[Spacewalk-list] Best way to manage channels

Mark Watts m.watts at linux-corner.info
Sat Jan 21 19:30:50 UTC 2012


On 21/01/2012 18:07, Edward Perry wrote:
> Hey folks, got a question which google is not giving me a good answer.
>
> I have just installed and configured Centos6  based on the howto docs
> and then imported the repo.
>
> Now, How is it best to add the updates  6.1  6.2
>
>
> Would it be best to create new channels and re-associate the channel
> with the systems,
>
> Just add the packages to the current channel
>
> Or Other
>
>
> I am looking for best practices for channel management.

Something like this is what I'd use:

CentOS 6 (x64)
\- CentOS 6.1 (x64)
\- CentOS 6.1 - Updates (x64)
\- CentOS 6.2 (x64)
\- CentOS 6.2 - Updates (x64)
\- EPEL for EL6 (x64)
\- My_Custom_Repo (x64)
\- ...

Don't put packages directly in the parent channel, add them to child 
channels. This way its simpler to upgrade; just subscribe the systems 
you want to the new child channels. When you're done with a major 
version, just delete those child channels.

Bear in mind that you should always use signed packages and import the 
keys into Spacewalk so you can deploy them via kickstart. This means you 
probably want to sort all your channels before you kickstart new 
clients. You'll also want to create your own signing key for custom 
packages.

Mark.




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