How to override a parameter with another parameter in a Satellite Provisioning Template regardless of default precedence?

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Environment

  • Satellite 6

Issue

  • Is there a way on Satellite to override Host Group values in provisioning template for a specific Subnet?
  • How to override Host Group parameter with a Subnet parameter in a Satellite Provisioning Template?

Resolution

  1. Define the paramers with a custom name, for example with a suffix based on the type of parameter.

    • For example: static_routes_subnet, static_routes_hostgroup.

  2. Use a logic that does populate and override the parameter per your needs. For example this will make the Subnet parameter take precedence over Host Group parameter:

     static_routes=static_routes_hostgroup if defined?(static_routes_hostgroup)
 static_routes=static_routes_subnet if defined?(static_routes_subnet)

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Provisioning Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Provisioning related Issues

Root Cause

  • The parameters on Satellite have a predefined precedence, in this order (least significant first):
    • Common
    • Organization
    • Location
    • Domain
    • Subnet
    • OS
    • (Host) Group
    • Host
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