Chapter 14. Managing Custom Puppet Content

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Content > Products, and click the product that you want to use.
2. Click Create Repository.
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the repository. Red Hat Satellite 6 automatically completes the Label field based on what you have entered for Name.
4. From the Type list, select puppet.
5. In the URL field, enter the URL of the external repository to use as a source. You can use a repository source to synchronize your own Puppet modules.
6. Click Save.

For CLI Users

1. Enter the following command to create a Puppet module repository:

   # hammer repository create \
   --name "PostgreSQL Puppet Modules" \
   --content-type "puppet" \
   --product "PostgreSQL" \
   --organization "My_Organization"

Prerequisites

1. From the Puppet Forge website, download the module that you want to use, for example, https://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/postgresql.
2. In your web browser, click download latest tar.gz to save to your local file system.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Content > Products and select the product that contains the Puppet repository that you want to manage.
2. In the repository window, click the new Puppet repository, which displays the details page for that repository.
3. Navigate to the Upload Puppet Module area, click Browse, select the newly downloaded and extracted Puppet module, and click Upload.

1. In the window for your Puppet Modules repository, navigate to the upper right of the window to the Content Counts area. In the Puppet Modules row, click the numerical value that is displayed for the Puppet Modules.
2. In the Manage Puppet Modules for your Puppet Module repository window, select the modules that you want to manage and then click Select Action and perform an action, or select Remove Puppet Modules.

For CLI Users

1. Copy the Puppet module to your Satellite Server’s file system:

   $ scp ~/puppet_module.tar.gz root@satellite.example.com:~/.

2. Import the Puppet module to the Puppet Modules repository:

   # hammer repository upload-content \
   --path ~/puppet_module.tar.gz \
   --name "My Puppet Modules" \
   --organization "My_Organization"

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Content > Products and click New Product.
2. In the Name field, enter a name for the product. Red Hat Satellite 6 automatically completes the Label field based on what you have entered for Name.
3. Optional: From the GPG Key list, select the GPG key for the product.
4. Optional: From the Sync Plan list, select a synchronization plan for the product.
5. In the Description field, enter a description of the product.
6. Click Save.
7. Click Create Repository, which displays a form for a new repository.
8. In the Name field, enter a name for the repository. Red Hat Satellite 6 automatically completes this field based on what you have entered for Name.
9. From the Type list, select puppet.
10. In the URL field, enter http://forge.puppetlabs.com/.
11. Click Save
12. Select the new Puppet repository and click Sync Now to import all modules from Puppet Forge into Satellite Server. This can take a long time.

For CLI Users

1. Create the product:

   # hammer product create \
   --name "Puppet Forge" \
   --sync-plan "Example Plan" \
   --description "All modules from Puppet Forge" \
   --organization "My_Organization"

2. Create the Puppet Forge repository:

   # hammer repository create \
   --name "Puppet Forge Modules" \
   --content-type "puppet" \
   --product "Puppet Forge" \
   --organization "My_Organization" \
   --url http://forge.puppetlabs.com/

3. Synchronize the repository:

   # hammer repository synchronize \
   --name "Puppet Forge Modules" \
   --product "Puppet Forge" \
   --organization "My_Organization"

Procedure

1. Create a custom product and click Create Repository.
2. From the Type list, select puppet.
3. In the URL field, enter the URL of the external Git repository to use as a source in the following format: file:///modules.

For CLI Users

1. Create the Puppet Forge repository:

   # hammer repository create \
   --name "Modules from Git" \
   --content-type "puppet" \
   --product "MyProduct" \
   --organization "My_Organization" \
   --url file:///modules