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Syncing between a Development Staging Server and a Production Satellite
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Note
Any command line options to the
satellite-sync
command will override any default or
customized settings in the
/etc/rhn/rhn.conf
file
6.5.1. Syncing between a Development Staging Server and a
Production Satellite
There may be instances where an administrator wants to sync data from a staging server that has
custom channels that are ready for production use to a production Satellite server.
For example, a production Satellite Server normally syncs directly from RHN Hosted servers for
content updates, but will occasionally sync production-ready information from a RHN Satellite
development server.
Figure 6.4. Syncing from RHN Hosted and a Satellite Staging Server
Normally, the administrator runs:
satellite-sync -c your-channel
This command downloads directly from data from
rhn_parent
(usually RHN Hosted, rhn.redhat.com).
Then, to sync from the staging Satellite server address , the administrator runs:
satellite-sync --iss-parent=staging-satellite.example.com -c custom-channel
6.5.2. Bi-directional sync
Administrators can configure an environment where two RHN Satellite servers act as masters of each
other. For example, Satellite A and B can sync content from one another.
Figure 6.5. Bi-directional syncing
Both Satellites would need to share SSL certificates, then set the
iss_parent
option in the
/etc/
rhn/rhn.conf
file of Satellite A to point to the hostname of Satellite B, and do the same for Satellite
B to point to Satellite A as the
iss_parent
.
6.6. Synchronizing by Organization
Satellite-sync has a new enhancement as part of the inter satellite sync feature where a user can
import content to any specific organization. This can be done locally or by a remote syncing from
hosted or another satellite.