Chapter 3. Performing Additional Configuration on Capsule Server

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Capsules, and select the Capsule that you want to add a life cycle to.
2. Click Edit and click the Life Cycle Environments tab.
3. From the left menu, select the life cycle environments that you want to add to Capsule and click Submit.
4. To synchronize the content on the Capsule, click the Overview tab and click Synchronize.

5. Select either Optimized Sync or Complete Sync.

   For definitions of each synchronization type, see Recovering a Repository.

CLI procedure

1. To display a list of all Capsule Servers, on Satellite Server, enter the following command:

   # hammer capsule list

   Note the Capsule ID of the Capsule that you want to add a life cycle to.

2. Using the ID, verify the details of your Capsule:

   # hammer capsule info --id capsule_id

3. To view the life cycle environments available for your Capsule Server, enter the following command and note the ID and the organization name:

   # hammer capsule content available-lifecycle-environments --id capsule_id

4. Add the life cycle environment to your Capsule Server:

   # hammer capsule content add-lifecycle-environment \
   --id capsule_id --organization "My_Organization" \
   --lifecycle-environment-id lifecycle-environment_id

   Repeat for each life cycle environment you want to add to Capsule Server.

5. Synchronize the content from Satellite to Capsule.

   • To synchronize all content from your Satellite Server environment to Capsule Server, enter the following command:

     # hammer capsule content synchronize --id capsule_id

   • To synchronize a specific life cycle environment from your Satellite Server to Capsule Server, enter the following command:

     # hammer capsule content synchronize --id external_capsule_id \
     --lifecycle-environment-id lifecycle-environment_id