Script used to cause the events that will trigger a regeneration of repodata in satellite.
a link to download the script from the latest raw is available : http://bit.ly/regen-repodata
Usage: regen-repodata.py -c channelname|-l|-a [-f]
Requests to a satellite that a channel's repodata is regenerated
satellite 5.3 requires that you use --db or --cleandb
RHEL4 channels (and anterior) do not need their repodata to be generated to work.
Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l, --list List all channels and quit
-c CHANNEL, --channel=CHANNEL
Label of the channel to querry regeneration for
-a, --all Causes a global regeneration instead of just one
channel
Local options:
Require to run the script directly on the satellite if used
-f, --force Forces the operation ; can only work if the script is
run on the satellite itself
--db Use the database instead of the api ; implies --force
--cleandb Get rid of the pending actions before adding the new
ones ; also deletes existing metadata stored in the
database for the channel(s) used (5.4.0+ only).
implies --db and --force.
--cleancache Cleans the needed cache and exits. Useful after
running against --db
Connection options:
Not required unless you want to bypass the details of ~/.satellite,
.satellite or /etc/sysconfig/rhn/satellite or simply don't want to be
asked the settings at run time
--url=SATURL URL of the satellite api, e.g.
https://satellite.example.com/rpc/api or
http://127.0.0.1/rpc/api ; can also be just the
hostname or ip of the satellite. Facultative.
--user=SATUSER username to use with the satellite. Should be admin of
the organization owning the channels. Faculative.
--password=SATPWD password of the user. Will be asked if not given and
not in the configuration file.
--org=SATORG name of the organization to use - design the section
of the config file to use. Facultative, defaults to
baseorg
NOTE : it is possible to store the connection credentials in a configuration file : .satellite or ~/.satellite or /etc/sysconfig/rhn/satellite.
the format of the file should be
[default]
url=https://yoursatellitefqdn/RPC/API
[baseorg]
username=satellitelogin
password=satellitepassword
Please note that the content in [baseorg] isn't required ; if [default] is missing the configuration file will be ignored.