Automated deployment of Puppet code in its entirety is actually a fairly complicated question. To make automated deployment more palatable, we will break the concept up into two areas. Deployments of control repositories and modules from the Forge Deploying our own custom modules, or modules that includes third-party contributions. Control repository automation is straightforward, as…
Month: September 2019
Install Katello on CentOS 7 – Configuration (VMWare Provisioning)
Next up will be provisioning new servers automatically. Allocate DNS proxy service Navigate to Infrastructure -> Domains.On the top navbar, ensure “Any Organisation” and “Any Location”. Thus is due to the Katello server now having command over the domain yet. Click on the domain (in our case ics.dmz), click on the DNS Proxy dropdown, and…
Install Katello on CentOS 7 – Configuration (Patching)
Now that we have a running Katello server, it is time to do the initial configuration. The sequence of these are important, as there are some dependencies, for example one need to have the GPG key before one creates the repo. Thus, having those ahead of time will facilitate and expedite the configuration. First create…
Installing Katello on CentOS 7
Katello is a plugin for Foreman that provides the functionality to manage the patching life cycle of servers.It should be noted that, even if Katello is a plugin, one cannot install Katello on a existing Foreman install – it WILL break things.Best to start with a fresh install… This first post will cover the initial…