[Spacewalk-list] Running Spacewalk on RHEL 5 / CentOS 5

[Milan Zazrivec]

> On 25/03/13 19:37, Pierre Casenove wrote:
> > Hello,
> > To be perfectly clear: upgrading from el5 to el6 is possible, I just
> > need some time to plan this.
> > A page on the wiki would be useful : with my el5 backup, what exactly do
> > I need to follow from the installation guide to get spacewalk up and
> > running?
> > What version of cobbler (2.0 ou cobbler-epel) should I install?
> > Do I have to install spacewalk-setup-embedded-postgresql or do i just
> > need to restore configuraiton files and the pg dump? Do I need to
> > restore both postgres and spacewalk databases or only spacewalk one?
> > In fact, a third page on the wiki, like HowToInstall and HowToUpgrade,
> > but to address el5 to el6 upgrade.
> 
> Quick reply, I think this thread high lights the need to try and provide
> a document on our wiki as part of any release where we do drop EL5.

Long overdue, but here it comes:

    https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToUpgradeOperatingSystem

instructions on how to upgrade the operating system under your Spacewalk.

Also referenced from

    https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/UserDocs

Regards
-Milan Zázrivec