Chapter 3. Logging in to Red Hat Satellite

After Red Hat Satellite has been installed and configured use the web user interface to log in to Satellite for further configuration.
These steps show how to log in to Red Hat Satellite.
  1. Access the Satellite server web UI using a web browser using the host name or FQDN:
    https://host_name/
    To identify the Satellite servers host name, use the hostname command on the Satellite server. Add the -f option to display the FQDN: 
    # hostname -f

    Important

    An untrusted connection warning appears on your web browser when accessing Satellite for the first time. Accept the self-signed certificate and add the Satellite URL as a security exception to override the settings. This procedure might differ depending on the browser being used.
    Only do this if you are sure that the Satellite URL is a trusted source.
  2. Enter the user name and password created during the configuration process. If a user was not created during the configuration process, the default user name is admin.

Note

If you have forgotten the administrative password, use the Satellite command-line interface to reset the administration user and password: 
# foreman-rake permissions:reset
Reset to user: admin, password: qwJxBptxb7Gfcjj5
This will reset the password of the default user to the one printed on the command line. Change this password upon logging in to prevent any security issues from occurring.

3.1. Organizations

Organizations divide hosts into logical groups based on ownership, purpose, content, security level, or other divisions.
Multiple organizations can be viewed, created, and managed within the web interface. Software and host entitlements can be allocated across many organizations, and access to those organizations controlled.
Each organization must be created and used by a single Red Hat customer account, however each account can manage multiple organizations. Subscription manifests can only be imported into a single organization and Satellite will not upload a certificate that has already been uploaded into a different organization.
By default, Red Hat Satellite will have one organization already created, called "Default Organization", which can be modified to suit your own installation, or deleted. The organization name has a corresponding label Default_Organization for use on the command line.

Important

If a new user is not assigned a default organization their access will be limited. To grant the user systems rights, assign them a default organization and have them log out and log back in again.

3.1.1. Creating an Organization

These steps show how to create a new organization.

Procedure 3.1. Creating an Organization

  1. Click Administer → Organizations.
  2. Click New Organization.
  3. Specify the name of the new organization in the Name field. Take care not to add an extra space at the end of the name as this will affect the corresponding label created.
  4. In the Label field, optionally enter a text string similar to the name but without spaces. If omitted, a label to match the name of the new organization, but with underscores in place of spaces, is created automatically. The label is for use on the command line and cannot be changed once this procedure has been completed. Having a consistent name to label correspondence will reduce errors on the command line. Consider creating names without spaces.
  5. Enter a description of the new organization in the Description field.
  6. Click Submit.
  7. Select the hosts to assign to the new organization.
    • Click Assign All to assign all hosts with no organization to the new organization.
    • Click Manually Assign to manually select and assign the hosts with no organization.
    • Click Proceed to Edit to skip assigning hosts.

3.1.2. Editing an Organization

You can update your organization information as required. You cannot change the organization label.

Procedure 3.2. Editing an Organization

  1. Click Administer → Organizations.
  2. Click the name of the organization you want to edit.
  3. Select the resource to edit.
  4. Click the name of the desired items to add them to the Selected Items list.
  5. Click Submit.

3.1.3. Removing an Organization

Procedure 3.3. Removing an Organization

  1. Click the Administer → Organizations menu on the top right hand corner.
  2. Select Delete from the drop down menu to the right of the name of the organization you want to remove.
  3. An alert box appears: 
    Delete Organization Name?
  4. Click the OK button.
Result

The organization is removed from Red Hat Satellite.