Custom System Info Keys in Satellite6

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In Satellite6 it was possible to add Custom System Info Keys, i used to
used them to add metadata to servers, like info about ILO addresses, etc.
The best option I can think of in Satellite6 is adding a custom puppet fact on the servers for each key. Is it a better way that I have overlooked?

EE
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Rich Jerrido's picture Red Hat Guru 2305 points
5 March 2018 1:40 PM

Host parameters are effectively the same thing (allowing you to set custom key/value-pair data for a host). You can set them in the UI, or in the CLI

hammer host set-parameter \ 
  --host host.example.com \
  --name 'ilo' \
  --value "192.168.1.1"

Host parameters are delivered in a node's YAML definition, and can be used within puppet modules. Also, as an attribute of the host, they can be used in search queries.

Assuming that I set the parameter as described above, I can search for it:

hammer host list --search "params.ilo = 192.168.1.1"
EE Active Contributor 167 points
6 March 2018 7:40 AM

Thanks, this is exactly what I need.

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