Chapter 2. Deploying a conversion host

Procedure

1. Create a conversion host instance by following the instructions in Creating an instance in the Creating and managing instances guide.
2. Attach a floating IP to the conversion host instance following the instructions in Assigning a specific floating IP in the Managing networking resources guide.
3. Log in to the conversion host as a cloud-user with the SSH key you created when you created the conversion host.

4. Register your system either with the Red Hat Content Delivery Network (CDN) or with Red Hat Satellite. To register with CDN:

   [cloud-user@conversion_host ~]$ sudo subscription-manager register

5. Install the VMware SDK library and ensure that you have root ownership.