Install an RPM automatically in all the machines connected via LAN through Server?

m_w_sundaram · 10-21-2008, 11:07 PM

Hi

I have 40 linux boxes (fedora 6) and one server linux box(fedora 6).

I want to install a program (rpm or binarie)in all those
linux boxes automatically from the server.

I was trying with the help of expect & spawn utilities but
could not get.

The idea is:
A script should be able to upload files(rpms) to each box automatically
using sftp, execute the install commands(rpm -iUh file.rpm)and logout.

Could anyone help with this regard?

Thanks

lazlow · 10-22-2008, 12:38 AM

1st. I hope you know that support for FC6 was dropped almost 2 years ago (Fedora 10 should be released in Nov). Consider switching to Centos. Centos is RHEL with the logos removed. Free to install and updates for at least five years (as opposed to Fedora's 13 months).RHEL/Centos is currently on version 5.2.

Probably the easiest way out is to build an internal repo and set all the machines to auto update at midnight each day.

Quote:

[fred@localhost ~]$ yum info createrepo
Loaded plugins: priorities, protect-packages, protectbase
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Installed Packages
Name : createrepo
Arch : noarch
Version : 0.4.11
Release : 2.fc8
Size : 185 k
Repo : installed
Summary : Creates a common metadata repository
URL : http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata/
License : GPLv2
Description: This utility will generate a common metadata repository from a
: directory of rpm packages.

m_w_sundaram · 10-22-2008, 01:28 AM

Thanks for immediate reply..
When I try this command I got the following error
Pls Help me

[maradnus@staff1 ~]$ yum info createrepo
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=u pdates-released-fc6&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates

Thanks

lazlow · 10-22-2008, 01:42 AM

That is the problem with running a version beyond EOL (End Of Life). FC6 is so old that most of the repos are not supporting it any more.

Edit:

Even: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...ra/linux/core/

Does not have packages for anything older than F7 anymore.