Chapter 4. Preparing client platforms

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.

Procedure

1. On Satellite Server, run the following Bash script:

   PARTID=$(hammer --csv partition-table list | grep "Kickstart default," | cut -d, -f1)
   PXEID=$(hammer --csv template list --per-page=1000 | grep "Kickstart default PXELinux" | cut -d, -f1)
   SATELLITE_ID=$(hammer --csv template list --per-page=1000 | grep "provision" | grep ",Kickstart default" | cut -d, -f1)
   
   for i in $(hammer --no-headers --csv os list | awk -F, {'print $1'})
   do
      hammer partition-table add-operatingsystem --id="${PARTID}" --operatingsystem-id="${i}"
      hammer template add-operatingsystem --id="${PXEID}" --operatingsystem-id="${i}"
      hammer os set-default-template --id="${i}" --config-template-id=${PXEID}
      hammer os add-config-template --id="${i}" --config-template-id=${SATELLITE_ID}
      hammer os set-default-template --id="${i}" --config-template-id=${SATELLITE_ID}
   done

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2. Display information about the updated operating system to verify that the operating system is updated correctly:

   $ hammer os info --id 1

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Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > Provisioning Setup > Architectures.
2. Click Create Architecture.
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the architecture.
4. From the Operating Systems list, select an operating system. If none are available, you can create and assign them under Hosts > Provisioning Setup > Operating Systems.
5. Click Submit.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > Provisioning Setup > Hardware Models.
2. Click Create Model.
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the hardware model.
4. Optionally, in the Hardware Model and Vendor Class fields, you can enter corresponding information for your system.
5. In the Info field, enter a description of the hardware model.
6. Click Submit to save your hardware model.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Compute Profiles and click Create Compute Profile.
2. In the Name field, enter a name for the profile.
3. Click Submit. A new window opens with the name of the compute profile.
4. In the new window, click the name of each compute resource and edit the attributes you want to set for this compute profile.

CLI procedure

1. Create a new compute profile:

   $ hammer compute-profile create --name "My_Compute_Profile"

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2. Set attributes for the compute profile:

   $ hammer compute-profile values create \
   --compute-attributes "flavor=m1.small,cpus=2,memory=4GB,cpu_mode=default \
   --compute-resource "My_Compute_Resource" \
   --compute-profile "My_Compute_Profile" \
   --volume size=40GB

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3. Optional: To update the attributes of a compute profile, specify the attributes you want to change. For example, to change the number of CPUs and memory size:

   $ hammer compute-profile values update \
   --compute-resource "My_Compute_Resource" \
   --compute-profile "My_Compute_Profile" \
   --attributes "cpus=2,memory=4GB" \
   --interface "type=network,bridge=br1,index=1" \
   --volume "size=40GB"

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4. Optional: To change the name of the compute profile, use the --new-name attribute:

   $ hammer compute-profile update \
   --name "My_Compute_Profile" \
   --new-name "My_New_Compute_Profile"

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