satellite6-server-register: Simple Satellite 6 registration script which doesn't use the Satellite 6 API.

Description:

Yet another Red Hat Satellite 6 (Sat 6) server registration script, tested with Satellite 6.1.X and higher, including 6.1 Beta.

This script is used to register physical or virtual servers to satellite which have not been created through satellite. Machines which have been vMotioned or moved to different VMware clusters may also need re-registering.

This script has been tested on the following operating systems: RHEL 6.6, RHEL 5.11, RHEL 7 and 7.1

Warning

This script provides a simple example of how satellite 6 registration can be done but is not extensive. Satellite 6 now comes with a built-in script for performing host registration known as katello-client-bootstrap. For production environments the katello-bootstrap should be used and official support is provided by Red Hat for it.

To get the katello-client-bootstrap script (upstream release) see this repo: https://github.com/Katello/katello-client-bootstrap

Using the script

The script requires several variables:

- Organisation name: This is the name of the organisation you want to register with inside satellite
                  Example: "Any Organization" or "MyOrg"

- Satellite address: This should be the FQDN or IP address of the satellite server
                  Example: "satellite.domain.com" or "192.168.1.10"

- Repos to enable: This should be a list of names of repos to enable (use subscription-manager repos list after registering)
                   Example for RHEL6: "rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms"
                   Example for RHEL7: "rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms"

- Activation Key Name: This is the name of the activation key you want to use for the host.
                  Example: "RHEL6" or "RHEL6Production" or "RHEL7DataCenterA"

- Puppet Environment Name: This is the name of the puppet environment you want your machine to use, these can be found via the satellite server by going to /etc/puppet/enviroment
                  Example: "KT_MyOrg_Library_RHEL7_5" or "KT_MyOrg_Library_RHEL6_5"

How to use the script:

Copy the script over to the host you wish to register and give it the correct permissions using chmod.

Next, Execute the script as root or using sudo. The server should now appear in the hosts within satellite if registration goes OK:

./satellite6-register.sh "MyOrg" "vm1.domain.com" "rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms" "RHEL7" "KT_MyOrg_Library_RHEL7_5"

Here is an example for registering a rhel6 host:

./satellite-register.sh "MyOrg" "vm2.domain.com" "rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms" "RHEL6" "KT_MyOrg_Library_RHEL6_4"

If you can't see the host, set the org to Any Organization and set the location to Any location and check the hosts again.

You can also use the hammer API on the satellite server, which should also show the same thing:

                  # Default Org
                  hammer host list --org-id 1

Known Issues: