4.2. Disconnected Satellite

Procedure 4.11. To Configure a Host to Synchronize and Export Content from the Red Hat CDN:

1. Use Red Hat Subscription Manager to register the synchronization host to RHN.
2. List all the available subscriptions to find the correct Red Hat Satellite product to allocate to your system:

   # subscription-manager list --available --all

   This command displays output similar to the following:

   +-------------------------------------------+
       Available Subscriptions
   +-------------------------------------------+
   
   
   ProductName:        Red Hat Satellite
   ProductId:          SKU123456
   PoolId:             e1730d1f4eaa448397bfd30c8c7f3d334bd8b
   Quantity:           10
   Multi-Entitlement:  No
   Expires:            08/20/2013
   MachineType:        physical
   

   Note

   The SKU and Pool ID depend on the Red Hat Satellite product type that corresponds to your system version and product type.
3. Subscribe to the pool using the following command:

   # subscription-manager subscribe --pool=Red_Hat_Satellite_Pool_Id
   # subscription-manager subscribe --pool=Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Pool_Id
   # subscription-manager subscribe --pool=Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Software_Collections_Pool_Id
   

4. Disable all existing repositories:

   # subscription-manager repos --disable "*"
   

5. Enable the Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Software Collections repositories. Ensure the Red Hat Enterprise Linux repository matches the specific version you are using.

   # subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-rpms \
   --enable rhel-server-rhscl-6-rpms \
   --enable rhel-6-server-satellite-6.0-rpms
   

   Note

   The commands above are based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. If you are using a different version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, change the repository based on your specific version.
6. Install katello-utils and associated RPM files:

   # yum install python-qpid-qmf python-qpid  qpid-cpp-server-store katello-utils
   

   katello-utils includes the katello-disconnected utility that is required to set up repositories for import while qpid related packages are necessary for pulp configuration.
7. Generate a 32-character alphanumeric string for the oauth_secret entry in the /etc/pulp/server.conf file:

   $ tr -dc "[:alnum:]" < /dev/urandom | head -c 32

8. In the /etc/pulp/server.conf, uncomment the [oauth] entry and add the randomly-generated value from the previous step as the oauth_secret value:

   [oauth]
   enabled: true
   oauth_key: katello
   oauth_secret: v8SeYqvS5QUfmg0dIrJOBG58lAHDRZnN

9. Disable authentication in /etc/qpid/qpidd.conf:

   # Configuration file for qpidd. Entries are of the form:
   #   name=value
   #
   # (Note: no spaces on either side of '=').
   # Run "qpidd --help" or see "man qpidd" for more details.
   
   auth=no
   

   All incoming connections authenticate using the Satellite's default realm.
10. Configure the connection from katello-disconnected to Pulp with the previously generated value as your --oauth-secret option:

    # katello-disconnected setup --oauth-key=katello --oauth-secret=v8SeYqvS5QUfmg0dIrJOBG58lAHDRZnN

    This places a configuration value in ~/.katello-disconnected.
11. Configure Pulp on the synchronization server:

    sudo service qpidd start
    sudo chkconfig qpidd on
    sudo service mongod start
    sleep 10
    sudo chkconfig mongod on
    sudo -u apache pulp-manage-db
    sudo service httpd restart
    sudo chkconfig pulp_workers on
    sudo service pulp_workers start
    sudo chkconfig pulp_celerybeat on
    sudo service pulp_celerybeat start
    sudo chkconfig pulp_resource_manager on
    sudo service pulp_resource_manager start
    

12. Import the manifest to set up the list of available repositories to synchronize based on the selected subscriptions:

    # katello-disconnected import -m ./manifest.zip