Chapter 2. Installing standalone Hammer

You can install Hammer on a host running RHEL that has no Satellite Server installed, and use it to connect from the host to a remote Satellite.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you register the host to Satellite Server or Capsule Server.
If you are installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, ensure that the following repositories are enabled and synchronized on Satellite Server:
- rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
- rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
- satellite-utils-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms
If you are installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, ensure that the following repositories are enabled and synchronized on Satellite Server:
- rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
- rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
- satellite-utils-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms

Procedure

Enable the required repositories on the host.
If you are installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, enable the following module:
```
# dnf module enable satellite-utils:el8
```
Install Hammer CLI:
```
# dnf install satellite-cli
```
Set the :host: entry in the /etc/hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml file to the Satellite URL:
```
:host: 'https://satellite.example.com'
```

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