Hey Simon, On 5/13/21 9:32 AM, Simon Avery wrote:
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.
Compare and Deploy are 2 different artifacts. Compare only get the diff and let the user know if there is any difference between deployed file on the client and the current version available on the server, it doesn't sync automatically. One need to redeploy it again.
*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
This is not a completely correct assumption. One needs to re-deploy the file again.
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 Details https://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
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