7.5. Creating Hosts from Discovered Hosts

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > Discovered host. Select the host you want to use and click Provision to the right of the list.

2. Select from one of the two following options:

   • To provision a host from a host group, select a host group, organization, and location, and then click Create Host.
   • To provision a host with further customization, click Customize Host and enter the additional details you want to specify for the new host.

3. Verify that the fields are populated with values. Note in particular:

   • The Name from the Host tab becomes the DNS name.
   • Satellite Server automatically assigns an IP address for the new host.
   • Satellite Server automatically populates the MAC address from the Discovery results.
4. Ensure that Satellite Server automatically selects the Managed, Primary, and Provision options for the first interface on the host. If not, select them.
5. Click the Operating System tab, and verify that all fields contain values. Confirm each aspect of the operating system.

6. Click Resolve in Provisioning template to check the new host can identify the right provisioning templates to use. The host must resolve to the following provisioning templates:

   • kexec Template: Discovery Red Hat kexec

   • provision Template: Satellite Kickstart Default

     For more information about associating provisioning templates, see 「Provisioning Templates」.

7. Click Submit to save the host details.

For CLI Users

1. Identify the discovered host to use for provisioning:

   # hammer discovery list

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2. Select a host and provision it using a host group. Set a new host name with the --new-name option:

   # hammer discovery provision --name "host_name" \
   --new-name "new_host_name" --organization "My_Organization" \
   --location "My_Location" --hostgroup "My_Host_Group" --build true \
   --enabled true --managed true

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   This removes the host from the discovered host listing and creates a host entry with the provisioning settings. The Discovery image automatically resets the host so that it can boot to PXE. The host detects the DHCP service on Satellite Server’s integrated Capsule and starts installing the operating system. The rest of the process is identical to normal PXE workflow described in 「Creating Hosts with Unattended Provisioning」.