9.3. Adding KVM Images to Satellite Server
To create hosts using image-based provisioning, you must add information about the image, such as access details and the image location, to your Satellite Server.
Note that you can manage only directory pool storage types through Satellite 6.
Procedure
- In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Compute Resources and click the name of the KVM connection.
- Click Create Image.
- In the Name field, enter a name for the image.
- From the Operating System list, select the image’s base operating system.
- From the Architecture list, select the operating system architecture.
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In the Username field, enter the SSH user name for image access. This is normally the
rootuser. - In the Password field, enter the SSH password for image access.
In the Image path field, enter the full path that points to the image on the KVM server. For example:
/var/lib/libvirt/images/TestImage.qcow2
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Optional: Select the User Data check box if the image supports user data input, such as
cloud-initdata. - Click Submit to save the image details.
For CLI Users
Create the image with the
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