Registering SUSE Linux Enterprise Clients

In the Uyuni Web UI, navigate to Admin  Setup Wizard  Products.

Locate the appropriate products for your client operating system and architecture using the search bar, and check the appropriate product. This will automatically check all required channels. Click the arrow to see the complete list of related products, and ensure that any extra products you require are checked.

Click Add Products and wait until the products have finished synchronizing.

At the command prompt on the Uyuni Server, as root, use the mgr-sync command to add the appropriate channels:

mgr-sync add channel <channel_label_1>
mgr-sync add channel <channel_label_2>
mgr-sync add channel <channel_label_n>

Synchronization starts automatically. If you want to synchronize the channels manually, use:

mgr-sync sync --with-children <channel_name>

Ensure the synchronization is complete before continuing.

At the command prompt on the Uyuni Server, as root, use the spacewalk-common-channels command to add the appropriate channels:

spacewalk-common-channels \
<channel_label_1> \
<channel_label_2> \
<channel_label_3> \
... <channel_label_n>

Synchronize the channels:

spacewalk-repo-sync

Ensure the synchronization is complete before continuing.

In the Uyuni Web UI, navigate to Software  Manage  Channels, then click the channel associated to the repository.

Navigate to the Repositories tab, then click Sync and check Sync Status.

At the command prompt on the Uyuni Server, as root, use the tail command to check the synchronization log file:

tail -f /var/log/rhn/reposync/<channel-label>.log

Each child channel generates its own log during the synchronization progress. You need to check all the base and child channel log files to be sure that the synchronization is complete.

On the Uyuni Server, at the command prompt, check the contents of the /srv/www/htdocs/pub/ directory. This directory contains all available public keys. Take a note of the key that applies to the channel assigned to the client you are registering.

Open the relevant bootstrap script, locate the ORG_GPG_KEY= parameter and add the required key. For example:

uyuni-gpg-pubkey-0d20833e.key

If you are bootstrapping clients from the Uyuni Web UI, you need to use a Salt state to trust the key. Create the Salt state and assign it to the organization. You can then use an activation key and configuration channels to deploy the key to the clients.