Thanks Stefan, it’s good to know that it can work!
However, I’ve left the modified files in place on a target system and it hasn’t replaced them after three days, so it feels like it’s not going to.
I wonder what’s not right on mine that is on yours?
S
From: Stefan Bluhm
Sent: 13 May 2021 09:08
To: uyuni-users@opensuse.org; Simon Avery
Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] AW: Config channels - how do they work?
Hey Simon,
That is how it works for me. I see how many and what files changed including a diff per System.
It does take some time to sync but you can force a refresh.
Best wishes,
Stefan
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---- Simon Avery schrieb ----
Hello,
I’m seeking clarity about Config channels. I’ve read the docs and been using them for a while, and whilst all the manual aspects work as I expect, the automation bits aren’t. I’ve read the documentation but still have some questions.
I’m not sure on whether this is a bug, or more likely, I’m misunderstanding or have misconfigured.
Problem:
I can see Uyuni regularly compares remote files to those in the config channels and reports versions, but even when a remote file is changed, it doesn’t replace the remote file.
Example:
I have a file in a Uyuni “managed config channel” called “/root/myfile.txt”.
I push this to a remote client and it appears there. (Or a new vm is built and the file deployed when it’s bootstrapped to uyuni)
I then modify the file *on the remote client*
In Uyuni, if I manually run “Show differences between profiled config files and deployed config files” for that server (or let Uyuni do its periodic check) it does not replace the remote file.
Expectation:
That Uyuni would diff the remote file and if it was different, would re-push a copy from central configuration.
Because there is facility for
Note:
Uyuni is spotting the files have changed – on the System vm page:
“Last Uyuni and System Comparison: 9 hours ago 30 of 31 files on the system were successfully compared with Uyuni-Managed files. [View Detailshttps://ata-oxy-uyuni01.atass.com/rhn/systems/details/history/Event.do?aid=49013&sid=1000010058] 4 of 30 files on the system differed from the Uyuni-Managed files.”
I don’t have any State Channels configured – other than salt-minion as a remote client, I’m not doing anything Salty with Uyuni at all.
Can anyone help me understand what’s supposed to happen please, and how I can encourage Uyuni to force certain files?
Thank you
Simon
