Proxy - Upgrade Procedure

Before you perform any proxy update, schedule a maintenance window. The clients registered to Uyuni through the proxy will not be able to connect to Uyuni while the update is in progress. For more information about maintenance windows, see administration:maintenance-windows.adoc.


As a preparation step, add the openSUSE Leap 15.3 channels to the server.

Procedure: Adding Software Channels at the Command Prompt

    spacewalk-common-channels opensuse_leap15_3 \
    opensuse_leap15_3-non-oss \
    opensuse_leap15_3-non-oss-updates \
    opensuse_leap15_3-updates \
    opensuse_leap15_3-backports-update \
    opensuse_leap15_3-sle-updates \
    opensuse_leap15_3-uyuni-client \
  2. Fully synchronize all channels with spacewalk-repo-sync.

Upgrade the Proxy

To upgrade a proxy you first stop the proxy service, then you replace the software repositories and update the software, and finally you restart the proxy service.

Procedure: Updating the Uyuni Proxy
  1. In the Uyuni Server Web UI, navigate to proxy system’s details page, click the Reactivation subtab.

  2. Click Generate New Key to generate a reactivation key.

  3. On the Uyuni Proxy, stop the proxy service:

    spacewalk-proxy stop
  4. In the Uyuni Server Web UI, navigate to Systems  Proxy and click the name of the proxy.

  5. Click Software  Software Channels, and as the base channel select the openSUSE Leap 15.3 channel that is listed in the Customs Channels list.

  6. In the Child Channels pane, select the 15.3 child channels.

  7. Click Next, and Confirm Software Channel Change with Confirm.

  8. Click Software  Packages  Upgrade, and select all the packages to be updated on the proxy, and then apply the selection.

  9. Re-register with the reactivation key using the rhnreg_ks command-line utility. The system is re-registered with the same ID, history, and groups.

  10. On the Uyuni Proxy, start the proxy service:

    spacewalk-proxy start

If you need to update many proxies, you can create an action chain of this command sequence on the Uyuni Server. You can use the action chain to perform updates on multiple proxies at the same time.