[Spacewalk-list] How to register a client

[Jan Pazdziora]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 06:44:24AM -0800, J.W. slone wrote:
> I have created a base channel with sub channels 
>  
> 1. base channel  is call         RHN5_Linux 
>      Label is called                RHN_Linux_Test   
> 2. update channel is called   RHN5_Updates
>       Label is called               RHN5_Updates_Linux
>  
> 1st Question: How can I register new clients to my base channel?
>             A) Is it better to perform this from the command line?
>             B) Is it better to perform this task from the GUi  

This dependes on your preference. From the command line, you can use
activation keys. From the GUI, you'd probably want to edit the
distribution channel mapping, new WebUI feature in Spacewalk 1.8.

> 2nd  Question  How can I stop the updates from showing on all the installed clients? 

Just don't subscribe those client to the updates child channel.

> 3rd  How can I push packages to clients through the GUI and the command line?  

Select on WebUI (SSM or one-by-one), schedule package install action,
have the clients pick them up either using rhnsd, osad, or manually
via rhn_check. From the command line, you might want to look at
spacecmd and API. From the clients, you can of course also use yum
directly.

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Jan Pazdziora
Principal Software Engineer, Satellite Engineering, Red Hat