Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration

Instructions

1. Verify the status of the Red Hat Satellite services.

   1. Log in to the satellite system as the student user and switch to the root user.

      [student@workstation ~]$ ssh student@satellite
      [student@satellite ~]$ sudo -i
      [sudo] password for student: student
      [root@satellite ~]#

   2. Verify the status for Red Hat Satellite services.

      [root@satellite ~]# satellite-maintain service list
      Running Service List
      ================================================================================
      List applicable services:
      dynflow-sidekiq@.service                   indirect
      foreman-proxy.service                      enabled
      foreman.service                            enabled
      httpd.service                              enabled
      postgresql.service                         enabled
      pulpcore-api.service                       enabled
      pulpcore-content.service                   enabled
      pulpcore-worker@.service                   indirect
      redis.service                              enabled
      tomcat.service                             enabled
      
      All services listed                                                   [OK]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   3. Verify the health of the Red Hat Satellite installation.

      [root@satellite ~]# satellite-maintain health check
      Running ForemanMaintain::Scenario::FilteredScenario
      pass:[================================================================================]
      Check number of fact names in database:                               [OK]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Check whether all services are running:                               [OK]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Check whether all services are running using the ping call:           [OK]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Check for paused tasks:                                               [OK]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Check whether system is self-registered or not:                       [OK]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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2. Verify that the satellite system supports the prerequisites for running Red Hat Satellite Server, including firewall ports, time synchronization, and DNS name resolution.

   1. Verify that both services and ports that Red Hat Satellite requires are enabled in the firewalld service.

      [root@satellite ~]# firewall-cmd --list-all
      public (active)
        target: default
        icmp-block-inversion: no
        interfaces: eth0
        sources:
        services: dhcpv6-client ssh
        ports: 53/udp 53/tcp 67/udp 69/udp 80/tcp 443/tcp 5647/tcp 8000/tcp 9090/tcp 8140/tcp
        protocols:
        forward: no
        masquerade: no
        forward-ports:
        source-ports:
        icmp-blocks:
        rich rules:

   2. Verify that the chronyd service is active and enabled.

      [root@satellite ~]# systemctl status chronyd
      ● chronyd.service - NTP client/server
         Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
         Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-02-22 11:38:21 EST; 6h ago
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   3. Verify that localhost and the hostname for the satellite server resolve correctly.

      [root@satellite ~]# ping -c1 localhost
      PING localhost(localhost (::1)) 56 data bytes
      64 bytes from localhost (::1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1 ms
      ...output omitted...
      [root@satellite ~]# ping -c1 satellite.lab.example.com
      PING satellite.lab.example.com (172.25.250.16) 56(84) bytes of data.
      64 bytes from satellite.lab.example.com (172.25.250.16): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1 ms
      ...output omitted...

   4. Verify that the satellite system's reverse DNS name resolution succeeds.

      [root@satellite ~]# host 172.25.250.16
      16.250.25.172.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer satellite.lab.example.com.

   5. Return to the workstation system as the student user.

      [root@satellite ~]# exit
      logout
      [student@satellite ~]$ exit
      logout
      Connection to satellite closed.
      [student@workstation ~]$

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3. Using the Satellite web UI, verify that the Finance organization exists and is configured with the local classroom CDN.

   1. Use your browser to navigate to https://satellite.lab.example.com.

   2. Log in as the admin user with the redhat password.

   3. Select the Finance organization and the Any Location context in the top navigation bar.

   4. Click Administer → Organizations. Verify that the Finance organization exists in the table and with Simple Content Access enabled.

   5. Click Content: → Subscriptions, and then click Manage Manifest in the upper-right corner of the page.

   6. On the Manage Manifest dialog, click the CDN Configuration tab. Verify that the URL field is set to http://cdn.lab.example.com. Click Close.

   7. Verify that the Subscriptions page lists multiple subscriptions for the Finance organization.

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4. Create the San Francisco and Tokyo locations, and associate those locations with the Finance organization.

   1. Click Administer → Locations.

   2. On the Locations page, click New Location.

   3. Enter San Francisco in the Name field, and then click Submit.

   4. On the Locations page, click again New Location.

   5. Enter Tokyo in the Name field, and then click Submit.

   6. Click Administer → Organizations.

   7. On the Organizations page, click the Finance link.

   8. Click the Locations link to open the Select locations dual-list selector.

   9. Move the San Francisco and Tokyo items from the All Items column to the Selected Items column, to associate the San Francisco and Tokyo locations with the Finance organization.

   10. Click Submit to accept the changes.

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