第3章 Managing Locations

Locations function similar to organizations: they provide a method to group resources and assign hosts. Organizations and locations have the following conceptual differences:

  • Locations are based on physical or geographical settings.
  • Locations have a hierarchical structure.

3.1. Creating a Location

Use this procedure to create a location so that you can manage your hosts and resources by location.

Procedure

To create a location, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Administer > Locations.
  2. Click New Location.
  3. Optional: from the Parent list, select a parent location. This creates a location hierarchy.
  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the location.
  5. Optional: in the Description field, enter a description for the location.
  6. Click Submit.
  7. If you have hosts with no location assigned, add any hosts that you want to assign to the new location, then click Proceed to Edit.
  8. Assign any infrastructure resources that you want to add to the location. This includes networking resources, installation media, kickstart templates, and other parameters. You can return to this page at any time by navigating to Administer > Locations and then selecting a location to edit.
  9. Click Submit to save your changes.

For CLI Users

Enter the following command to create a location: 

# hammer location create \
--parent-id "parent_location_id" \
--name "your_location_name" \
--description "your_location_description"