[Spacewalk-list] automatic deployment of configuration channes at specific intervals

[Gerald Vogt]

On 17.12.13 09:27, Daniel Souvignier wrote:
> I configured a configuration channel on our spacewalk system containing
> all important configuration files on our infrastructure. What I want to
> do now is to have the systems check every hour or so if they have
> exactly the versions of the configuration files deployed so the
> configuration on all workstation is ensured to stay the same over time.
> I didn't find a configuration for this in the GUI. Is there a spacewalk
> mechanism for that or do I have to install a cron job on all client
> systems?

By default spacewalk runs the "compare-config-bunch" every day at 23:00.
You can see the number of differences in the "Configs" column of the
System Overview and other lists.

If there are differences the number of differences should have a link
which directs you directly to the Configuration Overview page of that
system. At the bottom you should see "Last Spacewalk and System
Comparison" with information of the last comparison operation. Click the
"View Details" link and you'll see the differences found.

The task schedule is configured on the main "Admin" tab, "Task
Schedules". You can change the schedule for various tasks including the
"compare-configs-default".

Cheers,

Gerald