1.4. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Channels

This section discusses channel and repository settings required for deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.
You can install Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 through the Content Delivery Network (CDN). To do so, configure subscription-manager to use the correct channels.
Run the following command to enable a CDN channel:
# subscription-manager repos --enable=[reponame]
Run the following command to disable a CDN channel:
# subscription-manager repos --disable=[reponame]

Table 1.1.  Required Channels

Channel Repository Name
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMS) rhel-7-server-rpms
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - RH Common (RPMs) rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL 7 Server) rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (RPMS) rhel-7-server-openstack-6.0-rpms
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Installer 6.0 (RPMS) rhel-7-server-openstack-6.0-installer-rpms
Red Hat Software Collections RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms

Table 1.2.  Optional Channels

Channel Repository Name
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - Optional rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
Disable Channels
The following table outlines the channels you must disable to ensure Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 functions correctly.

Table 1.3.  Disable Channels

Channel Repository Name
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine "cf-me-*"
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization "rhel-7-server-rhev*"
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - Extended Update Support "*-eus-rpms"

Warning

Some packages in the OpenStack software repositories conflict with packages provided by the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) software repositories.
The use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform on systems with the EPEL software repositories enabled is unsupported.