Satellite Server Automated Reboot
- Dec
- 04
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in Satellite
Automating the patch cycle with Satellite v6 series is not all that difficult, with one gotcha, rebooting. My initial setup had a test to see if there were any patches that would require a reboot and if so reboot. However, the servers did not reboot as expected. It seems the remote execution process was skipping […]
read morehammer time
- Feb
- 21
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in Satellite
On a Satellite Server the Hammer command line management tool for provision hosts; editing the attributes; manipulating Satellite structures and mine for data. The annoying part of the hammer command is it (understandably) requires a username and password each time you issue the command. Something I would rather not expose in the bash history. So […]
read moreActive Directory / LDAP for Satellite 6
- Dec
- 07
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in LDAP, Satellite, Uncategorized
Servers should be: dcg5.example.com dcg2.example.com dcg1.example.com Ports: LDAPS = 636 LDAP = 389 Account Username format for AD: CN=satellite.ldap.svc,OU=Accounts,OU=Satellite,OU=Services,OU=SSG,OU=Company,DC=grove,DC=ad,DC=company,DC=com Password for satellite.ldap.svc Base DN: DC=grove,DC=ad,DC=company,DC=com Groups base DN: OU=Groups,OU=Satellite,OU=Services,OU=SSG,OU=Company,DC=grove,DC=ad,DC=company,DC=com LDAP filter: (objectClass=User) Satellite needed the following box checked: “LDAP users will have their Satellite 6 account automatically created the first time they log into Satellite […]
read moreUsing redhat-support-tool in 10 space
- Oct
- 13
OK, Private IP space, but you should know that 10 space means private IP space. The command redhat-support-tool is useful when working with a Red Hat support ticket. Once a ticket is opened with Red Hat your next step should be to create and attach an sosreport to the ticket. If you don’t then you […]
read moreyum Invalid System Credential error
- Sep
- 30
- Posted by TKH Specialist
- Posted in redhat, rhel 6, rhel 7, Satellite, System Administration
I ran across the following yum error after migrating a system from being a client of Satellite 5.6 to Satellite 6.1. First here is the error: # yum update Loaded plugins: package_upload, priorities, rhnplugin, search-disabled-repos, security, subscription-manager There was an error communicating with RHN. RHN Satellite or RHN Classic support will be disabled. Error Message: […]
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