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7.3. Obtaining the Required Packages for the Capsule Server
Prerequisites
- The Satellite Server's base system must be able to resolve the host name of the Capsule Server's base system.
- You will need a Red Hat Satellite user name and password.
- Register the Capsule Server to the Red Hat Satellite Server to use the Red Hat Satellite Server products and subscriptions:
- Install the Red Hat Satellite Server's CA certificate in the Capsule Server:
# rpm -Uvh http://satellite.example.com/pub/katello-ca-consumer-latest.noarch.rpm
- Register the Capsule server with your organization by using the organization label:
# subscription-manager register --org organization_label
You will be prompted for your Red Hat Satellite user name and password. The Satellite Server administrator can configure new users. See the Users and Roles chapter in the Red Hat Satellite 6.1 User Guide for more information.
Procedure 7.1. To Install a Satellite Capsule Server on a Certificate-managed System:
- List all the available subscriptions to find the correct Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Enterprise Linux product to allocate to your system:
# subscription-manager list --available --all
The screen displays:Subscription Name: Red Hat Satellite Capsule Server Provides: Red Hat Satellite Proxy Red Hat Satellite Capsule Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) Red Hat Satellite Capsule Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL Server) Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) SKU: MCT0369 Pool ID: 9e4cc4e9b9fb407583035861bb6be501 Available: 3 Suggested: 1 Service Level: Premium Service Type: L1-L3 Multi-Entitlement: No Ends: 10/07/2015 System Type: PhysicalNote
The SKU and Pool ID depend on the Red Hat Satellite product type that corresponds to your system version and product type. - Subscribe to the required pool IDs:
# subscription-manager subscribe --pool=Red_Hat_Satellite_Capsule_Pool_Id
- Disable all existing repositories:
# subscription-manager repos --disable "*"
- Enable the Satellite and Red Hat Enterprise Linux repositories by running
subscription-manager. You might need to alter the Red Hat Enterprise Linux repository to match the specific version you are using. If enabling a repository unexpectedly fails, check the correct repository is enabled on the Satellite Server. In the web UI, navigate to → and check the status of the repository under → .For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6:# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-rpms \ --enable rhel-6-server-satellite-capsule-6.1-rpms
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-rpms \ --enable rhel-7-server-satellite-capsule-6.1-rpms
- If required, to verify what repositories have been enabled, use the
yum repolist enabledcommand. For example, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:#
yum repolist enabledLoaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, subscription-manager repo id repo name status !rhel-7-server-rpms/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs) 7,617 !rhel-7-server-satellite-capsule-6.1-rpms/x86_64 Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 (for RHEL 7 Server) (RPMs) 176 repolist: 7,793 - Run the following command as the
rootuser to install the capsule-installer package:# yum install capsule-installer
The capsule-installer package provides thecapsule-installerfunctionality.

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