Table of Contents

spacewalk

basics

  1. Installation https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall
    1. you must recompile selinux-policy with a newer version (on centos)
      1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729521
    2. use the find -exec loop to import the Base repo: 
      find . -type f -iname \*.rpm -exec echo "rpm: {}" \; -exec rhnpush --server localhost -u jfriar -p PASSWORD --channel centos6-x86_64 {} \;
    3. a few edits in cobbler for using eth1 ip instead of eth0
    4. need a dhcp server (haven't tried to use cobbler for this)
  2. Kickstart https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToKickstartCobbler
    1. edit /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
    2. run: 
      cobbler check
    3. some dhcp configuration info https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/kickstartingLabNetworkingSetup
    4. kickstart options http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#Chapter_2._Kickstart_Options
    5. cheetah, the cobbler kickstart templating engine https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/KickstartTemplating
  3. Client setup https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/RegisteringClients
    1. need to install some local rpms
    2. need to import keys: 
      rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/Centos-*
    3. add channel subscriptions in spacewalk for client

gpg stuff

notes

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