The software described in this documentation is either no longer supported or is in extended support.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade to a current supported release.
Starting with Oracle Linux 7 Update 1 and Oracle Linux 6 Update 7, you do not need to install the Spacewalk Client 2.2 software before you register an Oracle Linux 7 or Oracle Linux 6 server with Spacewalk.
To register an Oracle Linux server as a Spacewalk client:
Download the CA certificate file
RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
to the server.In a browser tab, navigate to
http://
, whereswksvr_FQDN
/pubswksvr_FQDN
is the fully qualified domain name of the Spacewalk server, and download the CA certificate fileRHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
to/usr/share/rhn/
.Alternatively, you can use wget from the command line, for example:
#
wget -q -O /usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
\http://
swksvr_FQDN
/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERTRegister the system with Spacewalk using the rhnreg_ks command, using the --sslCACert option to specify the certificate.
#
rhnreg_ks --sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
\--serverUrl=https://
swksvr_FQDN
/XMLRPC --activationkey=activation_key
Specify the Spacewalk server or proxy by its fully qualified domain name.
If you need to re-register a Spacewalk client with a Spacewalk server, additionally specify the --force option.
To install the Spacewalk Client software after registration, subscribe the server to a Spacewalk Client 2.2 software channel and use yum to install the packages:
#
yum install rhn-client-tools rhn-check rhn-setup rhnsd m2crypto yum-rhn-plugin
NoteOracle recommends that you install the Spacewalk Client software after registration to support all of the features provided by Spacewalk, which include provisioning and auditing.