Chapter 5. Managing and Promoting Content

1. Click Content Life Cycle Environments to open the Life Cycle Environment Paths page.

2. Click Add New Environment to display the New Environment page.

   The library is the origin of all content that you can use in your environments.

3. Enter a name in the Name Field.

   The label is automatically populated with the same name, but you can change it to suit your needs. You can also add a description of your environment.

4. Click Save.

Creating Content Views Using the Web UI

1. Click Content Content Views and then click Create New View.

2. Type RHEL7 x86_64 in the Name field.

   The label is automatically populated.

3. Clear the Composite View? check box and click Save.

Adding Repositories Using Web UI

1. Navigate to Content > Content Views, and then select the Content View you want to edit.
2. In the Content View pane, click the Yum Content tab, and then select Repositories.

3. In the Add tab, select the following repositories from the Repository Selection list:

   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server Kickstart x86_64 7.5
   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server RPMs x86_64 7Server
   • Red Hat Satellite Tools 6.7 for RHEL 7 Server RPMs x86_64

4. Click Add Repositories.

   To see the list of repositories added to your Content View, click the List/Remove tab.

Adding Puppet Modules Using the Web UI

1. Go to the Content Views page.
2. Click Content Content Views.

3. On the Puppet Modules tab, click Add New Module to display a list of available Puppet Modules.

   You can use the Filter field to help locate the required module.

4. Click Select Version and select the 'motd' module.
5. Click Select Version next to the version of the module that you want to add.

Publishing a Content View Using the Web UI

1. Click Content Content Views.
2. Click the name of the Content View that you want to publish.

3. Click Publish New Version to display the Publish New Version page.

   This specifies the version and allows you to enter a comment to reflect any changes made to the Content View.

4. Click Save to publish the Content View to the library.

   You can monitor the publication progress on the screen that appears.

5. When the publishing process is complete, click Promote.

   The list of available promotion paths (Library Dev QA) displays.

6. Select the check box for the Dev environment, and then click Promote Version.

Creating and Editing an Activation Key Using the Web UI

1. On the main menu, click Content Activation Keys New Activation Key.
2. In the Name field, enter a name.

3. If applicable, clear the Content Host Limit check box.

   You can use this field to control how many times a given activation key is used. For example, if you associate the key with a subscription that has a limited quantity, you can set the limit on the activation key to eliminate exceeding that quantity.

4. Select the check box for your environment.
5. In the Content View drop-down list, select the RHEL 7 x86_64 Content View, and then click Save.
6. On the Activation Keys page, click the Subscriptions tab, then click the Add tab to display the list of available subscriptions.
7. From the list of available subscriptions, select the subscriptions you want to add.
8. Click Add Selected.