[Spacewalk-list] reprovisioning without re-activation key

[Matthew Davis]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Marcus Moeller <mail at marcus-moeller.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wonder what the re-activation key is for and if it's necessary to
> create one before reprovisioning.

A re-activation key is not necessary if you provision the system using
the webui.  The server will generate a re-activation key
automatically.

> We experienced some problems while reprovisioning if no re-activation
> key has been created (not all packages from child channels have been
> installed).

So are the packages to be installed, defined in an activation key?