In Uyuni 2024.07 and 2024.08 the synchronization of Oracle Linux 8 repositories is not possible without errors. The cause of the problem lies in the repositories, which do not correctly adhere to the specifications of modular repositories. The following error therefore appears during synchronization using …

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What is Ubuntu Pro? Ubuntu Pro is a not uncontroversial additional offer from Canonical for Ubuntu users. This extends - for a fee - the support time window of LTS releases from 5 to up to 10 years. For private use, the offer can be used free of charge for up to 5 computers - Ubuntu members can even refuel up to 50 …

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During the Red Hat Summit in May this year, an interesting extension of the popular Infrastructure as Code solution was presented with Event-driven Ansible. With EDA, Ansible is extended by a proactive component that allows it to react dynamically to events. This focuses on the previous unique selling point of …

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When it comes to managing larger system landscapes, SUSE Manager and the open source upstream project Uyuni are useful tools. They can be used to set up new systems, deploy patches and also support Infrastructure as Code via SaltStack. In the context of customer projects, I have carried out numerous installations and …

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Recently I stumbled upon the following error when registering a new openSUSE system in Uyuni: The appropriate file simply did not exist - but the folder was created: 1# file /var/lib/salt/.ssh/known_hosts 2known_hosts: cannot open 'known_hosts' (No such file or directory) 3 4# ls -lad /var/lib/salt/ 5drwxr-xr-x …

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