[Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?

Fri Aug 3 19:36:25 UTC 2012

Alan,
Thank you again for your help!
I have done mrepo configuration, but failed at 'mrepo -uvvv' with lots of errors like:
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AttributeError: SafeTransport instance has no attribute '_use_datetime'
mrepo: Mirroring failed for rhns:///rhel-i386-server-vt-5 with message:
Failed with return code: 256
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It looks like a datetime issue.

# date
Fri Aug  3 15:27:10 EDT 2012
# rpm -q rhpl
rhpl-0.221-2.el6.rf.x86_64

I've googled a lot but haven't found a solution yet. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

nz

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 From: Alan Pittman <Alan.Pittman at publix.com>
To: "'fnwsa at yahoo.com'" <fnwsa at yahoo.com>; "'spacewalk-list at redhat.com'" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com> 
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 9:24:43 AM
Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?

Nick,
  Unfortunately, Spacewalk won’t/can’t connect to RHN. What mrepo will do is connect(logon) to RHN and pull all of the RPMs and place them in a series on directories. With the appropriate options, mrepo will then create a local repository which then can be used to populate the Spacewalk database.

Follow the steps to install mrepo (if you haven’t already) and run the gensystemid script (should be one of the steps in the install doc). Once that’s done, you’ll have to create or update the mrepo.conf file. Here’s a portion of mine so that you have an idea what to configure:

root at taeps001 etc]# cat ./mrepo.conf
### Configuration file for mrepo

### The [main] section allows to override mrepo's default settings
### The mrepo-example.conf gives an overview of all the possible settings
[main]
srcdir = /clonefs   
wwwdir = /var/www/mrepo
confdir = /etc/mrepo.conf.d
arch = i386 x86_64

mailto = root at localhost
smtp-server = localhost

rhnlogin = <rhnuserid>:<rhnpassword>

### Any other section is considered a definition for a distribution
### You can put distribution sections in /etc/mrepo.conf.d/
### Examples can be found in the documentation at:
### /usr/share/doc/mrepo-0.8.7/dists/.

[5Server-x86_64]
name = Red Hat Enterprise Server ($release) ($arch)
release = 5
arch = x86_64
metadata = repomd repoview
iso = /clonefs/5Server-x86_64/rhel-server-5.7-x86_64-dvd.iso

### Additional repositories
updates = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-5
# vt = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5
supplementary = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5
# fastrack = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5
# hts = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5
rhn-tools = rhns:///$repo-rhel-$arch-server-5

### RPMforge repository
# rpmforge = rsync://apt.sw.be/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/
#rpmforge = ftp://apt.sw.be/pub/dag/pub/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/
rpmforge = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/

### EPEL repository
# EPEL = http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/epel/$release/$arch/
EPEL = http://mirror.metrocast.net/fedora/epel/5/x86_64/ 

### ELrepo repository
elrepo = http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/$arch/
#elrepo-testing = http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el5/$arch/

### OpenVZ repositories
#ovzkernel = http://download.openvz.org/kernel/rhel5/
#ovztemplate = http://download.openvz.org/template/
#ovzutils = http://download.openvz.org/utils/

### Fedora EPEL packages (incompatible with RPMforge)
#epel = http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/$release/$arch/

### Custom repository for your own RPM packages
mondo = http://www.mondorescue.org/ftp/rhel/5/x86_64
spacewalk = http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/x86_64

From:fnwsa at yahoo.com [mailto:fnwsa at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 9:07 AM
To: Alan Pittman; 'spacewalk-list at redhat.com'
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?

Hi Alan,

Thank you very much for your very helpful reply!!

My purpose is to patch all of our RHEL5x/6x systems, so I need to "connect to RHN and download all of the available RPMS and populate your Spacewalk repository" as you said. Please correct me if I am wrong here.

I've just installed mrepo, but still don't understand the whole picture. With mrepor's help, can Spacewalk connect directly to the RHN servers? What URL should be used in the Repository URL? Yes, I have RHN userid and password.

Have a nice day!

Nick

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From:Alan Pittman <Alan.Pittman at publix.com>
To: "'fnwsa at yahoo.com'" <fnwsa at yahoo.com>; "'spacewalk-list at redhat.com'" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com> 
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:42:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?

Nick,
   When I click on the link, the browser takes me to the repodata sub-directory. When I tried backing up a couple of levels, I never saw any RPMs. 

Can I assume that you want to connect to RHN and download all of the available RPMS and populate your Spacewalk repository? If so, you’ll have to download and install a utility called mrepo because Spacewalk doesn’t have the ability to connect directly to the RHN servers. 

Also,  must also have a valid RHN userid and password for mrepo to connect. 

aep

From:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of fnwsa at yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 5:01 PM
To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?

Hi, I am now trying to create my first Repository for RHEL 6 (64bit) systems. Can I use the following link as Repository URL in  Spacewalk's Create New Repository page?

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/x86_64/Debuginfo/repodata/

If it's not the right one, where can I find it?

Thank  you in advance!

Nick
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