Chapter 7. Manually Installing and Configuring a Broker Host

Procedure 7.1. To Configure Broker Host Entitlements with Red Hat Subscription Management:

1. On your Red Hat Enterprise Linux instance, register the system:

   Example 7.1. Registering Using the Subscription Manager

   # subscription-manager register
   				
   Username:
   Password:
   
   The system has been registered with id: 3tghj35d1-7c19-4734-b638-f24tw8eh6246

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
2. Locate the desired OpenShift Enterprise subscription pool IDs in the list of available subscriptions for your account:

   Example 7.2. Finding the OpenShift Enterprise Pool ID

   # subscription-manager list --available
   				
   +-------------------------------------------+
       Available Subscriptions
   +-------------------------------------------+
   
   Subscription Name:      OpenShift Enterprise Broker Infrastructure
   SKU:                    SYS####
   Pool Id:                Example_3affb61f013b3ef6a5fe0b9a
   Quantity:               1
   Service Level:          Layered
   Service Type:           L1-L3
   Multi-Entitlement:      No
   Ends:                   01/01/2020
   System Type:            Physical

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
3. Attach the desired subscription. Replace pool-id in the following command with your relevant Pool ID value from the previous step:

   # subscription-manager attach --pool pool-idsubscription-manager attach --pool pool-id

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
4. Enable only the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2 Infrastructure channel:

   # subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-ose-2.2-infra-rpms

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
5. Confirm that yum repolist displays the enabled channel:

   # yum repolist
   
   repo id                            repo name
   
   rhel-6-server-ose-2.2-infra-rpms   Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2 Infrastructure (RPMs)

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
   OpenShift Enterprise broker hosts require a customized yum configuration to install correctly. For continued steps to correctly configure yum, see Section 7.2, “Configuring Yum on Broker Hosts”.

Procedure 7.2. To Configure Entitlements with Red Hat Network (RHN) Classic:

1. On your Red Hat Enterprise Linux instance, register the system. Replace username and password in the following command with your Red Hat Network account credentials.

   # rhnreg_ks --username username --password passwordrhnreg_ks --username username --password passwordrhnreg_ks --username username --password passwordrhnreg_ks --username username --password password

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
2. Enable only the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2 Infrastructure channel.

   # rhn-channel -a -c rhel-x86_64-server-6-ose-2.2-infrastructure

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
3. Confirm that yum repolist displays the enabled channel.

   # yum repolist
   
   repo id                                       repo name
   
   rhel-x86_64-server-6-ose-2.2-infrastructure   Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2 Infrastructure - x86_64

   Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
   OpenShift Enterprise broker hosts require a customized yum configuration to install correctly. For continued steps to correctly configure yum, see Section 7.2, “Configuring Yum on Broker Hosts”.