Description of problem: Staging Content is a new feature introduced with Satellite 5.4 along with RHEL 5.6 and 6.1. The documentation is missing though from 5.4 and up - could not find it in 5.4 Release Notes or any of the other docs. There has been a kbase article though at https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/42227. This Bugzilla is for adopting content from the kbase https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/42227 to the official docs, for the next Satellite 5 release (5.7). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Satellite docs 5.4+ How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. (see above) 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
A copy-paste of the https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/42227 for reference: How to enable staging content on RHN Satellite and client? Updated November 3 2010 at 5:23 AM Issue - How to enable staging content on RHN Satellite and client systems? Environment - Server: Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.4 and above Client systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and above, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 and above Resolution - Staging Content is a new feature introduced with RHN Satellite 5.4 along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and 6.1. With this feature you can still schedule package or errata deployment for a specific time, but now this action will be Staged on the client system before installation. Within the 24 hours before scheduled deployment, when the client next checks into the Satellite we will pre-download the rpm content onto the local disk of the system. Therefore when the scheduled action is executed, the specific packages and erratas are already cached on client. This will result in installations which will complete faster than without staging of the content. This has several benefits: spread out client requests to RHN Satellite installation/upgrade of client packages take less time - shorter maintenance windows needed This feature is disabled by default on the RHN Satellite. The RHEL client default configuration file is enabled. To use Staging Content you have to enable it on both client systems and within RHN Satellite for each Organization using it. Enable staging content on RHN Satellite Navigate to Admin -> Organization -> Your Organization -> Configuration. Check the option: Enable Staging Contents Enable staging content on client Open file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date in your favorite editor. Make sure you have following lines there: stagingContent[comment]=Retrieve content of future actions in advance stagingContent=1 `` stagingContentWindow[comment]=How much forward we should look for future actions. In hours stagingContentWindow=24 If these above entries are ommitted, then Staging Content within the client is defaulted to be disabled and window of time would be 24 hours in advance: stagingContent=0 stagingContentWindow=24
Hi Xixi, This is now live on the Portal: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Satellite/5.7/html/Client_Configuration_Guide/sect-Enabling_Staging_Content.html Does this suit the requirements in this bug? Are any further changes required?
Moving to 'NEW' and the default assignee to be triaged as the schedule allows.
I think that if it's still valid and not extraordinarily difficult to implement we should go ahead and do so. There are still discussions of what the lifespan of 5.8 will actually be, so we should support it as best we can until the end. Thanks, Steve
Moving this bug to verified. Cheers, Julie
Hi Russell, This guide has now been queued for publication, and should appear on the Customer Portal in the next few hours. Kind regards, Andrew