Sometimes Spacewalk still suggests updates and errata for a system even though they have already been installed. Especially for bigger system landscapes this is confusing as planning maintenance using the web interface is hard in this way.

1# zypper update scout
2Refreshing service 'spacewalk'.
3Loading …

A fresh Spacewalk installation usually defines user accounts in a local manner - including permissions. Especially for bigger system landscapes with requirements such as Single Sign-on, this is not a practical solution.

Fortunately, Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5 support authentication using FreeIPA and Red Hat …

After my last Spacewalk 2.7 installation I had the problem that synchronising repositories using the web interface failed with the following error:

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When installing Spacewalk 2.7 under CentOS 7.4 along with PostgreSQL 9.2.23, I recently stumbled upon the following error:

1# spacewalk-setup
2* Setting up SELinux..
3** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
4** Database: Installing the database:
5** Database: This is a long process that is …

This week Spacewalk was released in version 2.4 after 6 months of development. In summary, about 60 bugs were fixed and some new features were implemented.

The web-interface is now available to other projects as part of the Patternfly framework. The project driven mainly by Red Hat aims at combining beatiful designs …

This week Red Hat Satellite 5.7 was released. With the ninth update of the 5.x tree many improvements from the Spacewalk development were applied.

New web interface

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Hint from january 2015: the bug has been fixed in the meantime.

I found out that it is currently (11/01/2014) impossible to run osad (Open Source Architecture Daemon) with SELinux enabled on EL6.6 and EL7 systems. The following error message can be seen while starting the service:

 1# service osad restart
 2Shutting …

This week the first official CentOS Dojo in Cologne was taking place. CentOS Dojos are one-day events where administrators and developers can exchange knowledge. Talks about recent topics are always part of these events.

inovex GmbH kindly features the event by providing their rooms and hearty catering. Beside coffee …