Puppet Spacewalk Module

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description
3. Usage
4. Reference
5. Limitations
6. TODO

Overview

The spacewalk module installs and configures Spacewalk server.

Module Description

The spacewalk module handles installing, configuring, and running Spacewalk server on Redhat based oparting systems.

Usage

Install spacewalk server yum repository:

include spacewalk::repo::server

Simmilar for client repo:

include spacewalk::repo::client

Install spacewalk with defaults (postgresql embedded):

class {'spacewalk': }

Spacewalk server with external postgresql db:

class { 'spacewalk': 
  db_backend          => postgresql,
  postgresql_embedded => false,
  db_name             => spacedb,
  db_user             => user, 
  db_password         => mypassword,
  db_host             => exampledb.test.com
}

Spacewalk server on Vagrant:

class { 'spacewalk': 
  skip_db_diskspace_check_opt => true,
}

Reference

###Classes

####Public Classes

• spacewalk: Main class, includes all other classes.
• spacewalk::repo::server: Manages Spacewalk and Jpackage yum repositories.
• spacewalk::repo::client: Manages Spacewalk client yum repositories.

####Private Classes

• spacewalk::package: Handles the packages.
• spacewalk::setup: Handles the spacewalk setup utility.
• spacewalk::service: Handles the service.

###Paramseters

###service_ensure

Tells Puppet whether the Spacewalk service should be running. Valid options: 'running' or 'stopped'. Default value: 'running'

###db_backend

Database server, Spacewalk supports PostgreSQL (version 8.4 and higher) or Oracle RDBMS (version 10g or higher). Valid options: 'postgrsql' or 'oracle'. Default value: posgtresql

###postgresql_embedded

PostgreSQL server, set up by Spacewalk (embedded). Valid options: true or false. Default value: true

###db_name

Database name. Default value: spaceschema

###db_user

Database username. Default value: spaceuser

###db_password

Database password.

###db_host

Database host. Default value: localhost

###db_port

Database port. Default value: 5432

###admin_email

Admin email address. Default value: root@localhost

###configure_apache_ssl

Configure apache default ssl server. Valid options: true or false. Default value: true

###ca_cert_password

Certificate password

###ca_organization

Certificate organization.

###ca_organization_unit

Certificate OU.

###ca_email_address

Certificate email address.

###ca_city

Certificate city.

###ca_state

Certificate state.

###ca_country_code

Certificate country code.

###enable_tftp

Enable tftp and xinetd services needed for Cobbler PXE provisioning functionality. Valid options: true or false. Default value: true.

###re_register_opt

Register the system with RHN, even if it is already registered. Valid options: true or false. Default value: false.

###clear_db_opt

Clear any pre-existing database schema before installing. This will destroy any data in the Satellite database and re-create empty Satellite schema. This option implies skip_db_install_opt. Valid options: true or false. Default value: false.

###skip_selinux_test_opt

For the installation and setup to proceed properly, SELinux should be in Permissive or Enforcing mode. If you are certain that you are not in Disabled mode or you want to install in Disabled anyway, re-run the installer with the flag. Valid options: true or false. Default value: false.

###skip_db_diskspace_check_opt

Do not check to make sure there is enough free disk space to install the embedded database. Valid options: true or false. Default value: false.

###skip_db_install_opt

Do not install the embedded database. This option may be useful if you are re-installing the satellite, and do not want to clear the database. Valid options: true or false. Default value: false.

###skip_fqdn_test_opt

Do not verify that the system has a valid hostname. Valid options: true or false. Default value: false.

###skip_db_population_opt

Do not populate the database schema. Valid options: true or false. Default value: false.

Limitations

Tested on Centos 6.7 and Centos 7.2.

TODO

• Spacewalk repo and errata sync.
• Database setup on extrnal node.