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Creating and managing manifests for a disconnected Satellite Server

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Abstract

This guide describes how to create, export, delete, and modify a manifest for a Red Hat Satellite Server on a disconnected network. Manifests enable you to find, access, synchronize, and download content from the correct repositories for use in the Satellite organizations that are managed by a Satellite Server.

Preface
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This guide covers creating and managing manifests for a disconnected Satellite Server.

Part I. Disconnected manifests
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How to create and manage manifests for disconnected Satellite. A manifest is a set of encrypted files containing information about your subscriptions. You can use a manifest to import your subscriptions into Red Hat Satellite. After the manifest is imported, you can use it to manage RHEL systems and synchronize content.

An authorized Satellite user on a connected network can create, export, delete, and modify manifests from Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console.

Note

Users on a connected network create and manage their subscription manifests on the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console, however, users on a disconnected network must use the Customer Portal. For more information, see Using manifests for a disconnected Satellite Server.

Only users on a disconnected Satellite Server create and manage subscription manifests from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Users on a connected Satellite Server create and manage their subscription manifests in the Manifests section of the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console. For information about creating and managing subscription manifests for a connected Satellite Server, see Creating and managing a manifest for a connected Satellite Server.

You can create a new subscription allocation to set aside subscriptions and entitlements for a system that is offline or air-gapped in disconnected Satellite Server. This is necessary before you can download its manifest and upload it to a system.

Note

In connected Satellite Server, you can create subscription manifests in the Manifests section of the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console.

To create a manifest for a disconnected or air-gapped Satellite Server, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. From the Subscription Allocations page, click Create Manifest.
  2. Click New Subscription Allocation
  3. Enter a Name for the allocation so that you can find it later.
  4. Select the Type of subscription management application you plan to use on the system.
  5. Click Create.

Only users on a disconnected Satellite Server need to add subscriptions to a subscription allocation. If you are a disconnected user, you must complete this step before you can download the manifest and add it to the host system.

Users on a connected Satellite Server skip this step. For information about managing a subscription manifest for a connected Satellite Server, see Creating and managing a manifest for a connected Satellite Server.

To add subscriptions to a subscription allocation for a disconnected Satellite Server, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. From the Subscription Allocations page, click the allocation to which you are adding subscriptions.
  2. Click the Subscriptions tab.
  3. Click Add Subscriptions.
  4. Enter the number of entitlements for each subscription you plan to add. Ensure that you are adding the correct number of entitlements for the system you are using.

  5. Click Submit.

    Note

    You can include future-dated subscriptions, or subscriptions that have a start date in the future, to an allocation.

Only users on a disconnected Satellite Server download a subscription manifest from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Users on a connected Satellite Server download subscription manifests in the Manifests section of the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console.

To download a subscription manifest for a disconnected Satellite Server, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. From the Subscription Allocations page, click the allocation that you want to add subscriptions to.
  2. Click the Subscriptions tab.

  3. Click Export Manifest.

    Note

    The file saves to your default downloads folder.

  4. After you download the manifest, you can import it into your Satellite Server. You can then use the Satellite web UI to update the manifest and refresh it to reflect the changes. Alternatively, you can import an updated manifest that contains the changes.

Chapter 5. Upload a manifest to a host system
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A system needs a manifest to connect to Red Hat Subscription Management. If you used a subscription allocation to create the manifest, you need to download the manifest first and then upload it to the host system. This situation is useful for systems that are offline or air-gapped.

Procedure

  1. On the local system, copy the manifest: 

    # scp ~/<manifest_file>.zip satellite.example.com:

  2. Import the manifest to your system: 

    # hammer subscription upload \
--file ~/<manifest_file>.zip \
--organization "ACME"

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