Chapter 2. Accessing Red Hat Satellite

Procedure

1. Access Satellite Server using a web browser pointed to the fully qualified domain name:

   https://satellite.example.com/

2. Enter the user name and password created during the configuration process. If a user was not created during the configuration process, the default user name is admin.

Procedure

1. Identify the fully qualified domain name of your Satellite Server:

   # hostname -f

2. Access the pub directory on your Satellite Server using a web browser pointed to the fully qualified domain name:

   https://satellite.example.com/pub

3. When you access Satellite for the first time, an untrusted connection warning displays in your web browser. Accept the self-signed certificate and add the Satellite URL as a security exception to override the settings. This procedure might differ depending on the browser being used. Ensure that the Satellite URL is valid before you accept the security exception.
4. Select katello-server-ca.crt.
5. Import the certificate into your browser as a certificate authority and trust it to identify websites.

CLI procedure

1. From the Satellite CLI, copy the katello-server-ca.crt file to the machine you use to access the Satellite web UI:

   # scp /var/www/html/pub/katello-server-ca.crt username@hostname:remotefile

2. In the browser, import the katello-server-ca.crt certificate as a certificate authority and trust it to identify websites.

Procedure

1. Log in to the base operating system where your Satellite Server is installed.

2. Reset the administrative user password:

   • To set a randomly generated administrative user password:

     # foreman-rake permissions:reset
     Reset to user: admin, password: qwJxBptxb7Gfcjj5

   • To set a new administrative user password:

     # foreman-rake permissions:reset username=My_User_Name password=My_New_Password

     Replace My_User_Name with the username of the user whose password you want to reset.

     Note

     Be aware of the following behaviors:

     • If you enter a username that does not exist, the foreman-rake utility creates a new administrative user with the defined password.
     • If you enter a username of a user without administrative privileges, that user gains administrative privileges.
     • If you do not enter a username, the password resets for the admin user by default.

3. To use the new password with the Hammer CLI, add the password and username to the ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml file on your Satellite Server:

   # vi ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Administer > Settings, and click the General tab.
2. Enter your custom message in the Login page footer text field.
3. Click Submit.