[Spacewalk-list] systems not registered by default?

Tue Sep 14 23:59:43 UTC 2010

Mike

Yes, clients can access RPMs before activation/registration but not
trivially.  Here's a snippet from the post script from a kickstart:
---
mkdir -p /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional
cd /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional
wget -P /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional
http://127.0.0.1/download/package/914a8ce4e6f7676172d0a4a7f676c27ec9a2a671/0/1/574/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
http://127.0.0.1/download/package/820777256524475e88b262c612dbac16af14ccc4/0/1/9831/rhnlib-2.5.26-1.el5.noarch.rpm
http://127.0.0.1/download/package/3fd11ca62e5c2445fb825be90c6d180b6ff7a258/0/1/1433/pyOpenSSL-0.6-1.p24.7.2.2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --replacefiles
/tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/pyOpenSSL* /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/rhnlib*
/tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/libxml2-python*
---

Notice the 'wget' followed by the 'rpm'.

CC

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:32 AM, Mike Hanby <mhanby at uab.edu> wrote:
> Can a client actually access the RPMs before being activated? I would have thought the tools would need to come from another non-spacewalk repo, installed and then activated.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jason Welsh
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:24 AM
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] systems not registered by default?
>
>  anyone? i also noticed in my logs, that the "tools rpms" arent getting
> found for some reason.. im sure this is the main cause of the system not
> registering.
> but whats the right way to set this up?
>
>
> --2010-09-13 16:02:56--
> http://redhouse.mydomain.com/download/package/311a7f76de89f7771ca620b1d06d35aeea30bf14/0/1/2197/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
> Resolving redhouse.mydomain.com... 172.18.184.50
> Connecting to redhouse.mydomain.com|172.18.184.50|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> 2010-09-13 16:02:56 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>
> --2010-09-13 16:02:56--
> http://redhouse.mydomain.com/download/package/ca96cbca538ffba541943902c1c742d16347fe3a/0/1/3249/pyOpenSSL-0.6-1.p24.7.2.2.x86_64.rpm
> Reusing existing connection to redhouse.mydomain.com:80.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> 2010-09-13 16:02:56 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>
> --2010-09-13 16:02:56--
> http://redhouse.mydomain.com/download/package/96cbf812c34191c95aa3a4566933b8eb2226bd64/0/1/6659/rhnlib-2.5.23-1.fc11.noarch.rpm
> Reusing existing connection to redhouse.mydomain.com:80.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> 2010-09-13 16:02:56 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>
> error: File not found by glob: /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/pyOpenSSL*
> error: File not found by glob: /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/rhnlib*
> error: File not found by glob: /tmp/rhn_rpms/optional/libxml2-python*
> cp: cannot stat `/tmp/ks-tree-copy/*': No such file or directory
>
> regards,
> Jason
>
>
> On 09/13/10 13:53, Jason Welsh wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09/13/10 11:51, Stroehmann, James wrote:
>>> My clients auto-register when kickstarting, you might be missing the
>>> spacewalk client tools in your package list?
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, one problem i was having originally was that new systems would
>>> not have the correct time on them, so i have a script in my kickstart
>>> to use rdate to update them.
>>>
>>>
>>> look in the root's home directory for the installation log files,
>>> post them here ... they might provide some clues.
>>>
>>> _______________
>>
>> well, ive tried using the setup at
>> https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToKickstartCobbler (please
>> correct me if this is not the right guide to follow)
>> the doc says to set up the "tools" distro as a child of my mail
>> rhel-server directory, and someone else stated that it should be this
>> way.. i.e.
>>
>> rhel-server-5.5
>>       |
>>       |----VT
>>       |----Cluster Server
>>       |----Cluster Virtualization
>>       |---- rhel-tools <-this has the 4 packages in it. (pyOpenSSL
>> rhnlib libxml2-python # spacewalk-koan)
>>
>> BUT, when I goto the step that says
>> Select "Systems|Kickstart|Distributions" and select "+ create new
>> distribution"
>>     "Base channel" should be "Fedora 9 with Tools"     (or rhel-tools
>> in my case)
>>
>> I cannot select this because its not a base channel.. its a child
>> channel..
>>
>> can someone please clear up how this is supposed to work?
>>
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> _________________________
>>> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>> [spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of jason at monsterjam.org
>>> [jason at monsterjam.org]
>>> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 11:34 AM
>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] systems not registered by default?
>>>
>>> ok thanks, I was thinking thats what I had to do, but I was was
>>> hoping there would be something more elegant and
>>> built-in.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at
>>> 10:28:19AM -0500, Mike Hanby
>>> wrote:
>>>> This may not be the spacewalk way, but in my kickstart files I have
>>>> the clients register via:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=http://spacewalk.some.domain/XMLRPC \
>>>>   --activationkey=1-7777xxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> Where the activation key is the appropriate one for whichever
>>>> channel the client needs to join.
>>>>
>>>> I don't use Spacewalk to handle the actual kickstarting, however.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>>> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
>>>> jason at monsterjam.org
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:39 AM
>>>> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>>> Subject: [Spacewalk-list] systems not registered by default?
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that my clients after kickstarting are not
>>>> registered with the spacewalk server by default, is there a way to
>>>> make kickstarted systems register with the
>>>> spacewalk server by default so that after they're kickstarted, I can
>>>> just do a "yum install screen" or whatever?
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 01:32:50PM -0400, Jason Welsh wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/06/10 09:54, James Hogarth wrote:
>>>>>> Got your repos with the custom RPMs enabled in both the kickstart
>>>>>> (under operating system) and the activation key (under child
>>>>>> channels)?
>>>>> well, under kickstart details->operating system, i have
>>>>>
>>>>> child channels:   which lists my 2 custom channels/repos and they
>>>>> have a
>>>>> checkbox next to them.
>>>>>
>>>>> further below, I see
>>>>>
>>>>> Repositories:
>>>>>
>>>>> and i see the following :  Cluster, ClusterStorage, Workstation, VT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> under the activation-keys, i click on my activation key, and click
>>>>> "child channels",
>>>>> I see my 2 repos under there..
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> Jason
>>>>>
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