SuSE Manager

SuSE Manager

Channels

Refresh channle list

# mgr-sync refresh

List available channels

# mgr-sync list channels

Add Channel

# mgr-sync add channel <channel>

Delete Channel

# spacewalk-remove-channel -c <channel>

Create a frozen channel

Clone a channel (which is like a snapshot) and add a timestamp at the end of the name:

# spacecmd softwarechannel_clonetree -s '<source channel or pool>' -x "s/\$/-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S')/"

e.g.:

# spacecmd softwarechannel_clonetree -s 'sles12-sp3-pool-x86_64' -x "s/\$/-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S')/"

will result in a new channel pool named e.g. sles12-sp3-pool-x86_64-2017-11-22_14:26:42

Compose your own channel

# spacecmd
spacecmd {SSM:0}> softwarechannel_create -n OpenSuSE -l opensuse -a x86_64 -c sha256

spacecmd {SSM:0}> repo_create -n opensuse-database-sles12-sp2-x86_64 -u https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/SLE_12_SP2/
spacecmd {SSM:0}> repo_create -n opensuse-database-sles12-sp3-x86_64 -u https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/SLE_12_SP3/

spacecmd {SSM:0}> repo_list
opensuse-database-sles12-sp2-x86_64
opensuse-database-sles12-sp3-x86_64

spacecmd {SSM:0}> softwarechannel_addrepo opensuse opensuse-database-sles12-sp2-x86_64
spacecmd {SSM:0}> softwarechannel_addrepo opensuse opensuse-database-sles12-sp3-x86_64

spacecmd {SSM:0}> quit
# spacewalk-repo-sync -c opensuse

Bootstrap

Create bootstrap repo

Do it for each channel!

# mgr-create-bootstrap-repo

Create bootstrap shell scripts in /srv/www/htdocs/pub/bootstrap

Do not forget to lookup the available activation keys

# mgr-bootstrap --traditional --script=My-New-SLES11-SP4.sh --activation-keys=6-sles11-sp4-x86_64

Activation keys

List available activation keys

web: Systems -> Activation Keys

# spacecmd -q activationkey_list
6-sles11-sp3-x86_64
6-sles11-sp4-x86_64
6-sles12-sp0-x86_64
6-sles12-sp1-x86_64
6-sles12-sp2-x86_64
6-sles12-sp3-x86_64

spacecmd

Just some useful space commands

# spacecmd system_list

rhn-search

Cleanup the search index

# rhn-search cleanindex