arsa.py is a script for archiving and removing old Spacewalk, Red Hat Satellite or SUSE Manager actions.

The login credentials are prompted when running the script. If you need to automate this (e.g. cronjobs) you have two options:

1.Setting two shell variables:

• SATELLITE_LOGIN - a username
• SATELLITE_PASSWORD - the appropriate password

You might also want to set the HISTFILE variable (depending on your shell) to hide the command including the password in the history:

$ HISTFILE="" SATELLITE_LOGIN=mylogin SATELLITE_PASSWORD=mypass ./arsa.py -l

2.Using an authfile

A better possibility is to create a authfile with permisions 0600. Just enter the username in the first line and the password in the second line and hand the path to the script:

$ ./arsa.py -l -a myauthfile

By default the script archives completed actions but you can also remove archived actions.

Show internal help:

$ ./arsa.py -h

Archive completed actions and remove all archived actions afterwards:

$ ./arsa.py -r

Only list which actions would be deleted (dry-run):

$ ./arsa.py -l

Archive and remove all actions (completed, already archived and also failed actions):

$ ./arsa.py -rf

Specify a different Spacewalk/Red Hat Satellite/SUSE Manager server than localhost:

$ ./arsa.py -s 192.168.178.100

Suppress status outputs:

$ ./arsa.py -q

Enable debugging outputs for troubleshooting purposes:

$ ./arsa.py -d

The parameters can also be combined - e.g. doing a dry-run of removing all completed and archived actions:

$ ./arsa.py -rl

Listing all completed actions (login information are passed using shell variables):

$ SATELLITE_LOGIN=mylogin SATELLITE_PASSWORD=mypass ./arsa.py -l
things I'd like to clean (completed):
-------------------------------------
action #1494 ('Remote Command on mymachine.localdomain.loc.')

Removing all completed actions (login information are provided by the authfile):

$ ./arsa.py -a myauthfile
Archving action #1494 ('Remote Command on mymachine.localdomain.loc.')...

Removing all completed and archived actions (login information are prompted):

$ ./arsa.py -r
Username: mylogin
Password: 
Archving action #1494 ('Remote Command on mymachine.localdomain.loc.')...
Deleting action #1494 ('Remote Command on mymachine.localdomain.loc.')...
Deleting action #1493 ('Remote Command on myothermachine.localdomain.loc.')...