Upload a tar file to a RHN Satellite 5.5

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Hello Guys,

I'm looking for upload a tar file to my RHN Satellite, and I could not find a option or command line to add this tar file to my channels.
Usually they only accept RPM files, but I need to upload a tarball.
My Satellite is 5.5

Thank you

JB
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DC Pro 539 points
5 September 2013 4:10 PM

Jose,

Do you need to bring it into Satellite as a package? Or would it be sufficient to make it available as a config file? I'm still on 5.4 and I know in 5.4 you can upload a tarball as a config file. I would imagine you should still be able to do that in 5.5.

Duncan Innes's picture Guru 2135 points
9 September 2013 4:03 PM

There's a maximum size for config files isn't there? Using the pub folder as described below is possibly the best way forwards.

Although . . . it would be good to see the config file size limit disappear. Or at least turn into a server setting that I can choose myself. If I want to store loads of large tarballs as config files, Satellite should really make it easier for me to do so. It shouldn't take more than optionally specifying a directory for storing large config files should it?

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JB Newbie 10 points
5 September 2013 5:47 PM

I found a solution.
1 - Copy the file to the folder: [satellite_server]#/var/www/html/pub
2 - Add a post-install script to wget the file (System --> Kickstart --> Profile)
3 - Choose the profile, and click on Scripts.
4 - Add a new kickstart script
5 - Choose post-install script
6 - Add a new 2 lines with:
cd /tmp
wget satellite_server/pub/file.tar

this will download your file.tar on /tmp folder.

David Powles's picture Red Hat 25369 points
6 September 2013 12:47 AM

Glad you got this figured out Jose, and thanks for letting us know what worked for you. Welcome to the community, by the way!

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