[Spacewalk-list] multiple activation keys and config channels

[Baptiste AGASSE]

Hi,

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> De: "Stefan Roat - SKIDATA" <Stefan.Roat at skidata.com>
> À: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Envoyé: Lundi 3 Décembre 2012 13:57:49
> Objet: [Spacewalk-list] multiple activation keys and config channels
> 
> 
> 
> hi list,
> 
> as i understand in the redhat docs, it is possible to combine
> multiple activation keys, so the packages, software channels and
> config channels of each key get combined
> 
> https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/5.2/html/Reference_Guide/s2-sm-systems-activation-keys.html#s3-sm-system-keys-multiple
> 
> the idea is to have a "basic OS setup" key and others that add to it,
> like "webserver" or "database" ...
> 
> basically it should look like that:
> key1: has default software channels, packages and a config channel
> key2: has some additional packages/software channels and a config
> channel that overwrites some of the files in the channel above
> 
> for this the priority ranking of the config channels is important, so
> that the config channel of key2 overwrites key1
> however, i dont see how i can control rankings in such a setup? I
> dont see any options to give priorities to activation keys.
> 
> any ideas, somebody who uses a similar setup?

I use similar setup, when you register your system (whit rhnreg_ks for example), you must specify your keys from the most specific to the most general

eg:

rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=http://spacewalk.example.com/XMLRPC --force --activationkey=[databases-servers-key],[production-site-key],[distribution-key]


Regards.

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Baptiste