[CentOS] Package Distribution Server?

Fri Jun 4 15:54:43 UTC 2010
Benjamin Franz <jfranz at freerun.com>

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.

-- 
Benjamin Franz