[Spacewalk-list] Error connecting to jabber

Ree, Jan-Albert van J.A.v.Ree at marin.nl
Thu Jun 1 09:16:55 UTC 2017


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-----Original Message-----
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> Ree, Jan-Albert van:
> > While I agree that sqlite is better than berkeleydb why not make
> > PostgreSQL the default if the PostgreSQL database is already being
> set
> > up during installation ( ie spacewalk-setup-postgresql is called )

> We try to keep configuration unified accross different spacewalk
> variants.
> And because jabberd can't connect to oracle we would need to configure
> it with sqlite anyway in case of spacewalk with oracle backend.

Thats a good point, never thought about people still running Oracle...
Is it actually still being used a lot now that PostgreSQL is so mature?

> If you want to try jabberd with postgresql backend see Avi's blog
> https://omg.dje.li/2017/03/configuring-spacewalks-jabberd-to-use-a-
> postgresql-backend/

Can this information perhaps be added to the spacewalk wiki pages or at least a pointer be added in the wiki?
I'd be happy to assist in this if needed, but I think it's a shame these gems of information are not easily found.
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Jan-Albert




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