How to register a system to Red Hat Satellite 6 during a kickstart installation?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Issue

  • How to register a system to Red Hat Satellite 6 server during a kickstart of a new RHEL Server?

Resolution

To register a system to a Red Hat Satellite\Capsule 6 as a part of the system build process, the following steps can be taken into consideration:

  • Have an activation key created in the Satellite server and properly configured with the correct Content-View\Lifecycle Environment\Repository set selected\enabled and correct This content is not included.system-purpose settings configured.

    • This key will help to:
      • Register to Satellite without needing any password or username
      • Associated with the specific content-view and Lifecycle
      • Enable the required repositories on the system after the registration.

  • Get to know the Global Registration method which is the recommended way to register or re-register any RHEL systems with Red Hat Satellite\Capsule servers.

    • This would not only make use of the activation_key to register the system but also have capabilities to set up the host for remote execution and register it to insights.

    • Generate the global registration command from the WebUI or the hammer_cli of the Red Hat Satellite server and note down the command.

    • Ensure that %packages section of the kickstart file has curl mentioned and in the %post section mention the generated command noted down earlier to register a system to the Red Hat Satellite server after the initial build has been completed:

    • If it's required to do the registration of the system at the very beginning of the system build and outside the %post step then, just before the bootloader option mentioned in the kickstart file, mention the following i.e. 

      rhsm --organization=<name of the organization in satellite> --activation-key=<name of activation key> --server-hostname=<FQDN of Satellite\Capsule server> --connect-to-insights

      NOTE: This rhsm method of pre-registration is only expected to work for RHEL 9.x and later versions.

 

 

RHEL Systems Registration Guide

  • This document is part of a collection covering RHEL System Registration.

  • If this is not the right solution for the registration needs or If the system needs to be registered with a different registration technology then please visit RHEL Systems Registration Guide.

 

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