Setup

Add Satellite Configuration

  1. Login to vRA tenant
  2. Click on the Catalog tab
  3. Request the Add Satellite Configuration vRA Catalog Item
  4. Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit
Add Satellite Configuration
Add Satellite Configuration

FieldValue
Configuration label

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Version

Red Hat Satellite server version

Satellite Hostname

Red Hat Satellite server FQDN or IP address

Create credential?

Check the checkbox to create a new credential.

Uncheck the checkbox to use an existing credential.

Credential

Shown when 'Create credential?' is not checked

Select the appropriate credential from an existing list of credentials

Credential Configuration label

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Username

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

Username that has necessary permissions

Password

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

User's password

Satellite Organization

Auto-generated list based on Satellite hostname and credentials

Select the desired organization to register VMs to

Activation Key(s) names or template

List any/all Red Hat Satellite activation keys by name

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

SovLabs Template Engine page
Apply Errata?

Select whether or not to apply Errata. This will execute a yum update on the provisioned host.

Use Capsule Server?

Select whether or not to use a Capsule Server

Capsule Server

Shown when 'Use Capsule Server?' is checked

Capsule Server FQDN or IP address

Provisioned Node Credential Configuration
Create credential?

Check the checkbox to create a new credential.

Uncheck the checkbox to use an existing credential.

Credential

Shown when 'Create credential?' is not checked

Select the appropriate credential from an existing list of credentials

Credential Configuration label

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

SSH Key used?

Shown when Create credential?' is checked and 'Connection method' is SSH based

Check the checkbox to use an SSH Key

Username

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

Username that has necessary permissions

Password

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked and SSH Key used? is not checked

User's password

SSH Key

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked and SSH Key used? is checked

SSH Key

SSH Key Password

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked and SSH Key used? is checked

SSH Key password, if any