rPathApplianceAgent Talk:Proxy Server plug-in...missing?

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I've been trying to use the system updates through the web interface "rAA" and there is no plug-in for seting up the proxy server. I clicked the "configuration" lable and only see

   * Configure Email
   * Configure Networking
   * Configure Notification

But when I look at the help at the bottom of the page, help pages say there should be a

   *Configure Networking
   *Configure Proxy
   *Configure Conary
   *Configure Email
   *Configure Notification
   *Manage Entitlements
   *Administrator Password

option as well.

How would I go about finding, then installing the proxy plug-in for rAA?

Thanks for any help.

MrSnorts 23:10, 4 September 2006 (EDT)

Comments

Which version of rAA?

Hello,

I have an appliance with rAA version 1.0.4 (as shown in the lower left of the web interface) installed, and my rAA includes the Configure Proxy functionality under Configuration. The url being https://server:8003/rAA/configure/Proxy/. What version is shown for your rAA instance?

Bshumate 10:59, 5 September 2006 (EDT)

Another question

Hello again, MrSnorts,

One other important question for you: Does your group-raa package come from the rPath Appliance Agent project (http://www.rpath.com/rbuilder/repos/raa/troveInfo?t=group-raa) or from another project?

In other words, are you using the rPath Appliance Agent as part of another project's appliance, for example?

I ask because the group-raa I am using is from the rPath Appliance Agent project at the above URL, and includes the proxy configuration plugin, enabled by default, whereas the possibility exists that a group-raa from another project may not have all plugins enabled.

How are you obtaining and using rAA?

Bshumate 13:03, 5 September 2006 (EDT)

I've got an older version

Thanks for the quick reply.

I downloaded the VMware virtual machine - "MediaWiki" from http://www.rpath.org/rbuilder/project/vehera-base/release?id=4872 But it is running " rPath Appliance Agent 0.95" as seen in the lower left hand corner of my webbrowser.

I tried updating to the newer version using conary. I tried...

1. conary update group-raa --resolve

It waited a while and then showed this error. "Error occured opening repository http://raa.rpath.org/conary/: Connection timed out"

I tried pinging it

1. ping raa.rpath.org

But that worked fine.

I'm looking into a manual way to update "group-raa" to a more recient version. If you have any idea on how to do a more manual update, or how to change the repositorys. let me know.

The weird thing is I tried this yesterday and they all worked...

1. conary update less --resolve
2. conary update man --resolve
3. conary update vsftpd --resolve
4. conary update nano --resolve

I got the latest version, but...

I got the latest version by

1. export http_proxy=http://192.168.1.240:8080/
2. conary update group-raa --resolve

This allows me to set up the proxy from the webinterface.But now I tried system updates in the web interface, it nolonger times out but I did get this error.

"Failed: A permanent failure has occurred: There should be exactly one top-level group."

Try this information

Hello MrSnorts,

The issue you are now encountering is related to rPath Appliance Agent's use of the advanced migrate form of updating (see Conary system manual page, conary(1) for more information on migrate). The rPath Appliance Agent is designed by default to update appliances in such a way that all of the appliance's content is replaced by the latest content defined in the appliance's top-level group, which includes removing any customization or changes done by using conary update, for example.

For the MediaWiki appliance, you will need to use the Conary update command to update the software on your appliance instead of the rAA web interface as described in the Updates section of the MediaWiki appliance information ,or configure rAA to use update instead of migrate as detailed in the MediaWiki appliance information referenced above.

See the content available from the link above for more information.

I hope this helps you!

Bshumate 11:28, 6 September 2006 (EDT)

Update MediaWiki Appliance

I have recooked the top level group-amp for the MediaWiki Appliance just now in order to pick up the latest rPath Appliance Agent. Thanks for letting me know!

An update using rAA will update rAA itself.

If you want to keep your added packages, you will need to either conary update again to get your additional packages, or follow the instructions on the Appliance:MediaWiki Appliance#Updates section of the MediaWiki Appliance page to learn how to disable migration mode.