Red Hat Satellite Server – Disconnected Installation Method – Part 2 – Configure Satellite

Introduction

Red Hat Satellite is one of the best system management solutions by which you can deploy, configure, and maintain your systems; it can be physical, virtual, or cloud environments. Satellite is single pane tool for provisioning, remote management and monitoring of multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments.

Red Hat Satellite Server – Installation Guides

• Red Hat Satellite Server – Connected Installation Method – Part 1 – Prepare Server
• Red Hat Satellite Server – Connected Installation Method – Part 2 – Configure Satellite
• Red Hat Satellite Server – Disconnected Installation Method – Part 1 – Prepare Server
• Red Hat Satellite Server – Disconnected Installation Method – Part 2 – Configure Satellite

Download the subscriptions from the Red Hat portal.

Import the Manifest into Satellite

Open Satellite Server Web Console, Content -> Subscriptions -> Manage Manifest

Check List of consumed manifests

Update Exported URL

Update Exported URL of connected satellite server under Content -> Subscriptions -> Manage Manifest

http://
SATELLITE_SERVER
/pub/export/MYORG-Rhel7-8-v1.0/MYORG/content_views/Rhel7-8/1.0/

Enabled Disconnected mode

Under Administer -> Setting -> Content

Enable the required repos

Content -> RedHat Repositories

Change the default download policy settings

To change default download policy, follow below steps on Red Hat Satellite WebUI.

Administer > Settings > Content > Select "Default Repository download policy" > set "immediate"

To change download policy of already enabled repository through WebUI.

Content > products > select "Product" > select "repository" > select "Download Policy" > choose the policy

To set download policies for all enabled repositories in Red Hat Satellite 6.

- Changing download policy to 'immediate'.
# foreman-rake katello:change_download_policy DOWNLOAD_POLICY=immediate

- Changing download policy to 'on-demand'.
# foreman-rake katello:change_download_policy DOWNLOAD_POLICY=on_demand

Refer How to change download policy of repositories in Red Hat Satellite 6 ? for more details.

Synchronize the Repo

Make sure all the repos enabled are synced without any errors. Content -> Sync Status

Setting up a daily sync plan if applicable

Content -> Sync Plans > Create Sync Plan

Create Content View

Create a content view and enable the repositories inside content view. Content -> Content Views

Publish Content View

Create Activation keys

Segregate based on OS version contents. Content -> Activation Keys -> Create Activation Key