I've deleted some of the earlier postings on this subject so I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned but the open source alternative to RHN is spacewalk which could be worth considering, https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/
Rgds Paul 2009/3/14 Trevor Vaughan <peiriann...@gmail.com> > > Mrepo: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/mrepo/ > > Don't forget that, if you're using Red Hat's updates, you still need > to have a license for each system that you're updating. > > Trevor > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 21:07, Sam Abed <sama...@gmail.com> wrote: > > how do you then download *all* the packages installed on the 400 or so > > servers from redhat, to seed your local repo ? > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Ohad Levy <ohadl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I would argue that a one time effort to get proper repo locally, would > be > >> much more efficient than using a tool like RHN Satellite. > >> this way you control the content of your repository. > >> additionally, I would really recommend against having multiple tools > >> managing your systems. > >> > >> my 2c > >> Ohad > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:39 AM, PeterBurkholder <pburkhol...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> This is slightly off topic, and may just be tossing red meat to y'all, > >>> but here goes: > >>> > >>> My boss has RedHat coming in on Tuesday to give a spiel on RHN > >>> Satellite. I'm dubious, as it seems mostly like a web UI wrapped > >>> around a Yum repository system and a half-baked configuration > >>> management system. I'm of the opinion that our time and money would > >>> be better spent getting off of RHN for package distribution, setting > >>> up our own Yum repositories, getting a good start on Puppet, and > >>> bringing in Luke Kanies for a week to bring the Puppet installation to > >>> up to snuff. FWIW, we'll be looking about 50 systems that need to be > >>> managed, and we may not have to pay for server itself ($13.5K) just > >>> for the system subscriptions ($200 each). > >>> > >>> Does anyone here have recent experience with RHN Satellite, and care > >>> to comment on its usefulness and functionality? Or on its > >>> shortcoming and pitfalls? My Google searches aren't turning up any > >>> useful reviews. I'd like to be in a position to ask some semi- > >>> informed questions. > >>> > >>> ALSO: it would be great if there's anyone in the Washington DC area > >>> that could come in to give a pitch for Puppet. I did some work with > >>> Puppet at my last job (up until three months ago), and I've been a > >>> proponent of it my current gig, but my experience isn't really deep > >>> enough to make the case. > >>> > >>> Thanks for any opinions you can provide. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Peter > >>> -- > >>> Peter Burkholder > >>> pburkhol...@pobox.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Paul Matthews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
