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Appendix C. Importing Kickstart Repositories

Kickstart repositories are not provided by the Content ISO image. To use Kickstart repositories in your disconnected Satellite, you must download a binary DVD ISO file for the version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux that you want to use and copy the Kickstart files to Satellite.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Red Hat Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com/ and log in.
  2. In the upper left of the window, click Downloads.
  3. Locate and click the version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux that you want to use, for example Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  4. In the Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux window, locate the binary DVD version of the ISO image, for example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Binary DVD, and click Download Now.
  5. When the download completes, copy the ISO image to Satellite Server.

  6. On Satellite Server, create a mount point and temporarily mount the ISO image at that location: 

    # mkdir /mnt/iso
# mount -o loop rhel-8.1-x86_64-dvd.iso /mnt/iso
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  7. Create Kickstart directories for AppStream and BaseOS: 

    # mkdir /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/appstream/kickstart

# mkdir /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/baseos/kickstart
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    Note that if you use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, you must create and complete all the following steps in only one directory /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7.7/x86_64/kickstart/.

  8. To the listing files /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/appstream/listing and /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/baseos/listing, append kickstart with a new line: 

    kickstart
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  9. To the listing file /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/listing, append the version number of the operating system ISO that you use with a new line. For example, for the RHEL 8.1 binary ISO, add 8.1 with a new line: 

    8.1
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  10. Copy the kickstart files from the ISO image: 

    # cp -a /mnt/iso/AppStream/* \
/var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/appstream/kickstart

# cp -a /mnt/iso/BaseOS/* /mnt/iso/images/ \
/var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/baseos/kickstart
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    Note that for BaseOS, you must also copy the contents of the /mnt/iso/images/ directory.

  11. Copy the .treeinfo files from the ISO image: 

    # cp /mnt/iso/.treeinfo \
/var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/appstream/kickstart/treeinfo

# cp /mnt/iso/.treeinfo \
/var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/baseos/kickstart/treeinfo
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  12. Open the /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/baseos/kickstart/treeinfo file for editing.

  13. In the [general] section, make the following changes:

    • Change packagedir = AppStream/Packages to packagedir = Packages
    • Change repository = AppStream to repository = .
    • Change variant = AppStream to variant = BaseOS
    • Change variants = AppStream,BaseOS to variants = BaseOS
  14. In the [tree] section, change variants = AppStream,BaseOS to variants = BaseOS.

  15. In the [variant-BaseOS] section, make the following changes:

    • Change packages = BaseOS/Packages to packages = Packages
    • Change repository = BaseOS to repository = .
  16. Delete the [media] and [variant-AppStream] sections.
  17. Save and close the file.

  18. Verify that the /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/baseos/kickstart/treeinfo file has the following format: 

    [checksums]
images/efiboot.img = sha256:9ad9beee4c906cd05d227a1be7a499c8d2f20b3891c79831325844c845262bb6
images/install.img = sha256:e246bf4aedfff3bb54ae9012f959597cdab7387aadb3a504f841bdc2c35fe75e
images/pxeboot/initrd.img = sha256:a66e3c158f02840b19c372136a522177a2ab4bd91cb7269fb5bfdaaf7452efef
images/pxeboot/vmlinuz = sha256:789028335b64ddad343f61f2abfdc9819ed8e9dfad4df43a2694c0a0ba780d16

[general]
; WARNING.0 = This section provides compatibility with pre-productmd treeinfos.
; WARNING.1 = Read productmd documentation for details about new format.
arch = x86_64
family = Red Hat Enterprise Linux
name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1.0
packagedir = Packages
platforms = x86_64,xen
repository = .
timestamp = 1571146127
variant = BaseOS
variants = BaseOS
version = 8.1.0

[header]
type = productmd.treeinfo
version = 1.2

[images-x86_64]
efiboot.img = images/efiboot.img
initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img
kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz

[images-xen]
initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img
kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz

[release]
name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux
short = RHEL
version = 8.1.0

[stage2]
mainimage = images/install.img

[tree]
arch = x86_64
build_timestamp = 1571146127
platforms = x86_64,xen
variants = BaseOS

[variant-BaseOS]
id = BaseOS
name = BaseOS
packages = Packages
repository = .
type = variant
uid = BaseOS
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  19. Open the /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/appstream/kickstart/treeinfo file for editing.

  20. In the [general] section, make the following changes:

    • Change packagedir = AppStream/Packages to packagedir = Packages
    • Change repository = AppStream to repository = .
    • Change variants = AppStream,BaseOS to variants = AppStream
  21. In the [tree] section, change variants = AppStream,BaseOS to variants = AppStream.

  22. In the [variant-AppStream] section, make the following changes:

    • Change packages = AppStream/Packages to packages = Packages
    • Change repository = AppStream to repository = .
  23. Delete the following sections from the file: [checksums], [images-x86_64], [images-xen], [media], [stage2], [variant-BaseOS].
  24. Save and close the file.

  25. Verify that the /var/www/html/pub/sat-import/content/dist/rhel8/8.1/x86_64/appstream/kickstart/treeinfo file has the following format: 

    [general]
; WARNING.0 = This section provides compatibility with pre-productmd treeinfos.
; WARNING.1 = Read productmd documentation for details about new format.
arch = x86_64
family = Red Hat Enterprise Linux
name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1.0
packagedir = Packages
platforms = x86_64,xen
repository = .
timestamp = 1571146127
variant = AppStream
variants = AppStream
version = 8.1.0

[header]
type = productmd.treeinfo
version = 1.2

[release]
name = Red Hat Enterprise Linux
short = RHEL
version = 8.1.0

[tree]
arch = x86_64
build_timestamp = 1571146127
platforms = x86_64,xen
variants = AppStream

[variant-AppStream]
id = AppStream
name = AppStream
packages = Packages
repository = .
type = variant
uid = AppStream
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  26. If you do not plan to use the mounted binary DVD ISO image, unmount and remove the directory: 

    # umount /mnt/iso
# rmdir /mnt/iso
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  27. In the Satellite web UI, enable the Kickstart repositories.
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