Chapter 10. Client Entitlement Certificate and Client Configuration RPM

On the RHUA, log in to the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool.

[root@rhua ~]# rhui-manager

In the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool home screen, press e to select create entitlement certificates and client configuration RPMs.

             -= Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool =-

-= Home =-

   r   manage repositories
   c   manage content delivery servers (CDS)
   l   manage HAProxy load-balancer instances
   s   synchronization status and scheduling
   e   create entitlement certificates and client configuration RPMs
   n   manage Red Hat entitlement certificates
   sm  manage Red Hat subscriptions
   u   manage RHUI users

                                                   Connected: rhua.example.com

Press e to select generate an entitlement certificate.

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        	-= Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool =-

-= Client Entitlement Management =-

e   generate an entitlement certificate
c   create a client configuration RPM from an entitlement certificate

                                              	Connected: rhua.example.com
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rhui (client) => e

Select which repositories to include in the entitlement certificate by typing the number of the repository at the prompt. Typing the number of a repository places a checkmark next to the name of that repository. Continue until all repositories you want to add have been checked.

Enter a name for the certificate. This name helps identify the certificate within the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool and to generate the name of the certificate and key files.

Name of the certificate. This will be used as the name of the certificate file
(name.crt) and its associated private key (name.key). Choose something that will
help identify the products contained with it:

Press y at the prompt to confirm the information and create the entitlement certificate.

Repositories to be included in the entitlement certificate:

Red Hat Repositories

	Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP (RHEL 6 Server) (RPMs) from RHUI

Proceed? (y/n) y
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Entitlement certificate created at /root/clientcert/rhuiclientexample.crt

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From the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool home screen, press e to select create entitlement certificates and client configuration RPMs.

             -= Red Hat Update Infrastructure Management Tool =-

-= Home =-

   r   manage repositories
   c   manage content delivery servers (CDS)
   l   manage HAProxy load-balancer instances
   s   synchronization status and scheduling
   e   create entitlement certificates and client configuration RPMs
   n   manage Red Hat entitlement certificates
   sm  manage Red Hat subscriptions
   u   manage RHUI users

                                                   Connected: rhua.example.com

Enter the full path of a local directory to save the configuration files to.

Full path to local directory in which the client configuration files generated by this tool
should be stored (if this directory does not exist, it will be created):

/tmp

Enter the RPM’s name.

clientrpmtest

Enter the full path to the entitlement certificate authorizing the client to access specific channels.

Full path to the entitlement certificate authorizing the client to access
specific channels:
/root/clientcert/rhuiclientexample.crt

Enter the full path to the private key for the entitlement certificate.

Full path to the private key for the above entitlement certificate:
/root/clientcert/rhuiclientexample.key

Enter the port to serve Docker content on. Port 5000 is the default.

Port to serve Docker content on (default 5000):

Select any unprotected custom repositories to be included in the client configuration.

- 1 : unprotected_repo1

Press c to confirm selections or ? for more commands.

Successfully created client configuration RPM.
Location: /tmp/clientrpmtest-2.0/build/RPMS/noarch/clientrpmtest-2.0-1.noarch.rpm

Copy the RPM to the client machine and install it using yum.

[client1 ~]# yum localinstall <rpm>

Verify the RPM has been installed.

[client1 ~]# yum list <rpm>

View yum repositories to ensure the repository was added and packages are available for installing.

[client1 ~]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: search-disabled-repos, security
rhui-rhel-sap-for-rhel-6-server-rhui-rpms                | 2.0 kB     00:00
rhui-rhel-sap-for-rhel-6-server-rhui-rpms/primary        |  26 kB     00:00
rhui-rhel-sap-for-rhel-6-server-rhui-rpms                                 77/77
repo id                                   repo name                       status
rhui-rhel-sap-for-rhel-6-server-rhui-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SA 77
repolist: 77

Install a package from that repository.

[client1 ~]# yum install compat-locales-sap

To set the yum releasever variable to version, which creates the /etc/yum/vars/releasever file, which in turn makes yum use EUS repositories with this particular version, run the following command.

rhui-set-release --set <version>

To unset the releasever variable (to remove the file), run the following command.

rhui-set-release --unset

To print the currently set version, run the following command.

rhui-set-release