Currently Satellite in version 6.1.7 does not provide an UEFI capable PXE / DHCP Server. There is a workaround in place but unfortunately after each update to the next Satellite version all these settings will be overridden. The workaround is described in this Red Hat KCS article.
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Satellite 6 => OS release version not attached to a copied Activation Key correctly
Currently there seems to be a bug in Satellite 6 (6.1.6). I`ve created an Activation Key and attached a “Release Version” on the Details tab to the Activation Key. I also configured all other needed things like product content, subscriptions and so on.
If I now copy this Activation Key the Release Version seems to be present at the copied Activation Key. But when I try to install a new client with the copied Activation Key which for example has 7.2 as a release version then the client does not configure the release version via subscription-manager correctly during provisioning. This leads to the problem that the client is not able to access the correct RHEL Yum repositories on Satellite.
If I open the copied Activation Key again, delete the release version and attach the release version again, then the client can successfully access all needed Yum repositories with this specific release version during provisioning.
I filled an appropriate BZ entry (BZ 1311846).
One-way-trust between IPA and Active Directory implemented in latest RHEL 7.2
This feature is really nice because there was often some discussion with customers regarding the former Two-way-trust (which was actually no real two-way-trust!!!). Here you can read more about new features in IPA in latest RHEL 7.2.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Blog
A lot of colleagues are blogging about RHEL at http://rhelblog.redhat.com/. Take your time to read some interesting posts.
Puppet install Yum package groups
Unfortunately Puppet is not able to handle the installation of Yum package groups like “Base” or “compat-libraries” and so forth. This is due to the fact that Puppet is currently not able to verify if all packages in a package group are installed after a Puppet run. Continue reading
Satellite 6.1.7 shipped
Today Red Hat shipped Satellite 6.1.7. The corresponding RHSA for Satellite is RHSA-2016:0174, for Satellite Tools it is RHBA-2016:0173.
Happy upgrading 🙂
Authenticate Apple clients against FreeIPA
This is something I will test out during the next days. Read this Red Hat article to know how to realize this scenario.
Satellite 6 network communication matrix
Red Hat DevOps Blog
If you are interested in DevOps then read Red Hat`s DevOps blog.
Satellite 6 product page with release infos
Please find the Red Hat Satellite 6 product page here with release notes and more relevant informations.