Chapter 6. Install additional software
You need to perform some additional configuration for access to software and updates.
- Ensure you have access to software updates: Configure software repository access using the web console.
- If your hyperconverged hosts use disk encryption, Install disk encryption software.
6.1. Configuring software access
6.1.1. Configuring software repository access using the Web Console
Prerequisites
- This process is for hyperconverged hosts based on Red Hat Virtualization 4.
Procedure
On each hyperconverged host:
Log in to the Web Console.
Use the management FQDN and port 9090, for example,
https://server1.example.com:9090/
.- Click Subscriptions.
Click Register System.
- Enter your Customer Portal user name and password.
Click Done.
The Red Hat Virtualization Host subscription is automatically attached to the system.
Enable the Red Hat Virtualization 4 repository to allow later updates to the Red Hat Virtualization Host:
# subscription-manager repos \ --enable=rhvh-4-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
(Optional) If you use disk encryption, execute the following on each Network-Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) key server:
- Log in to the NBDE key server.
Register the NBDE key server with Red Hat.
# subscription-manager register --username=username --password=password
Attach the subscription pool:
# subscription-manager attach --pool=pool_id
Enable the repositories required for disk encryption software:
For NBDE key servers based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8:
# subscription-manager repos \ --enable="rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms" \ --enable="rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms"
For NBDE key servers based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:
# subscription-manager repos --enable="rhel-7-server-rpms"
6.2. Installing software
6.2.1. Installing disk encryption software
The Network-Bound Disk Encryption key server requires an additional package to support disk encryption.
Prerequisites
Procedure
On each Network-Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) key server, install the server-side packages.
# yum install tang -y