Chapter 5. Deploying a virt-who Configuration

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Virt-who configurations.
2. Click the name of the virt-who configuration.
3. Click the Deploy tab.
4. Under Configuration script, click Download the script.

5. Copy the script to the hypervisor:

   # scp deploy_virt_who_config_1.sh root@hypervisor.example.com:

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6. Make the deployment script executable and run it:

   # chmod +x deploy_virt_who_config_1.sh
   # sh deploy_virt_who_config_1.sh

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7. After the deployment is complete, delete the script:

   # rm deploy_virt_who_config_1

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Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Virt-who configurations.
2. Click the name of the virt-who configuration.
3. Under Hammer command, click Copy to clipboard.
4. On Satellite Server, paste the Hammer command into your terminal.

Procedure

1. On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux server, install Satellite Server’s CA certificate:

   # rpm -ivh http://satellite.example.com/pub/katello-ca-consumer-latest.noarch.rpm

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2. Register the Red Hat Enterprise Linux server to Satellite Server:

   # subscription-manager register \
   --org=organization_label \
   --auto-attach

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3. Open a network port for communication between virt-who and Satellite Server:

   # firewall-cmd --add-port="443/tcp"
   # firewall-cmd --add-port="443/tcp" --permanent

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4. Open a network port for communication between virt-who and each hypervisor or virtualization manager:

   • VMware vCenter: TCP port 443
   • Microsoft Hyper-V: TCP port 5985
5. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Virt-who configurations.
6. Click the name of the virt-who configuration file.
7. Click the Deploy tab.
8. Under Configuration script, click Download the script.

9. Copy the script to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux server:

   # scp deploy_virt_who_config_1.sh root@rhel.example.com:

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10. Make the deployment script executable and run it:

    # chmod +x deploy_virt_who_config_1.sh
    # sh deploy_virt_who_config_1.sh

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11. After the deployment is complete, delete the script:

    # rm deploy_virt_who_config_1

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