Release notes
WARNING: Remember to review the release notes! Since release 2025.10 Uyuni is released for a different host OS for both Uyuni Server and the Proxies!
Documentation
HTML
GuidesAPI
- Installation and Upgrade guide
- Client Configuration Guide
- Administration Guide
- Reference Guide
- Retail Guide
- Common Workflows Guide
- Specialized Guides Guide
- Legal Information
The latest documentation is also listed in the server's WebUI navigation after installation.
Server Setup
Hardware and Software Requirements
| Requirement | Description |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Clean installation, up-to-date |
| Multi-core CPU | x86_64 |
| 16GB RAM * | Sufficient for testing purposes |
| 100GB Disk Space ** | Disk space depends on your channel requirements |
* 32GB of RAM recommended for a production environment (16GB for a base installation)
**50GB per SUSE/openSUSE product and 360GB per Red Hat Product
Quickstart Installation Instructions
Please note Uyuni requires FQDNs for the Server, Proxy and clients, so usage of a properly-configured DNS server is mandatory for client updates to work.
If you want to install Uyuni in lab mode, for testing, you may be interested in how to easily make use of libvirt's included dnsmasq DNS and DHCP server: Libvirt DNS and DCHP without Avahi.
1. Update openSUSE Tumbleweed
# zypper dup
2. Reboot the system if needed
3. Configure a resolvable fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
4. Add the Uyuni Server repository:
# zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement:/Uyuni:/Stable/images/repo/Uyuni-Server-POOL-$(arch)-Media1/ uyuni-server-stable
5. Refresh the repository list and accept the key:
# zypper ref
6. Install the container tools:
# zypper in mgradm mgrctl mgradm-bash-completion mgrctl-bash-completion uyuni-storage-setup-server
7. From the terminal run the following command as root:
# mgradm install podman
8. Input a password for the CA certificate, an administrative account password and your email for notifications:
# 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
9. The container will take some minutes to deploy.
Once the setup assistant is ready, you will be able to access the WebUI athttps://<FQDN>/
From that point you can start working with the Uyuni Server.
Proxy Setup
Hardware and Software Requirements
| Requirement | Description |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Clean installation, up-to-date |
| Multi-core CPU | x86_64 |
| 2GB RAM * | Minimum for testing and production |
| 50GB Disk Space ** | Disk space depends on your channel requirements |
**50GB per SUSE/openSUSE product and 360GB per Red Hat Product to be mirrored by the proxy
Quickstart Installation Instructions
Installation of Uyuni Proxy is done via the Uyuni Server web interface.
See the Installation Guide for step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring Uyuni Proxy.
Client Tools
Each supported Operating System has a repository, for all supported architectures:
- openSUSE Leap 15.* (x86_64, aarch64)
- openSUSE Leap Micro 5.* (x86_64, aarch64)
- openSUSE Tumbleweed (x86_64, aarch64)
- SLE12 (x86_64, pcc64le, s390x, aarch64)
- SLE15 (x86_64, pcc64le, s390x, aarch64)
- SL Micro 6 (x86_64, s390x, aarch64)
- RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Linux and SLES ES 7 (x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64)
- RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Linux and SLES ES 8 (x86_64, aarch64)
- Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, aarch64)
- Alibaba Linux 2 (x86_64, aarch64)
- AlmaLinux 8 (x86_64, aarch64)
- openEuler 22.03 (x86_64, aarch64)
- Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64, aarch64)
- RHEL, Oracle, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux 9 (x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64, s390x)
- Oracle Linux (x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64)
- Amazon Linux 2023 (x86_64, aarch64)
- Ubuntu 20.04 (x86_64)
- Ubuntu 22.04 (x86_64)
- Ubuntu 24.04 (x86_64)
- Debian 12 (x86_64, aarch64, armv7l, i586, ppc64le, s390x)
- Raspberry Pi OS 12 (arm64, armhf)
Reporting Bugs
Submit bugs to the issues tab located at our Github repository.