[CentOS] Package Distribution Server?
Benjamin Franz
jfranz at freerun.com
Fri Jun 4 15:54:43 UTC 2010
On 06/04/2010 07:24 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> If you set up a big number of workstations (my pain shreshold woud
>> probably be around 20), or if you have hard requirements that the
>> workstations are really equal in patch level you should maybe consider a
>> Spacewalk server:
>>
>> https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/
>> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/PackageManagement/Spacewalk
>>
> I was working with spacewalk a year ago. It went from 0.4 to 0.5, and as
> far as I was concerned, it is just that: *not* ready for prime time.
>
> I'd go with a cron yum -y update (don't forget the -y), or a cron rsync.
>
> mark
>
Not to mention Spacewalk requires using Oracle for your database.
I use a local repo for the 50 or so servers I maintain.
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Benjamin Franz
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