14.2. Adding an Amazon EC2 Connection to the Satellite Server

Use this procedure to add the Amazon EC2 connection in the Satellite Server’s compute resources.

Time Settings and Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services uses time settings as part of the authentication process. Ensure that Satellite Server’s time is correctly synchronized. Ensure that an NTP service, such as ntpd or chronyd, is running properly on the Satellite Server. Failure to provide the correct time to Amazon Web Services can lead to authentication failures.

For more information about synchronizing time in Satellite, see Synchronizing Time in Installing Satellite Server from a Connected Network.

Procedure

To add an Amazon EC2 connection, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Compute Resources and in the Compute Resources window, click Create Compute Resource.
  2. In the Name field, enter a name to identify the Amazon EC2 compute resource.
  3. From the Provider list, select EC2.
  4. In the Description field, enter information that helps distinguish the resource for future use.
  5. Optional: From the HTTP proxy list, select an HTTP proxy to connect to external API services. You must add HTTP proxies to Satellite before you can select a proxy from this list. For more information, see 「Using an HTTP Proxy with Compute Resources」.
  6. In the Access Key and Secret Key fields, enter the access keys for your Amazon EC2 account. For more information, see Managing Access Keys for your AWS Account on the Amazon documentation website.
  7. Optional: Click the Load Regions button to populate the Regions list.
  8. From the Region list, select the Amazon EC2 region or data center to use.
  9. Click the Locations tab and ensure that the location you want to use is selected, or add a different location.
  10. Click the Organizations tab and ensure that the organization you want to use is selected, or add a different organization.
  11. Click Submit to save the Amazon EC2 connection.
  12. Select the new compute resource and then click the SSH keys tab, and click Download to save a copy of the SSH keys to use for SSH authentication. Until BZ1793138 is resolved, you can download a copy of the SSH keys only immediately after creating the Amazon EC2 compute resource. If you require SSH keys at a later stage, follow the procedure in 「Connecting to an Amazon EC2 instance using SSH」.

For CLI Users

Create the connection with the hammer compute-resource create command. Use --user and --password options to add the access key and secret key respectively. 

# hammer compute-resource create --name "My_EC2" --provider "EC2" \
--description "Amazon EC2 Public Cloud` --user "user_name" \
--password "secret_key" --region "us-east-1" --locations "New York" \
--organizations "My_Organization"