Spacewalk 2.7 Installation Steps
Hello folks, good morning
Today I’ll post the new steps to implement your own Spacewalk on the scenario below
- CentOS 7.5
- Spacewalk 2.7
So let’s do it.
Stopping firewall services
systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl disable firewalld
Changing the SELINUX to permissive mode
sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=permissive/g' /etc/selinux/config
setenforce 0
Adding the entry on the /etc/hosts file “if you have already DNS configured, just skip this step”
[root@spacewalk ~]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
192.168.100.230 spacewalk.local.domain spacewalk
[root@spacewalk ~]#
Installing some packages that will help you during the configuration / management
yum install vim -y
yum install man -y
yum install wget -y
yum install createrepo -y
yum install openssh-clients -y
Installing the Spacewalk 2.7 repo package
rpm -Uvh http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/archive/spacewalk/2.7/RHEL/7/x86_64/spacewalk-repo-2.7-2.el7.noarch.rpm
Installing the EPEL repo package
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7Server/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-11.noarch.rpm
Configuring the repo related to Java packages
cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/group_spacewalkproject-java-packages-epel-7.repo << EOF
[group_spacewalkproject-java-packages]
name=Copr repo for java-packages owned by @spacewalkproject
baseurl=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@spacewalkproject/java-packages/epel-7-\$basearch/
type=rpm-md
skip_if_unavailable=True
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@spacewalkproject/java-packages/pubkey.gpg
repo_gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
enabled_metadata=1
EOF
Checking the actual scenario / repositories available on the CentOS Server
[root@spacewalk yum.repos.d]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.esecuredata.com
* epel: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
* extras: muug.ca
* updates: mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
repo id repo name status
base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 9,911
epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 12,581
extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 305
group_spacewalkproject-java-packages/x86_64 Copr repo for java-packages owned by @spacewalkproject 211
spacewalk/x86_64 Spacewalk 117
updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 654
repolist: 23,779
[root@spacewalk yum.repos.d]#
Installing the package related to the Postgres DB / Spacewalk
yum install spacewalk-setup-postgresql -y
Installing the package Spacewalk package
yum install spacewalk-postgresql -y
Using one template “answer file”
cp /usr/share/doc/spacewalk-setup-2.7.12/answers.txt ~
Edit the file after copy
vim ~/answers.txt
Below one example of my conf file, simple information and the info related to the Oracle db commented
[root@spacewalk ~]# cat ~/answers.txt
admin-email = root@localhost
ssl-set-org = ACME Company
ssl-set-org-unit = IT
ssl-set-city = Burnaby
ssl-set-state = BC
ssl-set-country = CA
ssl-password = redhat
ssl-set-email = [email protected]
ssl-config-sslvhost = Y
#db-backend=oracle
#db-user=foo
#db-password=bar
#db-name=service_name.world
#db-host=hostname.of.your.db
#db-port=1521
enable-tftp=Y
[root@spacewalk ~]#
Step below is necessary because of a BZ [1], on the SW 2.8 will not be necessary anymore
postgresql-setup initdb
Start the installation in mode non interactive, just passing the response file
spacewalk-setup --answer-file=/root/answers.txt
Installation proceed until the end
[root@spacewalk ~]# spacewalk-setup --answer-file=/root/answers.txt
* Loading answer file: /root/answers.txt.
* Setting up SELinux..
** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
Database "rhnschema" does not exist
** Database: Installing the database:
** Database: This is a long process that is logged in:
** Database: /var/log/rhn/install_db.log
*** Progress: ##
** Database: Installation complete.
** Database: Populating database.
*** Progress: ##########################
* Configuring tomcat.
* Setting up users and groups.
** GPG: Initializing GPG and importing key.
** GPG: Creating /root/.gnupg directory
* Performing initial configuration.
* Configuring apache SSL virtual host.
** /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf has been backed up to ssl.conf-swsave
* Configuring jabberd.
* Creating SSL certificates.
Cname alias of the machine (comma seperated)?
** SSL: Generating CA certificate.
** SSL: Deploying CA certificate.
** SSL: Generating server certificate.
** SSL: Storing SSL certificates.
* Deploying configuration files.
* Update configuration in database.
* Setting up Cobbler..
* Restarting services.
Installation complete.
Visit https://spacewalk.local.domain to create the Spacewalk administrator account.
[root@spacewalk ~]#
At this point, just access the url https://spacewalk.local.domain to create the admin account and use.
Below the output of spacewalk-service status just to check the Spacewalk health
[root@spacewalk ~]# spacewalk-service status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status postgresql.service
● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL database server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:05:50 EDT; 49s ago
Process: 3612 ExecStop=/usr/bin/pg_ctl stop -D ${PGDATA} -s -m fast (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3633 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pg_ctl start -D ${PGDATA} -s -o -p ${PGPORT} -w -t 300 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3628 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/postgresql-check-db-dir ${PGDATA} (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3636 (postgres)
CGroup: /system.slice/postgresql.service
├─3636 /usr/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -p 5432
├─3637 postgres: logger process
├─3639 postgres: checkpointer process
├─3640 postgres: writer process
├─3641 postgres: wal writer process
├─3642 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
├─3643 postgres: stats collector process
├─3737 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56886) idle
├─3738 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56888) idle
├─3739 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56890) idle
├─3740 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56892) idle
├─3741 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56894) idle
├─3864 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema [local] idle
├─4038 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56904) idle
├─4039 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56906) idle
├─4040 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56908) idle
├─4048 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56910) idle
├─4049 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56912) idle
├─4050 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56914) idle
├─4051 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56916) idle
├─4052 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56918) idle
├─4054 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56920) idle
├─4058 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56926) idle
├─4111 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56930) idle
├─4112 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56932) idle
├─4113 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56934) idle
├─4114 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56936) idle
├─4115 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56938) idle
└─4155 postgres: rhnuser rhnschema 127.0.0.1(56942) idle
Jun 12 10:05:49 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL database server...
Jun 12 10:05:50 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Started PostgreSQL database server.
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status jabberd.service
● jabberd.service - Jabber Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/jabberd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (exited) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:05:51 EDT; 49s ago
Process: 3658 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3658 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/jabberd.service
Jun 12 10:05:51 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Starting Jabber Server...
Jun 12 10:05:51 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Started Jabber Server.
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status tomcat.service
● tomcat.service - Apache Tomcat Web Application Container
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tomcat.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:05:51 EDT; 49s ago
Main PID: 3668 (java)
CGroup: /system.slice/tomcat.service
└─3668 /usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin/java -ea -Xms256m -Xmx256m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dorg.xml.sax.driver=org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser -Dorg.apache.tomcat.util...
Jun 12 10:06:03 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: Jun 12, 2018 10:06:03 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
Jun 12 10:06:03 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: INFO: Deployment of configuration descriptor /etc/tomcat/Catalina/localhost/rhn.xml has finished in 12,263 ms
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: Jun 12, 2018 10:06:04 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-127.0.0.1-8080"]
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: Jun 12, 2018 10:06:04 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-127.0.0.1-8009"]
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: Jun 12, 2018 10:06:04 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1-8009"]
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: Jun 12, 2018 10:06:04 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain server[3668]: INFO: Server startup in 12362 ms
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status httpd.service
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:06:04 EDT; 35s ago
Docs: man:httpd(8)
man:apachectl(8)
Main PID: 3842 (httpd)
Status: "Total requests: 4; Current requests/sec: 0; Current traffic: 0 B/sec"
CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
├─3842 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3843 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3844 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3845 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3846 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3848 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3849 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3850 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
└─3851 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status osa-dispatcher.service
● osa-dispatcher.service - OSA Dispatcher daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/osa-dispatcher.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:06:05 EDT; 35s ago
Process: 3861 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/osa-dispatcher --pid-file /var/run/osa-dispatcher.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3860 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /var/run/osa-dispatcher.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3865 (osa-dispatcher)
CGroup: /system.slice/osa-dispatcher.service
└─3865 /usr/bin/python -s /usr/sbin/osa-dispatcher --pid-file /var/run/osa-dispatcher.pid
Jun 12 10:06:04 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Starting OSA Dispatcher daemon...
Jun 12 10:06:05 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Started OSA Dispatcher daemon.
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status rhn-search.service
● rhn-search.service - Spacewalk search engine
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rhn-search.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:06:05 EDT; 34s ago
Process: 3875 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rhn-search start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3888 (rhnsearchd)
CGroup: /system.slice/rhn-search.service
├─3888 /usr/bin/rhnsearchd /usr/share/rhn/config-defaults/rhn_search_daemon.conf wrapper.pidfile=/var/run/rhn-search.pid wrapper.daemonize=TRUE
└─3890 /usr/bin/java -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/lib:/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client64/lib:/usr/lib/gcj/postgresql-jdbc:/usr/...
Jun 12 10:06:05 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Starting Spacewalk search engine...
Jun 12 10:06:05 spacewalk.local.domain rhn-search[3875]: Starting rhn-search...
Jun 12 10:06:05 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Started Spacewalk search engine.
● cobblerd.service - LSB: daemon for libvirt virtualization API
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/cobblerd; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:06:06 EDT; 33s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 3917 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/cobblerd start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/cobblerd.service
└─3933 /usr/bin/python -s /bin/cobblerd --daemonize
Jun 12 10:06:05 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Starting LSB: daemon for libvirt virtualization API...
Jun 12 10:06:06 spacewalk.local.domain cobblerd[3917]: Starting cobbler daemon: [ OK ]
Jun 12 10:06:06 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Started LSB: daemon for libvirt virtualization API.
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status taskomatic.service
● taskomatic.service - Taskomatic
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/taskomatic.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-06-12 10:06:07 EDT; 33s ago
Process: 3945 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/taskomatic start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3958 (taskomaticd)
CGroup: /system.slice/taskomatic.service
├─3958 /usr/bin/taskomaticd /usr/share/rhn/config-defaults/rhn_taskomatic_daemon.conf wrapper.pidfile=/var/run//taskomatic.pid wrapper.daemonize=TRUE
└─3961 /usr/bin/java -Dibm.dst.compatibility=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xms256m -Xmx1024m -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client64/...
Jun 12 10:06:06 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Starting Taskomatic...
Jun 12 10:06:06 spacewalk.local.domain taskomatic[3945]: Starting RHN Taskomatic...
Jun 12 10:06:06 spacewalk.local.domain wrapper[3958]: --> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Jun 12 10:06:06 spacewalk.local.domain wrapper[3958]: Launching a JVM...
Jun 12 10:06:07 spacewalk.local.domain systemd[1]: Started Taskomatic.
[root@spacewalk ~]#
That’s it, hope you enjoy the Spacewalk and infos above.
See you!
Waldirio