UYUNI 2024.08 Server User Guide
- September 16, 2024
- UYUNI
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2024.08 Server
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Specifications:
- Product Name: Uyuni 2024.08
- Release Date: August 23, 2024
Product Information:
The Uyuni 2024.08 is a server management solution designed to
deploy and manage software systems efficiently.
Product Usage Instructions:
1. Container Deployment:
To deploy Uyuni 2024.08 Server, follow these steps:
1.1. Deploy Uyuni 2024.08 Server
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Ensure your system meets the software and hardware requirements
for Uyuni. -
Acquire the openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 Image.
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Install Container Host and update the system with necessary
tools. -
Deploy Uyuni using mgradm.
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Optionally synchronize products from SUSE Customer Center.
1.2. Deploy Uyuni Proxy
- Mirror Uyuni Proxy software.
- Register the openSUSE Leap system.
- Install Uyuni Proxy on openSUSE Leap.
- Prepare and set up the Proxy.
- Configure DHCP for PXE through Proxy.
- For more information and reinstallation, refer to the user
manual.
2. Legacy Installation:
If you prefer legacy installation, follow these steps:
2.1. Install Uyuni Server with openSUSE Leap
- Meet software and hardware requirements.
- Install Uyuni Server on openSUSE Leap.
- Set up Uyuni Server with YaST.
- Create the Main Administration Account.
- Optionally synchronize products from SUSE Customer Center.
2.2. Install Uyuni Proxy with openSUSE Leap
- Mirror Uyuni Proxy software.
- Register the openSUSE Leap system.
FAQ:
Q: What should I do if I encounter issues during
deployment?
A: If you encounter any issues during deployment, please refer
to the troubleshooting section in the user manual or contact our
customer support for assistance.
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Uyuni 2024.08
Quick Start Guide
August 23 2024
Table of Contents
Quick Start
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1. Container Deployment
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1.1. Deploy Uyuni 2024.08 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.1. Software and Hardware Requirements for Uyuni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.2. Aquire the openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.3. Container Host Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.4. Update the system and Install Container Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.5. Deploy Uyuni with mgradm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.6. Optional: Synchronizing Products from SUSE Customer Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2. Deploy Uyuni Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.1. Mirror Uyuni Proxy software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.2. Register the openSUSE Leap system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.3. Install Uyuni Proxy on openSUSE Leap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2.4. Prepare the Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2.5. Set Up the Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.6. Configure DHCP for PXE through Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2.7. Reinstalling a Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2.8. More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2. Legacy Installation
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2.1. Install Uyuni Server with openSUSE Leap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.1. Software and Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.2. Install Uyuni Server on openSUSE Leap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.3. Set up Uyuni Server with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1.4. Create the Main Administration Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.5. Optional: Synchronizing Products from SUSE Customer Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2. Install Uyuni Proxy with openSUSE Leap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2.1. Mirror Uyuni Proxy software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.2.2. Register the openSUSE Leap system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.2.3. Install Uyuni Proxy on openSUSE Leap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.4. Prepare the Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.5. Set Up the Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.6. Configure DHCP for PXE through Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.7. Reinstalling a Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.2.8. More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3. GNU Free Documentation License
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Quick Start
Updated: 2024-08-23 This guide shows you how to use deploy and configure a
single Uyuni Server or Proxy. It contains instructions for a selection of
simple setup ups, workflows and some common use cases. You can read Quick
Start Guides for:
Container Deployment
· Quickstart > Container-deployment · Quickstart > Container-deployment
Legacy
· Quickstart > Legacy-installation · Quickstart > Legacy-installation
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Chapter 1. Container Deployment
1.1. Deploy Uyuni 2024.08 Server
This quick start guide shows you how to install and configure a Uyuni 2024.08
container for x86-64 architecture on openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5.
1.1.1. Software and Hardware Requirements for Uyuni
This table shows the software and hardware requirements for deploying Uyuni Server.
Table 1. Bare metal Host Software and Hardware Requirements
Software and Hardware
Recommended
Operating System:
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5:
CPU:
Minimum 4 dedicated 64-bit x86-64CPU cores
RAM:
Development server Minimum 16 GB
Production server Minimum 32 GB
Disk Space: Swap space:
Disk space depends on your channel requirements, at least 100 GB
50 GB per SUSE or openSUSE product and 360 GB per Red Hat product
3 GB
Official operating system for the Server Container Host
The supported operating system for the container host is openSUSE Leap Micro
5.5.
Container host A container host is a server equipped with a container engine
like Podman, which lets it manage and deploy containers. These containers hold
applications and their essential parts, such as libraries, but not a full
operating system, making them lightweight. This setup ensures applications run
the same way in different environments. The container host supplies the
necessary resources such as CPU, memory, and storage for these containers.
Server deployment mandates the use of a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). In
the absence of automatic DNS provision of an FQDN by your router or network,
the deployment process will not proceed successfully. An FQDN typically
follows the format
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For instance:
· uyuni.example.com · uyuni.fritz.box · uyuni.container.lab
For additional details, refer to the section on network requirements in the
Installation and Upgrade Guide, available at Installation-and-upgrade >
Network-requirements.
1.1.2. Aquire the openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 Image
1. Proceed to: Download openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 2. Select and download the
Offline Image. 3. Prepare a USB fash disk or DVD for installation. 4. Insert a
DVD or a bootable USB stick containing the installation image for openSUSE
Leap. 5. Boot or reboot your system.
1.1.3. Container Host Installation
For detailed documentation on preparing your machines OS (virtual or
physical), see SLE Micro 5.5 Deployment Guide.
Procedure: openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 Installation
1. Use the arrow keys to select Installation. 2. On the Language, Keyboard
and license Agreement page click Next . 3. On the NTP Configuration page click
Next . 4. On the Authentication for the System page enter a password for the
root user. Click Next . 5. On the Installation Settings page click Install .
1.1.4. Update the system and Install Container Tools
1. Login at the prompt as root. 2. Run transactional-update:
transactional-update
3. Reboot the system. 4. Login as root.
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5. Enter the transactional shell:
transactional-update shell
6. Add the continer utility repository:
zypper ar
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement:/Uyuni:/Stable:/ContainerUt
ils/openSUSE_Leap_Micro_5.5/systemsmanagement:Uyuni:Stable:ContainerUtils.repo
7. Refresh the repository list and accept the key:
zypper ref
8. Install the container tools:
zypper in mgradm mgrctl mgradm-bash-completion mgrctl-bash-completion
9. Reboot the host.
1.1.5. Deploy Uyuni with mgradm
Uyuni is deployed as a container using the mgradm tool. There are two methods
of deploying a Uyuni
server as a container. In this section we will focus on basic container
deployment.
For information on using a custom configuration file to deploy see,
Installation-and-upgrade >
Container-management.
For additional information, you can explore further by running mgradm –help
from the command line.
Procedure: Deploying an Uyuni container with Podman
1. From the terminal run the following command as root.
mgradm install podman
2. Input a password for the CA certificate, an administrative account
password and your email for notifications:
leapmicro:~ # mgradm install podman 3:07PM INF Welcome to mgradm 3:07PM INF
Executing command: podman Password for the CA certificate to generate:
Administrator password: Administrator’s email: admin@example.com
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3. The container will take some minutes to deploy. 4. Once complete open a browser and visit https://leapmicro.uyuni.lab to begin working with Uyuni.
1.1.6. Optional: Synchronizing Products from SUSE Customer Center
SUSE Customer Center (SCC) maintains a collection of repositories which contain packages, software and updates for all supported enterprise client systems. These repositories are organized into channels each of which provide software specific to a distribution, release, and architecture. After synchronizing with SCC, clients can receive updates, be organized into groups, and assigned to specific product software channels.
This section covers synchronizing with SCC from the Web UI and adding your first client channel.
For Uyuni, synchronizing products from SUSE Customer Center is optional.
Before you can synchronize software repositories with SCC, you will need to enter organization credentials in Uyuni. The organization credentials give you access to the SUSE product downloads. You will find your organization credentials in https://scc.suse.com/organizations.
Enter your organization credentials in the Uyuni Web UI:
Optional Procedure: Entering Organization Credentials
1. In the Uyuni Web UI, navigate to Admin > Setup Wizard. 2. In the Setup
Wizard page, navigate to the Organization Credentials tab.
3. Click Add a new credential . 4. Enter a username and password, and click
Save .
A check mark icon is shown when the credentials are confirmed. When you have successfully entered the new credentials, you can synchronize with SUSE Customer Center.
Optional Procedure: Synchronizing with SUSE Customer Center
1. In the Uyuni Web UI, navigate to Admin > Setup Wizard.
2. From the Setup Wizard page select the SUSE Products tab. Wait a moment for
the products list to
populate. If you previously registered with SUSE Customer Center a list of
products will populate the table. This table lists architecture, channels, and
status information.
3. If your SUSE Linux Enterprise client is based on x86_64 architecture
scroll down the page and
select the check box for this channel now.
4. Add channels to Uyuni by selecting the check box to the left of each
channel. Click the arrow symbol to the left of the description to unfold a
product and list available modules.
5. Click Add Products to start product synchronization.
When a channel is added, Uyuni will schedule the channel for synchronization. Depending on the number and size of this channels, this can take a long time. You can monitor synchronization progress in the
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Web UI.
For more information about using the setup wizard, see Reference > Admin.
When the channel synchronization process is complete, you can register and
configure clients. For more
instructions, see Client-configuration > Registration-overview.
1.2. Deploy Uyuni Proxy
Uyuni Proxy can be installed as a server extension on openSUSE Leap. The proxy
is installed in the same way as a client, but is designated as a proxy server
during installation. This is achieved by adding the Uyuni Proxy pattern, and
executing the proxy setup script.
· For more information about the stable version of Uyuni, see https://www
.uyuni-project.org/pages/ stable-version.html.
· For more information about the development version of Uyuni, see https://www
.uyuni-project.org/ pages/devel-version.html.
1.2.1. Mirror Uyuni Proxy software
The Uyuni Proxy software is available from https://download.opensuse.org. You
can synchronize the proxy software to your Uyuni Server. This process is also
known as mirroring.
Procedure: Mirroring Uyuni Proxy software
1. On the Uyuni Server, create openSUSE Leap and the Uyuni Proxy channels
with the spacewalkcommon-channels command. spacewalk-common-channels is part
of the spacewalkutils package:
spacewalk-common-channels opensuse_leap15_5 opensuse_leap15_5-non-oss
opensuse_leap15_5-non-oss-updates opensuse_leap15_5-updates opensuse_leap15_5
-backports-updates opensuse_leap15_5-sle-updates opensuse_leap15_5-uyuni-
client uyuni-proxy-stable-leap-155
Instead of the uyuni-proxy-stable-leap-155 version you can also try the latest
development version, called uyuni-proxy-devel-leap. For more information, see
Client-configuration >
Clients-opensuseleap.
1.2.2. Register the openSUSE Leap system
Begin by installing openSUSE Leap on a physical or virtual machine. To ensure
that the proxy is accessible across the network, you must have a resolvable
fully qualified domain name (FQDN) on the openSUSE Leap system before you
begin the installation. You can configure an FQDN with YaST by
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navigating to System > Network Settings > Hostname/DNS.
When you have installed openSUSE Leap on the proxy and configured the FQDN,
you can prepare the Uyuni Server, and register the openSUSE Leap system as a
client.
Procedure: Registering the openSUSE Leap system
1. On the Uyuni Server, create an activation key with openSUSE Leap as a base
channel and the proxy and the other channels as child channels. For more
information about activation keys, see Client-
configuration > Activation-keys.
2. Modify a bootstrap script for the proxy. Ensure you add the GPG key for
Uyuni to the
ORG_GPG_KEY= parameter. For example:
ORG_GPG_KEY=uyuni-gpg-pubkey-0d20833e.key
For more information, see Client-configuration > Clients-opensuseleap.
3. Bootstrap the client using the script.
For more information, see Client-configuration > Registration-bootstrap. 4.
Navigate to Salt > Keys and accept the key. When the key is accepted, the new
proxy will show in
Systems > Overview in the Recently Registered Systems section. 5. Navigate to
System Details > Software > Software Channels, and check that the proxy
channel is
selected.
1.2.3. Install Uyuni Proxy on openSUSE Leap
On the client, use the zypper command line tool or on the Uyuni Server, the
Web UI to install the proxy
software on openSUSE Leap.
Procedure: Installing Uyuni Proxy on openSUSE Leap
1. Install the pattern for the Uyuni Proxy. You can do this either on the
client or on the server.
For the client, use zypper
zypper in patterns-uyuni_proxy
Alternatively, on the Uyuni Server, use the Web UI. Navigate to the details
tab of the client,
click Software > Packages > Install, and schedule patterns-uyuni_proxy for
installation.
2. Reboot the client.
1.2.4. Prepare the Proxy
Before you begin, ensure that the proxy pattern is installed correctly. To
verify a successful installation, on
the Uyuni Server, select the pattern_uyuni_proxy package for installation.
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The salt-broker service is automatically started after installation is complete. This service forwards the Salt interactions to the Uyuni Server.
It is possible to arrange Salt proxies in a chain. In this case, the upstream
proxy is
named parent.
Make sure the TCP ports 4505 and 4506 are open on the proxy. The proxy must be
able to reach the
Uyuni Server or a parent proxy on these ports.
The proxy shares some SSL information with the Uyuni Server. You need to copy the certificate and its key from the Uyuni Server or the parent proxy to the proxy you are setting up.
Procedure: Copying the Server Certificate and Key
1. On the proxy you are setting up, at the command prompt, as root, create a
directory for the certificate and key:
mkdir -m 700 /root/ssl-build cd /root/ssl-build
2. Copy the certificate and the key from the source to the new directory. In
this example, the source
location is called PARENT. Replace this with the correct path:
scp root@
To keep the security chain intact, the Uyuni Proxy functionality requires the
SSL certificate to be signed by the same CA as the Uyuni Server certificate.
Using certificates signed by different CAs for proxies and server is not
supported. For
more information on how Uyuni handles certificates, see Administration > Ssl-
certs.
1.2.5. Set Up the Proxy
When you have prepared the proxy, use the supplied interactive configure-
proxy.sh script to
complete the proxy setup.
Procedure: Setting up the Proxy
1. On the proxy you are setting up, at the command prompt, as root, execute
the setup script:
configure-proxy.sh
2. Follow the prompts to set up the proxy. Leave a field blank and type Enter to use the default values shown between square brackets.
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More information about the settings set by the script:
Uyuni Parent the Uyuni parent can be either another proxy or a server.
HTTP Proxy
A HTTP proxy enables your Uyuni Proxy to access the Web. This is needed if
direct access to the Web is prohibited by a firewall.
Traceback Email An email address where to report problems.
Do You Want to Import Existing Certificates?
Answer N. This ensures using the new certificates that were copied previously
from the Uyuni server.
Organization
The next questions are about the characteristics to use for the SSL
certificate of the proxy. The organization might be the same organization that
was used on the server, unless of course your proxy is not in the same
organization as your main server.
Organization Unit The default value here is the proxy’s hostname.
City Further information attached to the proxy’s certificate.
State Further information attached to the proxy’s certificate.
Country Code
In the country code field, enter the country code set during the Uyuni
installation. For example, if your proxy is in the US and your Uyuni is in DE,
enter DE for the proxy.
The country code must be two upper case letters. For a complete list of country codes, see https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search.
Cname Aliases (Separated by Space)
Use this if your proxy can be accessed through various DNS CNAME aliases.
Otherwise it can be left empty.
CA Password Enter the password that was used for the certificate of your Uyuni Server.
Do You Want to Use an Existing SSH Key for Proxying SSH-Push Salt Minion? Use this option if you want to reuse a SSH key that was used for SSH-Push Salt clients on the server.
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Create and Populate Configuration Channel rhn_proxy_config_1000010001?
Accept default Y.
SUSE Manager Username Use same user name and password as on the Uyuni server.
If parts are missing, such as CA key and public certificate, the script prints
commands that you must
execute to integrate the needed files. When the mandatory files are copied,
run configure-proxy.sh
again. If you receive an HTTP error during script execution, run the script
again.
configure-proxy.sh activates services required by Uyuni Proxy, such as squid,
apache2, saltbroker, and jabberd.
To check the status of the proxy system and its clients, click the proxy
system’s details page on the
Web UI (Systems > System List > Proxy, then the system name). Connection and
Proxy subtabs
display various status information.
If you want to PXE boot your clients from your Uyuni Proxy, you also need to
synchronize the TFTP data from the Uyuni Server.
Procedure: Synchronizing Profiles and System Information
1. On the proxy, at the command prompt, as root, install the susemanager-
tftpsync-recv
package:
zypper in susemanager-tftpsync-recv
2. On the proxy, run the configure-tftpsync.sh setup script and enter the
requested information:
configure-tftpsync.sh
You need to provide the hostname and IP address of the Uyuni Server and the
proxy. You also need
to enter the path to the tftpboot directory on the proxy. 3. On the server, at
the command prompt, as root, install susemanager-tftpsync:
zypper in susemanager-tftpsync
4. On the server, run configure-tftpsync.sh setup script and enter the
requested information:
configure-tftpsync.sh
5. Run the script again with the fully qualified domain name of the proxy you
are setting up. This creates the configuration, and uploads it to the Uyuni
Proxy:
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configure-tftpsync.sh FQDN_of_Proxy
6. On the server, start an initial synchronization:
cobbler sync
You can also synchronize after a change within Cobbler that needs to be
synchronized immediately. Otherwise Cobbler synchronization will run
automatically when needed.
1.2.6. Configure DHCP for PXE through Proxy
Uyuni uses Cobbler for client provisioning. PXE (tftp) is installed and
activated by default. Clients must be able to find the PXE boot on the Uyuni
Proxy using DHCP. Use this DHCP configuration for the zone which contains the
clients to be provisioned:
next-server:
1.2.7. Reinstalling a Proxy
A proxy does not contain any information about the clients that are connected to it. Therefore, a proxy can be replaced by a new one at any time. The replacement proxy must have the same name and IP address as its predecessor.
Proxy systems are registered as Salt clients using a bootstrap script.
This procedure describes software channel setup and registering the installed proxy with an activation key as the Uyuni client.
Before you can select the correct child channels while creating the activation key, ensure you have properly synchronized the openSUSE Leap channel with all the needed child channels and the Uyuni Proxy channel.
1.2.8. More Information
For more information about the Uyuni project, and to download the source, see
https://www.uyuniproject.org/.
For more Uyuni product documentation, see https://www.uyuni-project.org/uyuni-
docs/uyuni/index.html.
To raise an issue or propose a change to the documentation, use the links
under the Resources menu on
the documentation site.
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Chapter 2. Legacy Installation
2.1. Install Uyuni Server with openSUSE Leap
Uyuni Server can be installed on openSUSE Leap.
· For information about the stable version of Uyuni, see https://www.uyuni-
project.org/pages/stableversion.html.
· For information about the development version of Uyuni, see https://www
.uyuni-project.org/pages/ devel-version.html.
· For information about the latest version and updates of openSUSE Leap, see
https://doc.opensuse.org/release-notes/.
2.1.1. Software and Hardware Requirements
This table shows the software and hardware requirements for installing an Uyuni Server on openSUSE Leap.
Table 2. Software and Hardware Requirements
Software and Hardware Operating System: CPU: RAM:
Disk Space:
Swap space:
Recommended openSUSE Leap 15.5: Clean installation, up-to-date Minimum 4 dedicated 64-bit x86-64CPU cores Test Server Minimum 8 GB Base Installation Minimum 16 GB Production Server Minimum 32 GB Disk space depends on your channel requirements, at least 100 GB 50 GB per SUSE or openSUSE product and 360 GB per Red Hat product 3 GB
2.1.2. Install Uyuni Server on openSUSE Leap
You can use a physical or virtual machine running openSUSE Leap to install the
Uyuni Server. Configure a resolvable fully qualified domain name on the server
before you begin, to ensure that the server is accessible across the network.
The Uyuni Server software is available from download.opensuse.org, and you can
use zypper to retrieve the software and install it.
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Procedure: Installing openSUSE Leap with Uyuni
1. Install openSUSE Leap as the base system, and ensure all available service
packs and package updates have been applied.
2. Configure a resolvable fully qualified domain name (FQDN) with YaST by
navigating to System > Network Settings > Hostname/DNS.
3. At the command prompt, as root, add the repository for installing the
Uyuni Server software:
repo=repositories/systemsmanagement:/ repo=${repo}Uyuni:/Stable/images/repo /Uyuni-Server-POOL-x86_64-Media1/ zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/$repo uyuni-server-stable
4. Refresh metadata from the repositories:
zypper ref
5. Install the pattern for the Uyuni Server:
zypper in patterns-uyuni_server
6. Reboot the server.
When the installation is complete, you can continue with Uyuni setup. For more
information, see
Installation-and-upgrade > Uyuni-server-setup.
2.1.3. Set up Uyuni Server with YaST
The initial setup procedure is handled by YaST.
Procedure: Uyuni Setup
1. Log in to the Uyuni Server and start YaST.
2. In YaST, navigate to Network Services > Uyuni Setup to begin the setup.
3. From the introduction screen select Uyuni Setup > Set up Uyuni from
scratch and click Next to
continue.
4. Enter an email address to receive status notifications and click Next to
continue. Uyuni can sometimes send a large volume of notification emails. You
can disable email notifications in the Web UI after setup, if you need to.
5. Enter your certificate information and a password. Passwords must be at at
least seven characters in
length, and must not contain spaces, single or double quotation marks (‘ or
“), exclamation marks ( !), or dollar signs ($). Always store your passwords
in a secure location.
If you need to also set up a Uyuni Proxy Server, ensure you have taken a note of the certificate password.
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6. Click Next to continue.
7. From the Uyuni Setup > Database Settings screen, enter a database user and
password and click
Next to continue. Passwords must be at at least seven characters in length,
and must not contain
spaces, single or double quotation marks (‘ or “), exclamation marks (!), or
dollar signs ($). Always
store your passwords in a secure location.
8. Click Next to continue.
9. Click Yes to run setup when prompted.
10. When setup is complete, click Next to continue. You will see the address
of the Uyuni Web UI.
11. Click Finish to complete Uyuni setup.
2.1.4. Create the Main Administration Account
Before you can log in to the server to manage your clients, you need to have
created an administration account. The main administration account has the
highest authority within Uyuni. Ensure you keep access information for this
account secure. We recommend that you create lower level administration
accounts for organizations and groups. Do not share the main administration
access details.
Procedure: Setting Up the Main Administration Account
1. In your web browser, enter the address for the Uyuni Web UI. This address
was provided after you completed setup.
2. Sign in to the Web UI, navigate to the Create Organization > Organization
Name field, and enter
your organization name.
3. In the Create Organization > Desired Login and Create Organization >
Desired Password fields,
enter your username and password. 4. Fill in the account information fields,
including an email for system notifications. 5. Click Create Organization to
finish creating your administration account.
When you have completed the Uyuni Web UI setup, you are taken to the Home >
Overview page.
2.1.5. Optional: Synchronizing Products from SUSE Customer Center
SUSE Customer Center (SCC) maintains a collection of repositories which contain packages, software and updates for all supported enterprise client systems. These repositories are organized into channels each of which provide software specific to a distribution, release, and architecture. After synchronizing with SCC, clients can receive updates, be organized into groups, and assigned to specific product software channels.
This section covers synchronizing with SCC from the Web UI and adding your first client channel.
For Uyuni, synchronizing products from SUSE Customer Center is optional.
Before you can synchronize software repositories with SCC, you will need to enter organization credentials in Uyuni. The organization credentials give you access to the SUSE product downloads. You
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will find your organization credentials in https://scc.suse.com/organizations.
Enter your organization credentials in the Uyuni Web UI:
Optional Procedure: Entering Organization Credentials
1. In the Uyuni Web UI, navigate to Admin > Setup Wizard. 2. In the Setup
Wizard page, navigate to the Organization Credentials tab.
3. Click Add a new credential . 4. Enter a username and password, and click
Save .
A check mark icon is shown when the credentials are confirmed. When you have
successfully entered the new credentials, you can synchronize with SUSE
Customer Center.
Optional Procedure: Synchronizing with SUSE Customer Center
1. In the Uyuni Web UI, navigate to Admin > Setup Wizard. 2. From the Setup
Wizard page select the SUSE Products tab. Wait a moment for the products list
to
populate. If you previously registered with SUSE Customer Center a list of
products will populate the table. This table lists architecture, channels, and
status information.
3. If your SUSE Linux Enterprise client is based on x86_64 architecture
scroll down the page and
select the check box for this channel now. 4. Add channels to Uyuni by
selecting the check box to the left of each channel. Click the arrow symbol
to the left of the description to unfold a product and list available modules.
5. Click Add Products to start product synchronization.
When a channel is added, Uyuni will schedule the channel for synchronization.
Depending on the number and size of this channels, this can take a long time.
You can monitor synchronization progress in the Web UI.
For more information about using the setup wizard, see Reference > Admin.
When the channel synchronization process is complete, you can register and
configure clients. For more
instructions, see Client-configuration > Registration-overview.
2.2. Install Uyuni Proxy with openSUSE Leap
Uyuni Proxy can be installed as a server extension on openSUSE Leap. The proxy
is installed in the same way as a client, but is designated as a proxy server
during installation. This is achieved by adding the Uyuni Proxy pattern, and
executing the proxy setup script.
· For more information about the stable version of Uyuni, see https://www
.uyuni-project.org/pages/ stable-version.html.
· For more information about the development version of Uyuni, see https://www
.uyuni-project.org/ pages/devel-version.html.
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2.2.1. Mirror Uyuni Proxy software
The Uyuni Proxy software is available from https://download.opensuse.org. You
can synchronize the proxy software to your Uyuni Server. This process is also
known as mirroring.
Procedure: Mirroring Uyuni Proxy software
1. On the Uyuni Server, create openSUSE Leap and the Uyuni Proxy channels
with the spacewalkcommon-channels command. spacewalk-common-channels is part
of the spacewalkutils package:
spacewalk-common-channels opensuse_leap15_5 opensuse_leap15_5-non-oss
opensuse_leap15_5-non-oss-updates opensuse_leap15_5-updates opensuse_leap15_5
-backports-updates opensuse_leap15_5-sle-updates opensuse_leap15_5-uyuni-
client uyuni-proxy-stable-leap-155
Instead of the uyuni-proxy-stable-leap-155 version you can also try the latest
development version, called uyuni-proxy-devel-leap. For more information, see
Client-configuration >
Clients-opensuseleap.
2.2.2. Register the openSUSE Leap system
Begin by installing openSUSE Leap on a physical or virtual machine. To ensure
that the proxy is accessible across the network, you must have a resolvable
fully qualified domain name (FQDN) on the openSUSE Leap system before you
begin the installation. You can configure an FQDN with YaST by
navigating to System > Network Settings > Hostname/DNS.
When you have installed openSUSE Leap on the proxy and configured the FQDN,
you can prepare the Uyuni Server, and register the openSUSE Leap system as a
client.
Procedure: Registering the openSUSE Leap system
1. On the Uyuni Server, create an activation key with openSUSE Leap as a base
channel and the proxy and the other channels as child channels. For more
information about activation keys, see Client-
configuration > Activation-keys.
2. Modify a bootstrap script for the proxy. Ensure you add the GPG key for
Uyuni to the
ORG_GPG_KEY= parameter. For example:
ORG_GPG_KEY=uyuni-gpg-pubkey-0d20833e.key
For more information, see Client-configuration > Clients-opensuseleap.
3. Bootstrap the client using the script.
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For more information, see Client-configuration > Registration-bootstrap. 4.
Navigate to Salt > Keys and accept the key. When the key is accepted, the new
proxy will show in
Systems > Overview in the Recently Registered Systems section. 5. Navigate to
System Details > Software > Software Channels, and check that the proxy
channel is
selected.
2.2.3. Install Uyuni Proxy on openSUSE Leap
On the client, use the zypper command line tool or on the Uyuni Server, the
Web UI to install the proxy
software on openSUSE Leap.
Procedure: Installing Uyuni Proxy on openSUSE Leap
1. Install the pattern for the Uyuni Proxy. You can do this either on the
client or on the server.
For the client, use zypper
zypper in patterns-uyuni_proxy
Alternatively, on the Uyuni Server, use the Web UI. Navigate to the details
tab of the client,
click Software > Packages > Install, and schedule patterns-uyuni_proxy for
installation.
2. Reboot the client.
2.2.4. Prepare the Proxy
Before you begin, ensure that the proxy pattern is installed correctly. To
verify a successful installation, on
the Uyuni Server, select the pattern_uyuni_proxy package for installation.
The salt-broker service is automatically started after installation is complete. This service forwards the Salt interactions to the Uyuni Server.
It is possible to arrange Salt proxies in a chain. In this case, the upstream
proxy is
named parent.
Make sure the TCP ports 4505 and 4506 are open on the proxy. The proxy must be
able to reach the
Uyuni Server or a parent proxy on these ports.
The proxy shares some SSL information with the Uyuni Server. You need to copy the certificate and its key from the Uyuni Server or the parent proxy to the proxy you are setting up.
Procedure: Copying the Server Certificate and Key
1. On the proxy you are setting up, at the command prompt, as root, create a
directory for the certificate and key:
mkdir -m 700 /root/ssl-build
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cd /root/ssl-build
2. Copy the certificate and the key from the source to the new directory. In
this example, the source
location is called PARENT. Replace this with the correct path:
scp root@
To keep the security chain intact, the Uyuni Proxy functionality requires the
SSL certificate to be signed by the same CA as the Uyuni Server certificate.
Using certificates signed by different CAs for proxies and server is not
supported. For
more information on how Uyuni handles certificates, see Administration > Ssl-
certs.
2.2.5. Set Up the Proxy
When you have prepared the proxy, use the supplied interactive configure-
proxy.sh script to
complete the proxy setup.
Procedure: Setting up the Proxy
1. On the proxy you are setting up, at the command prompt, as root, execute
the setup script:
configure-proxy.sh
2. Follow the prompts to set up the proxy. Leave a field blank and type Enter
to use the default values shown between square brackets.
More information about the settings set by the script:
Uyuni Parent the Uyuni parent can be either another proxy or a server.
HTTP Proxy A HTTP proxy enables your Uyuni Proxy to access the Web. This is
needed if direct access to the Web is prohibited by a firewall.
Traceback Email An email address where to report problems.
Do You Want to Import Existing Certificates?
Answer N. This ensures using the new certificates that were copied previously
from the Uyuni server.
Organization The next questions are about the characteristics to use for the
SSL certificate of the proxy. The
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organization might be the same organization that was used on the server, unless of course your proxy is not in the same organization as your main server.
Organization Unit The default value here is the proxy’s hostname.
City Further information attached to the proxy’s certificate.
State Further information attached to the proxy’s certificate.
Country Code
In the country code field, enter the country code set during the Uyuni
installation. For example, if your proxy is in the US and your Uyuni is in DE,
enter DE for the proxy.
The country code must be two upper case letters. For a complete list of country codes, see https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search.
Cname Aliases (Separated by Space)
Use this if your proxy can be accessed through various DNS CNAME aliases.
Otherwise it can be left empty.
CA Password Enter the password that was used for the certificate of your Uyuni Server.
Do You Want to Use an Existing SSH Key for Proxying SSH-Push Salt Minion? Use this option if you want to reuse a SSH key that was used for SSH-Push Salt clients on the server.
Create and Populate Configuration Channel rhn_proxy_config_1000010001?
Accept default Y.
SUSE Manager Username Use same user name and password as on the Uyuni server.
If parts are missing, such as CA key and public certificate, the script prints
commands that you must
execute to integrate the needed files. When the mandatory files are copied,
run configure-proxy.sh
again. If you receive an HTTP error during script execution, run the script
again.
configure-proxy.sh activates services required by Uyuni Proxy, such as squid, apache2, saltbroker, and jabberd.
To check the status of the proxy system and its clients, click the proxy
system’s details page on the
Web UI (Systems > System List > Proxy, then the system name). Connection and
Proxy subtabs
display various status information.
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If you want to PXE boot your clients from your Uyuni Proxy, you also need to
synchronize the TFTP data from the Uyuni Server.
Procedure: Synchronizing Profiles and System Information
1. On the proxy, at the command prompt, as root, install the susemanager-
tftpsync-recv
package:
zypper in susemanager-tftpsync-recv
2. On the proxy, run the configure-tftpsync.sh setup script and enter the
requested information:
configure-tftpsync.sh
You need to provide the hostname and IP address of the Uyuni Server and the
proxy. You also need
to enter the path to the tftpboot directory on the proxy. 3. On the server, at
the command prompt, as root, install susemanager-tftpsync:
zypper in susemanager-tftpsync
4. On the server, run configure-tftpsync.sh setup script and enter the
requested information:
configure-tftpsync.sh
5. Run the script again with the fully qualified domain name of the proxy you
are setting up. This creates the configuration, and uploads it to the Uyuni
Proxy:
configure-tftpsync.sh FQDN_of_Proxy
6. On the server, start an initial synchronization:
cobbler sync
You can also synchronize after a change within Cobbler that needs to be
synchronized immediately. Otherwise Cobbler synchronization will run
automatically when needed.
2.2.6. Configure DHCP for PXE through Proxy
Uyuni uses Cobbler for client provisioning. PXE (tftp) is installed and
activated by default. Clients must be able to find the PXE boot on the Uyuni
Proxy using DHCP. Use this DHCP configuration for the zone which contains the
clients to be provisioned:
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next-server:
2.2.7. Reinstalling a Proxy
A proxy does not contain any information about the clients that are connected to it. Therefore, a proxy can be replaced by a new one at any time. The replacement proxy must have the same name and IP address as its predecessor.
Proxy systems are registered as Salt clients using a bootstrap script.
This procedure describes software channel setup and registering the installed proxy with an activation key as the Uyuni client.
Before you can select the correct child channels while creating the activation key, ensure you have properly synchronized the openSUSE Leap channel with all the needed child channels and the Uyuni Proxy channel.
2.2.8. More Information
For more information about the Uyuni project, and to download the source, see
https://www.uyuniproject.org/.
For more Uyuni product documentation, see https://www.uyuni-project.org/uyuni-
docs/uyuni/index.html.
To raise an issue or propose a change to the documentation, use the links
under the Resources menu on
the documentation site.
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