DevOps Tools/Configuration/SpaceWalk

Spacewalk

Overview

Package Maintainer/Installer for bulk management.
Installation of Spacewalk on CentOS7.
Instructions from here

Installation

Dependencies

~$ sudo yum install -y epel-release
~$ sudo yum install -y yum-plugin-tmprepo
~$ sudo yum install -y spacewalk-repo --tmprepo=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/%40spacewalkproject/spacewalk-2.10/epel-7-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml --nogpg

Postgres

~$ sudo yum -y install spacewalk-setup-postgresql 

Spacewalk

~$ sudo yum -y install spacewalk-postgresql 

Firewall

~$ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http
~$ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=https
~$ sudo firewall-cmd --runtime-to-perm
~$ sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Configuration

Using the default postgres db with an answerfile

~$ spacewalk-setup --answer-file=<FILENAME>

Example Answer file:

admin-email = root@localhost
ssl-set-cnames = spacewalk2
ssl-set-org = Spacewalk Org
ssl-set-org-unit = spacewalk
ssl-set-city = My City
ssl-set-state = My State
ssl-set-country = US
ssl-password = spacewalk
ssl-set-email = root@localhost
ssl-config-sslvhost = Y
db-backend=postgresql
db-name=spaceschema
db-user=spaceuser
db-password=spacepw
db-host=localhost
db-port=5432
enable-tftp=Y