Hi, this plugin is general for libzypp. This means also yast can access spacewalk after it is installed. It is not limted to zypper commandline tool.
About the error: Are you sure, that mirror process on spacewalk of the suse repos is finished and the metadata are already created? Missing metadata could be a reason why yast display this message. Am Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2012, 13:31:07 schrieb Alan Pittman: > If all of the Spacewalk client components installed correctly, there is a zipper plug-in. So instead of using yast, you issue the following from the command line: > > # zypper ref <- refreshes the local repo > # zypper lu <- lists any and all available updates > # zypper up <- applies the updates. > > FYI - zypper is similar to Red Hat's yum command. > > Alan > > From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list- boun...@redhat.com] On Behalf Of trum...@gmail.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 4:38 PM > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Register Suse Systems > > On , Alan Pittman <alan.pitt...@publix.com<mailto:alan.pitt...@publix.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's how I manage opensuse, hopefully this helps. This is an answer to similar question a while back. > > > > > > > > Hi Chuck, > > > > I use Spacewalk to manage a couple of opensuse 12.1 machines. > > > > > > > > Here's what I've got setup, using 32bit as the example: > > > > Parent Channel: > > > > > > > > Channel Name: opensuse12.1-i586 > > > > Channel Label: opensuse12.1-32bit > > > > Parent Channel: (none) > > > > Yum Repository Checksum Type: sha1 > > > > Architecture: IA-32 > > > > > > > > Update channel (note: I have two child channels, just showing the update channel here): > > > > > > > > Channel Name: opensuse12.1-i586-updates > > > > Channel Label: opensuse12.1-32bit-updates > > > > Parent Channel: opensuse12.1-i586 > > > > Yum Repository Checksum Type: sha1 > > > > Architecture: IA-32 > > > > Summary: opensuse12.1 32bit update channel > > > > > > > > Repo for the update channel: > > > > > > > > Repo label: opensuse12.1-32bit-updates-repo > > > > Repo URL: > > http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/ > > > > > > > > To sync the channel, I created a script that I schedule via cron: > > > > [root@taeps001 ~]# cat /usr/local/bin/sync-opensuse12-32.sh > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > /usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync --channel opensuse12.1-32bit-updates --type yum > > > > > > > > When the sync runs, I get a log of messages that look like this: > > > > > > > > Package arch x86_64 incompatible with channel opensuse12.1-32bit-updates > > > > > > > > You need not worry about them, opensuse places both i586 and x86_64 rpms in the same remote repository. Spacewalk will receive them, but since I'm are trying to sync a 32 bit channel (ia-32), the x86_64 packages just exist in "limbo". > > Going to "Manage Software Packages" and in the Channel field, select "packages with no channels", the x86_64 packages will display. > > > > > > > > > > If you create an opensuse x86_64 channel and run a sync, these "limbo" packages get pushed into the x86_64 channel. At least, that what it appears to do. > > > > > > > > On the opensuse machine, I just followed these procedures: > > https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/RegisteringClients. > > > > The machines don't have internet access, so I manually downloaded the spacewalk-client packages and installed them. > > > > The opensuse client packages can be found here: baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement:/spacewalk:/1.7/openSUSE_12.1/ > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list- boun...@redhat.com> [mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com] > > On Behalf Of trum...@gmail.com<mailto:trum...@gmail.com> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:29 PM > > > > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com> > > > > Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Register Suse Systems > > > > > > > > Can someone point me to instructions on how to configure a suse system to use spacewalk? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Alan, > How do you set the suse system to use spacewalk for update? I was able to get the suse system to register with spacewalk server. but if I bring up yast it complains about update repo not being defined? > -- Regards Michael Calmer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Calmer SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg T: +49 (0) 911 74053 0 F: +49 (0) 911 74053575 - e-mail: michael.cal...@suse.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
