4.4 Configuring a Slave Spacewalk Server Using the Spacewalk Web Interface

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4.4 Configuring a Slave Spacewalk Server Using the Spacewalk Web Interface

To configure a slave Spacewalk server:

In a browser tab, navigate to http://master_swksvr_FQDN/pub, where master_swksvr_FQDN is the fully qualified domain name of the master Spacewalk server, and download the CA certificate file RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT as RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT-MASTER.
Alternatively, you can use wget from the command line, for example:
```
# wget -q -O /usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT-MASTER \
  http://master_swksvr_FQDN/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
```
In the Spacewalk web interface, go to Admin, select ISS Configuration and then select the Slave Setup tab.
On the Known Master Instances page, click + Add new master.
On the Details for new Master page, enter the fully qualified domain name of the master server and the absolute path name of the master's CA certificate that you downloaded (RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT-MASTER), and select whether the master will be the default one with which the slave synchronizes.
Click Add new master.
The page refreshes to display a Configure Master-to-Slave Org Mappings section that allows you to configure local names for the organizations that the master exports. When you synchronize content, access permissions that you have configured for channels on the master server propagate to the slave server. You can choose which organizations (and thereby, any associated channel permissions) to map to a slave server.
If necessary, create the local organizations that you want to map to the organizations that the master server exports.
To create a local organization:
1. Go to Admin, select Organizations and click + create new organization.
2. On the Create New Organization page, enter the details for the organization, including its name and the login details of its administrator.
  Note
  You must create a new user to act as the organization's administrator. The Spacewalk administrator cannot perform this role.
3. Click Create Organization.
4. To return to the Configure Master-to-Slave Org Mappings section for the master server instance, go to Admin, select ISS Configuration, select the Slave Setup tab, and click the name of the master server instance.
In the Configure Master-to-Slave Org Mappings section, select the local organizations that map to the organizations that the master server exports.
For each exported organization in the Master Org Name column, use the pull-down list in the Matching Local Org column to select the local organization that should map to the export organization. If you do not want to import an organization, select NOT MAPPED.
Click Update.