[Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL

[Boyd, Robert]

This is not exactly correct.   It is possible with mrepo to import multiple versions of RHEL repos on a single server.   I set mine up to import RHEL 4, 5 and 6 a couple of years ago.   I’ve upgraded to Spacewalk 2.0 so far using that scenario.  I’m preparing to switch to a new instantiation of Spacewalk 2.2 using the direct import mechanisms in the near future to save on space and processing time.

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From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Amedeo Salvati
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 10:22 AM
To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL

I think it's mandatory to use different rhel server for each rhel version 5, 6, 7, and don't forget for rhel 5 and 6 that could be 32bit or 64bit... but if you have a virtualization infrastructure you can create VMs for each version with poor resources, the only problems is the space for storing all rpms

Best Regards
Amedeo Salvati


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Oggetto Re: [Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL

> Hi Amedeo,
> Thank you for the reply. I just want clarify…
>
> Using mrepo we can configure RHEL in spacewalk with our existing RHEL license subscriptions but it seems we would need to set up a RHEL server for each version (ie 5, 6, 7) and export those RPM’s out to our Spacewalk server.
>
> Is there another method to configure all of this which is more convenient without paying for the full Satellite package?

> Jason
>
> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Amedeo Salvati
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> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL
>
> Hello Jason,

> I know that some guys configured spacewalk to serve as satellite 5.x replacement using mrepo tool, so with one host with mrepo you could download all rpms coming from red hat channels (your host with mrepo should have channels subscription), so after downloaded all rpms, this will be available as yum http repos and spacewalk can import them -> you have doubled the required space.

> But with this configuration you can use spacewalk as satellite replacement without having a satellite certificate.

> Take a look to this guide: http://www.codarama.be/drupal/?q=node/4

> Best regards
> Amedeo Salvati
>

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> Oggetto Re: [Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL
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> > Hi All,
> > Could someone assist me with my follow-up questions?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jason
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Calafiore, Jason [USA]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:27 AM
> > To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> > Any thoughts on my follow-up questions? I'd be very appreciative of your feedback.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jason
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Calafiore, Jason [USA]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:31 PM
> > To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> > A few more questions...
> >
> > About this.. " On the other hand you need to sync RHEL content to Spacewalk server first.To be able to sync that content directly from rhn.redhat.com you need a certificate; this cert is a part of Red Hat Satellite subscription."
> > - We need a certificate to be able to sync RHEL clients using Spacewalk, correct? Would we need to purchase a (Satellite) license to do this?
> >
> > - I had seen this on Spacewalk's FAQ and sounds like Spacewalk cannot be used for RHEL. Could your clarify?
> > "Can I use Spacewalk to sync my entitlements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and other Red Hat software products?
> > No. In order to be able to connect to rhn.redhat.com and satellite-sync Red Hat software content, you need the Satellite product with an active Satellite certificate."
> >
> > - I had heard that in order to serve out RHEL v5 and v6 repo's in Spacewalk you would need to set up 2 separate servers for each. Is that correct?
> >
> > - I had heard that RHN Classic is going away in 2017 and moving to Subscription Manager. Will that affect Spacewalk's functionality with RedHat?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jason
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Michael Mraka
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:13 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [External] Re: Spacewalk on RHEL
> >
> > Calafiore, Jason [USA] wrote:
> > % Hi Michael,
> > % Thank you for the email. I have read that Spacewalk can manage several different distro's such as Ubuntu and SLES. I am interested in this but also I am interested in serving RHEL x86_64 v5 and v6. Could you tell me if Spacewalk can do that out of the box or does it require some tweaks or changes?
> >
> > Hello Jason,
> >
> > Spacewalk is able to manage RHEL systems without any modification.
> >
> > On the other hand you need to sync RHEL content to Spacewalk server first.
> > To be able to sync that content directly from rhn.redhat.com you need a certificate; this cert is a part of Red Hat Satellite subscription.
> >
> > % Thank you,
> > % Jason
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Michael Mráka
> > Satellite Engineering, Red Hat
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