Chapter 6. Managing content delivery servers


CDS nodes provide content to RHUI clients.

You can use the Content Delivery Server (CDS) Management screen to list, add, delete, and reinstall CDS nodes.

6.1. Registering a new CDS

The Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool provides several options for configuring a CDS within the RHUI.

Prerequisites

  • Make sure sshd is running on the CDS node and that port 443 is open.
Note

Answering yes (y) to the below question: Update instance(s) after reinstalling? (y/n): will result in a dnf update being run on the instance after it is registered. This may require a reboot of the instance. Answering no (n) to this question will result in the dnf update not being run.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool home screen:

    [root@rhua ~]# rhui-manager
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  2. Press c to select manage content delivery servers (CDS).
  3. From the Content Delivery Server (CDS) Management screen, press a to add a new CDS instance.
  4. Enter the hostname of the CDS to add:

    Hostname of the CDS instance to register:
    cds1.example.com
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  5. Enter the user name that will have SSH access to the CDS and have sudo privileges.

    Username with SSH access to <cds1.example.com> and sudo privileges:
    <cloud-user>
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  6. Enter the absolute path to the SSH private key for logging in to the CDS and press Enter.

    Absolute path to an SSH private key to log into <cds1.example.com> as <cloud-user>:
    /home/<cloud-user>/.ssh/id_rsa_rhua
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  7. Update the instance with the latest versions of available packages

    Update instance after registering? (y/n): y
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  8. Optional: If you wish to use custom SSL certificates, enter the absolute path to the custom SSL certificate, SSL Key, and SSL crt files.

    Note

    If you do not provide an SSL certificate, it will be automatically generated.

    Optional absolute path to user supplied SSL key file:
    /home/<cloud-user>/custom_ssl.key
    
    Optional absolute path to user supplied SSL crt file:
    /home/<cloud-user>/custom_ssl.crt
    
    .........................................................................
    The following CDS has been successfully added:
    
      Hostname:             <cds1.example.com>
      SSH Username:         <cloud-user>
      SSH Private Key:      /home/<cloud-user>/.ssh/id_rsa_rhua
    
    The CDS will now be configured:
    ....................................................................
    The CDS was successfully configured.
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  9. If adding the content delivery server fails, check that the firewall rules permit access between the RHUA and the CDS.
  10. Run the mount command to see if shared storage is mounted as read-write.

    [root@rhua ~]# mount | grep rhui
    
    nfs.example.com:/export on /var/lib/rhui/remote_share type nfs4 (rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=10.8.41.163,local_lock=none,addr=10.8.41.163)
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  11. After successful configuration, repeat these steps for all remaining CDS nodes.

You can use the Content Delivery Server (CDS) Management screen to list all CDS nodes managed by Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool home screen:

    [root@rhua ~]# rhui-manager
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  2. Press c to select manage content delivery servers (CDS):
  3. From the Content Delivery Server (CDS) Management screen, press l to list all known CDS nodes that Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 manages:

    Hostname:             <cds1.example.com>
    SSH Username:     <cloud-user>
    SSH Private Key:     /<cloud-user>/.ssh/id_rsa_rhua
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You may encounter a situation where you need to reinstall and reapply the configuration for a CDS. The Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool provides an easy way to accomplish this task.

Prerequisites

  • At least one installed CDS
Note

Answering yes (y) to the below question: Update instance(s) after reinstalling? (y/n): will result in a dnf update being run on the instance after it is reinstalled. This may require a reboot of the instance. Answering no (n) to this question will result in the dnf update not being run.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool home screen:

    [root@rhua ~]# rhui-manager
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  2. Press c to select manage content delivery servers (CDS).
  3. From the Content Delivery Server (CDS) Management screen, press r to select reinstall and reapply configuration to an existing CDS instance. The Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool automatically performs all reinstallation and reconfiguration tasks.
  4. Select the CDS to reinstall:

        1 -
        Hostname:             <cds1.example.com>
        SSH Username:     <cloud-user>
        SSH Private Key:     /<cloud-user>/.ssh/id_rsa_rhua
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  5. Enter a value or b to abort: 1: 1
  6. Update instance(s) after reinstalling? (y/n): y

    Checking that the RHUA services are reachable from the instance...
    Done.
    
    
    Installing and configuring the CDS...
    
    PLAY [Registering a CDS instance] **********************************************
    
    ...
    
    TASK [Update CDS instance] *****************************************************
    ok: [cds1.example.com]
    
    PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
    cloud-user@cds1.example.com : ok=24   changed=10   unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=2    rescued=0    ignored=0
    
    Done.
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Verification

  1. Check that you successfully reinstalled and reconfigured the CDS by viewing the code output:

    Ensuring that instance ports are reachable ...
    Done.
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6.4. Configuring a CDS to accept legacy CAs

By default, a content delivery server (CDS) node only accepts entitlement certificates signed by the Certificate Authority (CA) that is currently configured on your RHUI system. However, you might want to accept previously created CAs so that clients can continue to work in case you change your main CA or when the CA certificate expires.

This procedure provides instructions to support legacy CAs on RHUI by installing CA certificates on your CDS nodes.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure you are running the latest version of RHUI.

    Note

    If you have installed an older version of RHUI, you must reinstall your CDS nodes in rhui-manager.

Procedure

  1. On the CDS node, create the /etc/pki/rhui/legacy directory if it does not already exist:

    # mkdir /etc/pki/rhui/legacy
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  2. Save the legacy CA certificate in the directory.

Verification

  • The CDS node starts accepting legacy CAs as soon as you store the CA certificate in the directory.

To limit your content delivery servers (CDS) nodes from accepting legacy certificate authorities (CAs), remove the respective CA certificates.

Prerequisites

  • Clients are no longer using the CA.

Procedure

  1. On the CDS node, navigate to the /etc/pki/rhui/legacy/ directory:

    # cd /etc/pki/rhui/legacy/
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  2. Optional: Back up the existing CA certificates:
  3. Delete the CA certificate that corresponds to the CA you want to limit:

    # rm example-legacy.crt
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Verification

  • The CDS node stops accepting legacy CAs as soon as you delete the CA certificate.

6.6. Unregistering a CDS

You can unregister (delete) a CDS instance that you are not going to use.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool home screen:

    [root@rhua ~]# rhui-manager
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  2. Press c to select manage content delivery servers (CDS).
  3. From the Content Delivery Server (CDS) Management screen, press d to delete a CDS instance.
  4. Enter the hostname of the CDS to delete:

    Hostname of the CDS instance to unregister:
    cds1.example.com
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