NOHTYP-RHNREG_KS

This module provides a custom puppet provider to handle RHN, SATELLITE and SPACEWALK server registering/un-registering. Also, module handles VMware cloning.

License

Read Licence file for more information.

Requirements

puppet-boolean on GitHub

Inspired by

Gaël Chamoulaud (gchamoul at redhat dot com)
Strider/rhnreg_ks

Type and Provider

The module adds the following new types:

rhn_register for managing Red Hat Network Registering

Parameters

activationkeys: The activation key to use when registering the system
ensure: Valid values are present, absent. Default value is present.
force: No need to use this option, unless want to register system every run. Default value false.
hardware: Whether or not the hardware information should be probed. Default value is true.
packages: Whether or not packages information should be probed. Default value is true.
password: The password to use when registering the system (required)
profile_name: The name the system should use in RHN or Satellite(if not set defaults to hostname)
proxy: If needed, specify the HTTP Proxy
proxy_password: Specify a password to use with an authenticated http proxy
proxy_user: Specify a username to use with an authenticated http proxy
rhnsd: Whether or not rhnsd should be started after registering. Default value is true.
server_url: Specify a url to use as a server (required)
ssl_ca_cert: Specify a file to use as the ssl CA cert
username: The username to use when registering the system (required)
virtinfo: Whether or not virtualiztion information should be uploaded. Default value is true.

Example

Registering Clients to RHN Server with activation keys:

rhn_register { 'server.example.com':
  activationkeys => '2-rhel6-key',
  ensure         => 'present',
  username       => 'myusername',
  password       => 'mypassword',
  server_url     => 'https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC',
  ssl_ca_cert    => '/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT',
}

Un-register Clients RHN Server with activation keys:

rhn_register { 'server.example.com':
  activationkeys => '2-rhel6-key',
  ensure         => 'absent',
  username       => 'myusername',
  password       => 'mypassword',
  server_url     => 'https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC',
  ssl_ca_cert    => '/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT',
}

##Hiera

This module works with hiera all options are available through variables:

###Examples

rhn_register::activationkeys: '2-rhel6-key' would set the activationkey to join the spacewalk server rhn_register::changeover: true would change the system over to the new spacewalk server rhn_register::username: myusername would be the username you want to verify settings in spacewalk

Installing

In your puppet modules directory:

git clone https://github.com/nohtyp/rhnreg_ks.git

Ensure the module is present in your puppetmaster's own environment (it doesn't have to use it) and that the master has pluginsync enabled. Run the agent on the puppetmaster to cause the custom types to be synced to its local libdir (puppet master --configprint libdir) and then restart the puppetmaster so it loads them.

Notes

username and password are required to connect to the RHN, SATELLITE, SPACEWALK server to check if server previously exists.

In a normal configuration username/password and activationkeys could not be used together, but since this module will support RHN, SATELLITE, SPACEWALK register and un-register by being able to log into the system using the api it needs username/password.

To see the output of what the module is doing, run with the --debug option.

Updates

changeover was added to module to help changing spacewalk servers and domains without going to every server to re-register. Also, there were packages that are added to help the deployment of this module seamlessly into your environment. This module does require installing rubygems and requires the build of gems.

Issues

Please file any issues or suggestions on on GitHub