Version Revision History

  • 2018/10/26: 4.0.0 release

Stay informed

You can stay up-to-date regarding information about Uyuni:

Check the home site https://www.uyuni-project.org

Support

Uyuni is a community support project. The ways or contacting the community are available at the home site.

Releasing model

Uyuni uses a rolling release model (meaning there will be no bugfixing for given Uyuni version, but new frequent versions that will include bugfixing and features)

Check the home site get in contact with the community.

4.0.0 notes

Client Tools

All Client Tools are still considered "Beta" and there could still be dependencies problems, notably for SLE12 and CentOS6 and CentOS7.

URLs of the Client Tools are:

Supported clients

At the moment the status is the following:

Distribution

Salt bootstrap from server

Salt SSH bootstrap from server

Salt bootstrap from client

Traditional

openSUSE 42.3

working

working

untested

untested

openSUSE 15.0

working

working

untested

untested

SLE12

working

working

untested

untested

SLE15

working

working

untested

untested

CentOS6

broken

working

untested

untested

CentOS7

broken

working

untested

untested

RHEL6

untested

untested

untested

untested

RHEL7

untested

untested

untested

untested

RHEL6 and RHEL7 are expected to work in the same way CentOS6 and CentOS7.

Documentation

It is usable but you can still find some issues, such references to SUSE Manager that are scheduled to be fixed on subsequent versions.

Installation

Requirements

  • OS: openSUSE Leap 42.3 x86_64, fully updated

  • Main memory: Minimum 16 GB for base installation

  • Disk space: Minimum 100 GB for root partition, Minimum 50 GB for /var/lib/pgsql, Minimum 50 GB per SUSE product + 100 GB per RHEL product (/var/spacewalk)

See the Getting Started manual for more details on the system requirements.

Installing the Server

Add the Stable repository:

zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement:/Uyuni:/Stable/images/repo/Uyuni-Server-4.0-POOL-x86_64-Media1/ uyuni-server

Install the pattern:

zypper in patterns-uyuni_server

Run Yast2 and go to Network Services > Uyuni Setup

Follow the setup assistant.

Update from previous versions of Uyuni Server

You can update from previous Uyuni Server Stable versions.

See the best practices manual for detailed instructions on how to upgrade.

All connected clients will continue to run and are manageable unchanged.

Uyuni Proxy versions

Uyuni Proxy 4.0.0 can work with Uyuni Server 4.0.0

When upgrading, upgrade the server first, followed by proxies. See the advanced topics manual for detailed upgrade instructions.

Other information

Red Hat Channels

Managing RHEL clients requires availability of appropriate Red Hat packages.

SUSE Channels

Managing SUSE Linux clients requires availability of appropriate SUSE channels.

Your licensed SUSE products can be used with Uyuni by following the setup Wizard.

Check the manuals for more information.

Providing feedback

In case of encountering a bug please report it at https://github.com/uyuni-project/uyuni/issues

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