[Spacewalk-list] Need help with registration problems.

[Edward Drummond]

That's a very interesting idea and I will try it. The implication is
there are things needed during install that are not available in the
"proper" channels, such as:
fedora16-x86_64
fedora16-x86_64-updates
spacewalk18-client-fedora16-x86_64

Is this true? Or is it the case that for me, the channels themselves
are not available?

Also, to be clear, you suggest I put the children on the ks file
directly. Right now I have no child channels on the file, but I do
have them on an activation key on the ks file. Are you making a
distinction between these two things? The spacewalk interface
(I believe) says either of these schemes will work, but they are
mutually exclusive.

Is it possible putting the child channels on a key creates a
timing issue? Is the client first registered, then activation
keys are applied?





On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Jon Miller
jonebird-at-gmail.com|spacewalkList-iscool|
<45ka6oedht at sneakemail.com> wrote:

> I had to setup a child channel, populate it with packages I was missing,
> and then explicitly select it in your kickstart profile under Kickstart
> Details -> Operating System. If you have a working client, with good yum
> repos, you can try the command "yum install  --downloadonly
> --downloaddir=/tmp rhn-setup rhn-check" (and any others to that list) which
> will download not only those packages but also their dependencies. Finally,
> use "rhnpush" to upload those packages to the child channel. At that point
> you should be able to put those packages in your package list and have them
> successfully installed. Repeat the process for any other packages you need
> during install.
>
> -- Jon Miller
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Edward Drummond <
> spacewalkList-iscool at snkmail.com <spacewalkList-iscool at snkmail..com>>wrote:
>
>> I have tried this. If I make it:
>>
>> %packages
>> @ Base
>> rhn-setup
>> rhn-check
>>
>> %end
>>
>> the installer tells me these packages don't exist.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Jon Miller jonebird-at-gmail.com|spacewalkList-iscool|
>> <45ka6oedht at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've seen a similar error during some of my initial kickstarts. The
>>> error that sticks out to me is your:
>>>    /tmp/ks-script-QpNRzX: line 207: rhnreg_ks: command not found
>>>    /tmp/ks-script-QpNRzX: line 213: rhn_check: command not found
>>>
>>>  What I did was explicitly include "rhn-setup" and "rhn-check" in my
>>> packages list for my kickstart profile. Try including those packages and
>>> see if your registration works.
>>>
>>> -- Jon Miller
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:14 AM, key 1 <
>>> spacewalkList-iscool at snkmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help me. I'm new to spacewalk and a little bit stuck.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have installed spacewalk1.8-postgres on a f17 box. I have repo-sync'ed
>>>> channels for fedora 16 & 17, as well as CentOS 5 & 6.. (all x86_64).
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>
>> -snip
>>
>>
>
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