How to Install Spacewalk Server on CentOS 7

Spacewalk tool is a free and open source Linux operating system management tool for system provisioning and configuration/management/updating tool of its clients. It is a community version of Red Hat Satellite Server and widely used on Red Had derived distributions.

This article describes How to Install Spacewalk on CentOS 7 – Part 1

 

Step 1. Enable EPEL Repository: Follow the article How to install EPEL repository on Centos7 to enable/install EPEL Repository as some dependencies are required to run Spacewalk Server:

 

Step 2. Java Installation: Follow the article How to install Java9/jdk1.9 on CentOS 7 – RPM File to install Java.

 

Step 3. Enable Repository for Spacewalk: Run the following command to enable/install repository for Spacewalk server installation:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# curl -s https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/spacewalkproject/spacewalk-2.9/repo/epel-7/group_spacewalkproject-spacewalk-2.9-epel-7.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/spacewalk.repo [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror …………………….. repo id                                                                                    repo name                                                              status base/7/x86_64                                                                              CentOS-7 - Base                                                        10,072 copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:group_spacewalkproject:spacewalk-2.9/x86_64                 Copr repo for spacewalk-2.9 owned by @spacewalkproject                    206 epel/x86_64                                                                                Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64                         13,751 extras/7/x86_64                                                                            CentOS-7 - Extras                                                         512 updates/7/x86_64                                                                           CentOS-7 - Updates                                                      3,842 repolist: 28,383 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 4. Spacewalk & Database Installation: Run the below commands to install Spacewalk embedded PostgreSQL database and Spacewalk:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum install spacewalk-setup-postgresql Loaded plugins: fastestmirror …………………….. Installed:   spacewalk-setup-postgresql.noarch …………………….. Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 5. Spacewalk Configuration: Run the following command for initial configuration/installation and provide parameter values:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# spacewalk-setup ** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend. ** Database: Installing the database: ** Database: This is a long process that is logged in: ** Database:   /var/log/rhn/install_db.log *** Progress: # ** Database: Installation complete. ** Database: Populating database. *** Progress: ############################ * Configuring tomcat. * Setting up users and groups. ** GPG: Initializing GPG and importing key. ** GPG: Creating /root/.gnupg directory You must enter an email address. Admin Email Address? root@localhost * Performing initial configuration. ** Package installation: Locking required rpm versions. * Configuring apache SSL virtual host. Should setup configure apache's default ssl server for you (saves original ssl.conf) [Y]? ** /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf has been backed up to ssl.conf-swsave * Configuring jabberd. * Creating SSL certificates. CA certificate password? Re-enter CA certificate password? Cname alias of the machine (comma seperated)? Organization? LinuxCNF Organization Unit [linuxcnf]? Email Address [root@localhost]? City? GGN State? KR Country code (Examples: "US", "JP", "IN", or type "?" to see a list)? IN ** SSL: Generating CA certificate. ** SSL: Deploying CA certificate. ** SSL: Generating server certificate. ** SSL: Storing SSL certificates. * Deploying configuration files. * Update configuration in database. * Setting up Cobbler.. Cobbler requires tftp and xinetd services be turned on for PXE provisioning functionality. Enable these services [Y]? * Restarting services. Installation complete. Visit https://linuxcnf to create the Spacewalk administrator account. [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 6. Firewall Configuration: Run the following command to enable ports in firewall rules:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http success [root@linuxcnf ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https success [root@linuxcnf ~]# firewall-cmd --reload success [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 7. Spacewalk Configuration: Run the following command to start Spacewalk service and enable it across reboot:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# /usr/sbin/spacewalk-service [start|stop|status]

 

Spacewalk server has been installed and configured now. Open any web browser and navigate to https://host-name/ or https://IP-Address/

 

Done!!! Now enter the administrator account name, password, first name, last name, Email address and other details. Then, click Create Organization button to create login and configure as per environment/setup on CentOS 7.