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com Sent: 27 November 2018 14:21 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers RHEL 6 (my mirror repo) pulling from RH [rhel-6-server-rpms] metadata_expire = 86400 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/entitlement/3922910052842520258.pem baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/6/$releasever/$basearch/os ui_repoid_vars = releasever basearch sslverify = 1 name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs) sslclientkey = /etc/pki/entitlement/3922910052842520258-key.pem gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release enabled = 1 sslcacert = /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem gpgcheck = 1 Spacewalk pulling from mirror (above) [rhel-6-server-rpms] name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs) baseurl = https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/rhel-6-server-rpms/ enabled = 1 gpgcheck = 1 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release RHEL 7 [rhel-7-server-rpms] metadata_expire = 86400 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/entitlement/redhat.pem baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os ui_repoid_vars = releasever basearch sslverify = 1 name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs) sslclientkey = /etc/pki/entitlement/redhat-key.pem gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release enabled = 1 sslcacert = /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem gpgcheck = 1 From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:16 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com<mailto:jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com> Sent: 26 November 2018 19:58 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Yes, it’s certainly given me something to think about. Thanks everyone. Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com On Behalf Of waldi...@gmail.com Sent: 27 November 2018 14:40 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Yay A lot of great information to you! :-) I believe now you are good to go. __ Best Waldirio Skype: waldirio Site: www.waldirio.com.br<http://www.waldirio.com.br> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldirio On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:28 AM William Hongach mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of Irwin, Jeffrey Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:09 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of William Hongach mailto:william.hong...@marist.edu>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:03 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:17 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com<mailto:jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com> Sent: 26 November 2018 19:58 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com&g
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Yay A lot of great information to you! :-) 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 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 -
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
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 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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of William Hongach mailto:william.hong...@marist.edu>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:03 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:17 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com<mailto:jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com> Sent: 26 November 2018 19:58 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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
Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
RHEL 6 (my mirror repo) pulling from RH [rhel-6-server-rpms] metadata_expire = 86400 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/entitlement/3922910052842520258.pem baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/6/$releasever/$basearch/os ui_repoid_vars = releasever basearch sslverify = 1 name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs) sslclientkey = /etc/pki/entitlement/3922910052842520258-key.pem gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release enabled = 1 sslcacert = /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem gpgcheck = 1 Spacewalk pulling from mirror (above) [rhel-6-server-rpms] name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs) baseurl = https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/rhel-6-server-rpms/ enabled = 1 gpgcheck = 1 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release RHEL 7 [rhel-7-server-rpms] metadata_expire = 86400 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/entitlement/redhat.pem baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/$releasever/$basearch/os ui_repoid_vars = releasever basearch sslverify = 1 name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs) sslclientkey = /etc/pki/entitlement/redhat-key.pem gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release enabled = 1 sslcacert = /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem gpgcheck = 1 From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:16 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 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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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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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 on behalf of William Hongach 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 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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com<mailto:jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com> Sent: 26 November 2018 19:58 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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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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 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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> On Behalf Of jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com<mailto:jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com> Sent: 26 November 2018 19:58 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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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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 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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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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Hi Waldirio Thanks for your response and I’ll take a look at those links. I didn’t think there would be any problem patching RHEL servers with Satellite, as that was exactly what it was designed to do, but have you had any success with using the same system to patch Oracle 6/7 systems as well – as I’m trying to establish a single centralised system capable of doing both? I’m thinking that it probably can but Red Hat just wouldn’t support that element? Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com On Behalf Of waldi...@gmail.com Sent: 27 November 2018 01:18 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers Hello Phil Yeap, this is the diff between the Product (Red Hat Satellite) and Upstream (Spacewalk), basically, on Satellite everything will be automatically and will sync packages and erratas. When using SW you have to do this work manually *implementing some way to download/push to your SW server*. There are diff ways to do this implementation, and I really recommend you to take a look in the list archives [1]. I wrote this book [2] with all SW workflow, unfortunately, I didn't add a way to sync Red Hat repos. Hope this helps. __ Best Waldirio Skype: waldirio Site: www.waldirio.com.br<http://www.waldirio.com.br> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldirio [1]. https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/ [2]. https://www.amazon.com/Spacewalk-Satellite-Project-solution-management-ebook/dp/B071DDQ4W2 On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:58 AM Irwin, Jeffrey mailto:jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com>> wrote: 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<mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>> on behalf of p.cook...@bham.ac.uk<mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk> mailto:p.cook...@bham.ac.uk>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto: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<mailto: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
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Hello Phil Yeap, this is the diff between the Product (Red Hat Satellite) and Upstream (Spacewalk), basically, on Satellite everything will be automatically and will sync packages and erratas. When using SW you have to do this work manually *implementing some way to download/push to your SW server*. There are diff ways to do this implementation, and I really recommend you to take a look in the list archives [1]. I wrote this book [2] with all SW workflow, unfortunately, I didn't add a way to sync Red Hat repos. Hope this helps. __ Best Waldirio Skype: waldirio Site: www.waldirio.com.br LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldirio [1]. https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/ [2]. https://www.amazon.com/Spacewalk-Satellite-Project-solution-management-ebook/dp/B071DDQ4W2 On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:58 AM Irwin, Jeffrey < jeffrey.ir...@rivertechllc.com> wrote: > 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 ___ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
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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 on behalf of 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