I am attempting to install spacewalk but have encountered a problem.

I get to the point where the installation program, when using postgresql attempts to restart xinetd and tftpd services. All it does is hang, printing a series of little symbols on the screen continiously. I've let it running for four days and it still didn't go anyway.

The screen dump is:
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# spacewalk-setup --disconnected
** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
Database "rhnschema" does not exist
** Database: Installing the database:
Database "rhnschema" does not exist
** Database: Installing the database:
** Database: This is a long process that is logged in:
** Database: /var/log/rhn/install_db.log
*** Progress: #
** Database: Installation complete.
** Database: Populating database.
*** Progress: #####################################
* Setting up users and groups.
** GPG: Initializing GPG and importing key.
* Performing initial configuration.
* Activating Spacewalk.
** Loading Spacewalk Certificate.
** Verifying certificate locally.
** Activating Spacewalk.
* Enabling Monitoring.
* Configuring apache SSL virtual host.
Should setup configure apache's default ssl server for you (saves original ssl.conf) [Y]?
* Configuring tomcat.
* Configuring jabberd.
* Creating SSL certificates.
CA certificate password?
Re-enter CA certificate password?
Organization? Group
Organization Unit [pervyum050]?
Email Address [spacewalk]?
City? Perth
State? WA
Country code (Examples: "US", "JP", "IN", or type "?" to see a list)? AU
** SSL: Generating CA certificate.
** SSL: Deploying CA certificate.
** SSL: Generating server certificate.
** SSL: Storing SSL certificates.
* Deploying configuration files.
* Update configuration in database.
* Setting up Cobbler..
Processing /etc/ cobbler/ modules.conf
* Leaving /etc/ cobbler/ modules.conf unmodified
Processing /etc/ cobbler/ settings
* Leaving /etc/ cobbler/ settings unmodified
Cobbler requires tftp and xinetd services be turned on for PXE provisioning functionality. Enable these services [Y]? Y
* Restarting services.
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Anybody got any ideas?

Which version of spacewalk and on which RedHat release ?

First impression though is that the database you're trying to use hasn't been created.

** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
Database "rhnschema" does not exist
** Database: Installing the database:
Database "rhnschema" does not exist

From memory, you need to create the database and a spacewalk postgres user before installing.

Red Hat 5.10
Spacewalk 2.2.43 I believe.

That is covered in one of the steps in the installation instructions I followed from https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall and that said it had been created successfully.

I was wondering if there was anybody who could help with this problem? I need to install spacewalk but it appears not to have gone anywhere. It is still failing.

Have you tried following this guide ?

It uses spacewalk-setup-postgresql instead of spacewalk-setup

Thanks for your response. I used the instructions at - https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall, which covers the full installation. The guide you suggested only covers the set up for the PostgreSQL DB. The guide I followed said to use "spacewalk-setup --disconnected".

Ok, did you setup Postgres or are you expecting spacewalk to do it's own thing ?
I've always configured Postgres independently (connected it to an existing Postgres cluster)

The first thing I'd try to solve is the missing rhnschema...

I allowed spacewalk to set up Postgres. I'm not a DBA so have never set up any DBs.

What "missing rhnschema"?

Can you post the contents of the database install log ?

Not much is in there. Here is all it contains:

Not much, sorry.

I've assumed that the comment about the missing schema was when the script was creating the database and therefore adding the schema. When I've gone to attempt a reinstall (as I have now several times), I get this message:

When I've run the suggested command, '/usr/bin/spacewalk-setup-postgresql remove --db rhnschema --user rhnuser' there have been no complaints about the schema being missing so I must assume the setup script creates it.

Not to worry, I'm sure there will be a "DOH!" moment

I'll try and run through a fresh install at the weekend...

Ok, I ran through a spacewalk install on CentOS 5.11 with the latest patches.

Firewall disabled, SELinux in permissive mode

I had to get a couple of JPackage RPM's that weren't in the base repo or EPEL:
The install ran in about 5 minutes:
I haven't got the output from the installation but there were no errors or warnings (i.e. no rhnschema messages...)

If you've got SELinux enabled and enforcing, that could be blocking some of the installation steps.