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Chapter 2. Installing standalone Hammer

You can install Hammer on a host running RHEL that has no Satellite Server installed, and use it to connect from the host to a remote Satellite.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that you register the host to Satellite Server or Capsule Server.

  • If you are installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, ensure that the following repositories are enabled and synchronized on Satellite Server:

    • rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
    • rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
    • satellite-utils-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms

  • If you are installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, ensure that the following repositories are enabled and synchronized on Satellite Server:

    • rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
    • rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
    • satellite-utils-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms

Procedure

  1. Enable the required repositories on the host.

  2. If you are installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, enable the following module: 

    # dnf module enable satellite-utils:el8
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  3. Install Hammer CLI: 

    # dnf install satellite-cli
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  4. Set the :host: entry in the /etc/hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml file to the Satellite URL: 

    :host: 'https://satellite.example.com'
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