Subscriptions/Manifests for Disconnected Satellites
Hi all!
I have a quick question about how to properly manage the subscriptions and manifests for our Satellite Servers.
Here's the setup we want to use:
2x Satellite Servers (v6.3.2)
- 1x Connected
- 1x Disconnected
4x RHEL Servers (v7.5)
- 2x Connected
- 2x Disconnected
Subscriptions and registrations:
- 1x Satellite Server (Connected)
- Registered and attached using
subscription-manager
- Consumes 1x Satellite Subscription
- Upload a Manifest with the following subscription entitlements
- 1x Satellite Server (to be used for disconnected Satellite)
- 2x RHEL Sever (to be used for connected RHEL Servers)
- Create 1x Activation Key for Satellite Server
- Create 2x Activation Key for RHEL Server
- Registered and attached using
- 2x RHEL Server (Connected)
- Registered to the connected Satellite Server via Activation Key
- Consumes 2x RHEL Server subscriptions
- 1x Satellite Server (Disconnected)
- Air-gapped secure network
- Registered with Activation Key from connected Satellite Server
- Consumes 1x Satellite subscription
- Upload manifest with 2x RHEL Server subscription entitlements
- Create 2x Activation Key for RHEL Server
- 2x RHEL Server (Disconnected)
- Air-gapped secure network (same as disconnected Satellite)
- Registered via Activation Key from disconnected Satellite
- Consumes 2x RHEL Server subscriptions
Do I have that correct? I.e. the disconnected Satellite doesn't need a manifest with a Satellite entitlement because it's not going to register any further downstream Satellites, thus it only needs a manifest with 2x RHEL entitlements?
In total we'd have 2x Satellite and 4x RHEL subscriptions.
Thanks!
Edit: It looks like I cannot use an activation key to register the disconnected Satellites. Still looking for a solution to keep those up to date.