Red Hat SummitChapter 7. Configuring Satellite for Conversions
Run the conversions toolkit to configure Satellite for conversions.
Prerequisites
- You have got the UUID of your subscription manifest. For more information, see Chapter 3, Getting the UUID of your Subscription Manifest.
- You have successfully installed Satellite. For more information, see Chapter 6, Installing Satellite.
Procedure
- Log in to the Satellite machine by using SSH.
- Switch to the root user.
Configure Satellite by running the following command:
satellite-convert2rhel-toolkit configure \ --manifest_uuid Your_Manifest_UUID \ --username 'Your_Red_Hat_Account_Username' \ --password 'Your_Red_Hat_Account_Password'
# satellite-convert2rhel-toolkit configure \ --manifest_uuid Your_Manifest_UUID \ --username 'Your_Red_Hat_Account_Username' \ --password 'Your_Red_Hat_Account_Password'Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow Upon a successful configuration, the script prints the following message:
Satellite has been successfully configured.Log in to the Satellite web UI.
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Enter the FQDN of your Satellite instance in your web browser:
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Enter the default credentials:
admin/admin
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Enter the FQDN of your Satellite instance in your web browser:
Note
Even if Satellite configuration has finished, synchronization of repositories from the Red Hat CDN to Satellite is running in the background and will take some time to complete. You can verify the status of the synchronization in the Satellite web UI:
- Navigate to Monitor > Satellite Tasks > Tasks.
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Click on the Running card. If you can see any
Synchronize repositorytasks, the synchronization is still running. - Optional: Click Refresh Data to update the status of the tasks.
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