Using local OMSA repository

Jeffrey_L_Mendoza at Dell.com Jeffrey_L_Mendoza at Dell.com
Thu Jul 9 10:40:37 CDT 2009 

OMSA is not officially supported on 32-bit SLES, though many(most?) people on this list run OMSA on non-supported distros. All the prereq rpms come from the community repo: http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/.

-Jeff 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com 
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf 
> Of Nicole Hähnel
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:51 AM
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: Re: Using local OMSA repository
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I changed bootstrap.sh for my needs and it works on sles10 x86_64.
> But finally I miss the platform_independent rpms for sles i386.
> So I can not use the repo for i386 sles servers?
> 
> Thanks!
> Nicole
> 
> Jeffrey_L_Mendoza at Dell.com schrieb:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I thought rsync -a would get the .htaccess symlinks, but I 
> guess not. Good to hear that it is working.
> >
> > About yum on sles, I took a look at our bootstrap script 
> and it only checks for rug or zypper on sles 10/11. For rhel4 
> it checks for yum before defaulting to up2date. The same yum 
> code would need to be under the sles sections that is there 
> for rhel4. Feel free to make the change to your own 
> _tools/bootstrap.sh file.
> >
> > I can take a stab at it and provide it for personal use, 
> but I can't update the official repo without pushing the 
> change through test. So, that won't be until the next OMSA release.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
> >
> >   
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com
> >> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf Of 
> >> Nicole Hähnel
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:51 AM
> >> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> >> Subject: Re: Using local OMSA repository
> >>
> >> Ok, I have to copy htaccess_repo_topdir and htaccess_tools to the 
> >> correct folders as .htaccess.
> >> This works now.
> >>
> >> Is it possible to use the OMSA repository with yum on sles servers?
> >> We are only using yum for all updates instead of zmd / rug on our 
> >> sles10 servers.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Nicole
> >>
> >> Jeffrey_L_Mendoza at Dell.com schrieb:
> >>     
> >>> The bootstrap symlink should be how it was. It sounds like
> >>>       
> >> cgi is not
> >>     
> >>> enabled on your web server. Make sure you have the 
> .htaccess files 
> >>> with the repo and that your apache config is allowing the proper 
> >>> overrides that the .htaccess files use. See the bottom of:
> >>> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/FAQ
> >>>
> >>> -Jeff
> >>>  
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com
> >>>> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf Of 
> >>>> Nicole Hähnel
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:29 AM
> >>>> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> >>>> Subject: Re: Using local OMSA repository
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> do I have to run the bootstrap.cgi on my server or from the dell 
> >>>> server?
> >>>> I tried "wget -q -O -
> >>>> http://myserver/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi
> >>>> | bash " and get these errors:
> >>>>
> >>>> bash: line 3: import: command not found
> >>>> bash: line 4: import: command not found
> >>>> bash: line 5: import: command not found
> >>>> bash: line 6: import: command not found
> >>>> bash: line 8: sys.stderr: command not found
> >>>> bash: line 10: serverXref: command not found
> >>>> bash: line 11: geeko.linuxdev.us.dell.com:: command not found
> >>>> bash: line 12: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
> >>>> bash: line 12: `    }'
> >>>>
> >>>> If I look at the bootstrap.cgi on my webserver, I see a
> >>>>         
> >> python script
> >>     
> >>>> instead of a bash script like on the dell server.
> >>>> hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi is linked to 
> _tools/bootstrap.cgi I 
> >>>> changed the symlink to _tools/bootstrap.sh and tried
> >>>>         
> >> again, but all
> >>     
> >>>> was downloaded from the dell server.
> >>>>
> >>>> wget -q -O -
> >>>> http://myserver/repo/dell/community/bootstrap.cgi |bash
> >>>>         
> >> Downloading
> >>     
> >>>> GPG key:
> >>>> http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/RPM-GPG-KEY-dell
> >>>>     Key already exists in RPM, skipping Downloading GPG key:
> >>>> http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/RPM-GPG-KEY-libsmbios
> >>>>     Key already exists in RPM, skipping Downloading GPG key:
> >>>> http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/mirrors.cgi?osname=el5&ba
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> search=x86_64&redirpath=/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>>     Key already exists in RPM, skipping Write repository 
> >>>> configuration Downloading repository RPM Installing 
> repository rpm:
> >>>> http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/content/el5-x86_64/noarch
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> /dell-community-repository-1-10.3.el5.noarch.rpm
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Done!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>> Nicole
> >>>>
> >>>> Jeffrey_L_Mendoza at Dell.com schrieb:
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please re-run your rsync, as I just added yum-dellsysid
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>> which split from smbios-utils-python recently.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Make sure your apache config allows the proper overrides
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>> that are in
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> the .htaccess files of the repo. See: 
> >>>>> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/FAQ
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On the client side, run the bootstrap command. For the dell
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>> server it is: 'wget -q -O -
> >>>> http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi |
> >>>>         
> >> bash' If
> >>     
> >>>> you navigate your web browser to your local mirror, the URL will 
> >>>> automatically be correct in the command.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Jeff
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com
> >>>>>> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On 
> Behalf Of 
> >>>>>> Nicole Hähnel
> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 5:33 AM
> >>>>>> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> >>>>>> Subject: Using local OMSA repository
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I created a local OMSA mirror with rsync -avrHt --delete 
> >>>>>> rsync://linux.dell.com/repo.
> >>>>>> What steps are necessary for setup on the client side?
> >>>>>> How can I include the dellsysidplugin?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Nicole
> >>>>>>
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