This document provides instructions for installing and configuring Spacewalk for content and package management on CentOS 5. The steps include:
1. Installing prerequisites like Java and configuring alternatives.
2. Downloading and installing Spacewalk YUM repositories and EPEL.
3. Installing and configuring PostgreSQL and the Spacewalk database schema.
4. Configuring PostgreSQL authentication and tuning settings.
5. Running Spacewalk setup to populate the database and configure Spacewalk.
This document provides instructions for installing and configuring Spacewalk for content and package management on CentOS 5. The steps include:
1. Installing prerequisites like Java and configuring alternatives.
2. Downloading and installing Spacewalk YUM repositories and EPEL.
3. Installing and configuring PostgreSQL and the Spacewalk database schema.
4. Configuring PostgreSQL authentication and tuning settings.
5. Running Spacewalk setup to populate the database and configure Spacewalk.
This document provides instructions for installing and configuring Spacewalk for content and package management on CentOS 5. The steps include:
1. Installing prerequisites like Java and configuring alternatives.
2. Downloading and installing Spacewalk YUM repositories and EPEL.
3. Installing and configuring PostgreSQL and the Spacewalk database schema.
4. Configuring PostgreSQL authentication and tuning settings.
5. Running Spacewalk setup to populate the database and configure Spacewalk.
This document provides instructions for installing and configuring Spacewalk for content and package management on CentOS 5. The steps include:
1. Installing prerequisites like Java and configuring alternatives.
2. Downloading and installing Spacewalk YUM repositories and EPEL.
3. Installing and configuring PostgreSQL and the Spacewalk database schema.
4. Configuring PostgreSQL authentication and tuning settings.
5. Running Spacewalk setup to populate the database and configure Spacewalk.
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prereq at least 20 GB and recommend 80GB hard drive space oracle java install oracle java with following steps alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_51/bin/java 2 [root@spacewalk ~]# alternatives --config java There are 2 programs which provide 'java'. Selection Command ----------------------------------------------- *+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java 2 /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_51/bin/java Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: 2 for reference http://wiki.comdivision.com/display/cdconstech/Switch+Java+on+CentOS } wget http://yum.spacewalkproject.org/2.0/RHEL/5/i386/spacewalk-repo-2.0-3.el5.no arch.rpm rpm -Uvh spacewalk-repo-2.0-3.el5.noarch.rpm vi /etc/yum.repos.d/jpackage-generic.repo { add following [jpackage-generic] name=JPackage generic #baseurl=http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/pub/jpackage/5.0/generic/free/ mirrorlist=http://www.jpackage.org/mirrorlist.php?dist=generic&type=free&release =5.0 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage.asc } wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm yum install postgresql-server spacewalk-postgresql yum install -y 'postgresql-server > 8.4' chkconfig postgresql on service postgresql initdb service postgresql start { configure postgresql su - postgres -c 'PGPASSWORD=nokia420; createdb spaceschema ; createlang plpgsql spaceschema ; yes $PGPASSWORD | createuser -P -sDR admin' edit the file /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf add following lines local spaceschema admin md5 host spaceschema admin 127.0.0.1/8 md5 host spaceschema admin ::1/128 md5 local spaceschema postgres ident } service postgresql reload/restart { test the connection. PGPASSWORD=nokia420 psql -a -U admin spaceschema PGPASSWORD=nokia420 psql -h localhost -a -U admin spaceschema } { tune database yum install pgtune pgtune --type=web -c 600 -i /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf >/tmp/pgtune.con f diff -u /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf /tmp/pgtune.conf cp /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf.bak cp /tmp/pgtune.conf /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf service postgresql restart } { yum install spacewalk-postgresql xml-commons-apis } { spacewalk-setup --disconnected --external ** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend. Hostname (leave empty for local)? Database? spaceschema Username? admin Password? ** Database: Populating database. *** Progress: ###### Note: just if this process gets exist with this error (Could not populate databa se.) then check the logs in /var/log/rhn/populate_db.log.* if the errors says psql:/etc/sysconfig/rhn/postgres/deploy.sql:14681: ERROR: language "" does not exist HINT: Use CREATE LANGUAGE to load the language into the database. then execute following command and rerun spacewalk-setup again su - postgres -c 'createlang pltclu spaceschema ;' spacewalk-setup --disconnected --external }
