2.3. Creating Operating Systems

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > Operating systems and click New Operating system.
2. In the Name field, enter a name to represent the operating system entry.
3. In the Major field, enter the number that corresponds to the major version of the operating system.
4. In the Minor field, enter the number that corresponds to the minor version of the operating system.
5. In the Description field, enter a description of the operating system.
6. From the Family list, select the operating system’s family.
7. From the Root Password Hash list, select the encoding method for the root password.
8. From the Architectures list, select the architectures that the operating system uses.
9. Click the Partition table tab and select the possible partition tables that apply to this operating system.
10. Optional: if you use non-Red Hat content, click the Installation media tab and select the installation media that apply to this operating system. For more information, see 「Adding Installation Media to Satellite」.
11. Click the Templates tab and select a PXELinux template, a Provisioning template, and a Finish template for your operating system to use. You can select other templates, for example an iPXE template, if you plan to use iPXE for provisioning.
12. Click Submit to save your provisioning template.