Description of problem: We install our spacewalk instances unattended, therefore we use an answer file for the installation. Now while this worked fine with spacewalk 0.8 (and I think 1.0 but maybe we never installed that from scratch, i.e. only updated 0.8) in spacewalk 1.1 the installer ignores the db-sid setting and says it's missing the necessary DB SID information. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): spacewalk-setup-1.1.14-1.el5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create an answer file 2. spacewalk-setup --disconnected --non-interactive --answer-file=/path/to/answers.txt --clear-db Actual results: No answer provided for 'DB SID' Expected results: installer reads DB SID from answer file and continues Additional info: If I strip the "--non-interactive" I'm being asked for the DB SID. If I give the same answer as is written in the answer file it works. The according line in case it matters: db-sid = swdb
Mass-aligning under space12, so that we don't lose track of this bugzilla. This however does not mean that we plan (will be able to) address this bug in Spacewalk 1.2.
Does it work if you change 'db-sid' to 'db-name' in the answer file? I ask because I see no reference to 'db-sid' in git/spacewalk/spacewalk/setup/lib/Spacewalk/Setup.pm but I do see a reference to 'db-name'.
Mass-moving to space13.
The db-sid was indeed changed to db-name. Please change the parameter name in your answer file. Closing as CURRENTRELEASE, please reopen if you disagree.