Chris Beattie wrote:
> I have a mix of CentOS 5, 6, and now 7 servers at work. There are enough
> of them now that it is starting to make sense for them to get updates from
> an internal source.
>
> I've seen RHN Satellite in years past. It looks like it may be a way to
> allow Windows admins here (familiar with WSUS) to update Linux boxes. A
> local repo might be easier to set up, but (as with Spacewalk) it seems
> like we'd end up with a lot of packages we don't need. A proxy and a
> sufficiently-large cache might do the trick if the first Linux box to get
> updates populates the cache which the files the others will need, but I
> haven't looked into this enough to see if there's even a way that works.
>
> How do you all keep a dozen or more Linux boxes updated?
>
We have over 170 servers and workstations. We use yum update for system
stuff. If you really want an internal source, build a repo of your own.
I installed Spacewalk in '09. While I was doing it, it went from .3 to .4
or .5 - don't remember. For a dozen or so servers, it's *vastly* more
effort to install and configure, and presumably maintain, than you would
spend if you just set up an internal repo.
> Thanks!
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I agree with Varleri - this is a ludicrously long and extremely pissy
postscript. I probably should have joined him in *not* responding, since
a) it says "may
> contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged,
> confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law", which
you posted to a public email list, which is international in scope, and
therefore a null and void statement, since it would *only* be applicable
to someone who had signed an NDI, and b) you're not offering anyone here
to pay for such.
mark
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