4.2. Connected Satellite
4.2.1. Using Red Hat Content Providers
4.2.1.1. Setting up a Manifest
You must meet the following conditions before continuing with this task:
- A Customer Portal user name and password.
- Sufficient subscriptions to add to the manifest.
- Log in to the Customer Portal.
- Click
and then click . - On the upper right corner of the Subscriptions Management Applications page, click.
- Create a name to distinguish your Satellite from the other Satellite systems in your account.
- Select Satellite Version. It is important to select the correct version as each version requires a certain subset of packages.from the drop-down menu as the
- Click.
- Click Red Hat Satellite, and then click . See How to generate a certificate for more information., add the subscriptions required for
- Click Red Hat Satellite.to generate an archive in .zip format that contains the manifest for
A subscription manifest is created and downloaded for Red Hat Satellite.
4.2.1.2. Uploading a Subscription Manifest
Procedure 4.1. To Upload Subscription Manifest:
- Log in to the Satellite server.
- Click
and select the organization that you want to assign the subscription manifest to. - Click
and then click at the upper right of the page. - In the Subscription Manifest section, click Actions and under the Upload New Manifest subsection, click .
- Select the manifest file to upload, and then click Upload.
4.2.1.3. Enabling Red Hat Repositories
Procedure 4.2. To Enable Red Hat Repositories:
- On the main menu, click
and then click the tab for the type of content that you want to enable. - Click the product name for which you want to add repositories. This expands the list of available repository sets.
- Click each repository set from which you want to select repositories, and select the check box for each required repository. The repository is automatically enabled.
Important
Ensure you enable the Satellite Tools repository. This repository provides the katello-agent and puppet-agent packages for clients registered to the Satellite Server.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Kickstart x86_64 6Server Repository
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server RPMs x86_64 6Server Repository
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server - Satellite Tools RPMs x86_64 Repository
4.2.2. Using Products
4.2.2.1. Creating a Product
Procedure 4.3. Creating a Product
- Click
. - Click thelink.
- Type in the name of the new product in the Name field.
- Type in label for the new product in the Label field.
- Select a GPG key from the GPG Key drop down menu.
- Select a synchronization plan from the Sync Plan drop down menu. Alternatively select the + New Sync Plan link to create a new synchronization plan.
- Type in a description of the new product in the Description field.
- Click thebutton to save your new product.
A new product is created.
4.2.2.2. Adding Repositories to a Product
Procedure 4.4. Adding Repositories to a Product
- Click
. - Click the product you wish to add a repository to.
- Click thesubtab.
- Click thebutton.
- Type in the name of the new repository in the Name field.
- Type in a label for the new repository in the Label field.
- Select the type of the repository from the Type drop down menu.
- Type in the URL of the repository in the URL field.
- Choose whether to publish the repository via HTTP by clicking the Publish via HTTP check box.
- Select a GPG key for the repository from the GPG Key drop down menu.
- Click thebutton to save your new repository.
A new repository is added to your product.
4.2.2.3. Using Bulk Actions for Products
Procedure 4.5. To Perform Tasks on Multiple Products:
- Click
. - Select the check box for the products you want to work with.
- Click.
- To synchronize all selected products, click thetab and then click .
- To remove all selected products, clickand then click .
You can also update the synchronization plans for multiple products at the same time.
- To create a new synchronization plan, click.
- To remove the synchronization plans from the selected products, click.
- To update the synchronization plans for the selected products, click.
4.2.2.4. Using Repository Discovery
Procedure 4.6. Using Repository Discovery
- Click the
menu. - Click thebutton.
- Enter the URL where the repositories are located in the Yum Repo Discovery field.
- Click thebutton.
- A list of the repositories at the URL is displayed under Results.
- Click the Discovered URLs check box for the repositories to be added to a product.
- Click thebutton.
- Choose whether to add the repositories to an existing product or create a new product.
- To add the repositories to an existing product:
- Select the Existing Product radio button.
- Select the required product from the drop down menu.
- To create a new product to add the repositories to:
- Select the New Product radio button.
- Enter the Name and Label for the new product and select a GPG Key from the drop down menu.
- Select the Serve via HTTP check box to serve the repository via HTTP.
- Edit the Name and Label for the Selected URLs.
- Click thebutton.
The repositories have been discovered and added to a product.
4.2.2.5. Removing a Product
Procedure 4.7. To Remove a Product from Satellite:
- Click
. - Select the check box next to the products you want to remove.
- Clickand then click .
- Clickto confirm that you want to remove the products.
4.2.3. Synchronizing Content
- Data integrity between packages
- Updated packages, security fixes, and errata
4.2.3.1. Synchronization Status
Important
Procedure 4.8. Synchronize Products
- Click
. Based on the subscriptions and repositories enabled, the list of product channels available for synchronization is displayed. - Click the arrow next to the product name to see available content.
- Select the content you wish to synchronize.
- Click the Result column. If synchronization is successful, Sync complete will appear in the Result column. If synchronization failed, Error syncing will appear.button to starting synchronizing. The status of the synchronization process will appear in the
A product is synchronized.
Note
4.2.3.2. Creating a Synchronization Plan
Procedure 4.9. To Create a Synchronization Plan:
- Click
. - Click thelink to create a new synchronization plan.
- Enter the Name, Description and other details for the plan.
- Clickto create the synchronization plan.
4.2.3.3. Applying a Synchronization Schedule
Procedure 4.10. To Create a Synchronization Schedule:
- Click
and select the synchronization plan you want to implement. - Click
in the synchronization plan main page. - Select the check box of the product to associate with the synchronization plan.
- Click.