vijay8451 / capsule-maintain

Install / Upgrade Capsule servers for Satellite6 Server

capsule-maintain

Install/upgrade a Satellite6 Capsule server using ansible playbooks.

Getting Started

What you need:

• Satellite 6.2/6.3 server. The Satellite server will be used as the Ansible control node.

• Target server(s) for Capsule installation/upgrade.

• Password-less ssh from Satellite to all required capsules.

• You can run install/upgrade/update on one or more capsule servers at one time.

• Make sure that the required firewall ports are opened in your Capsule and Satellite servers.

• Activation Key / Content view with the following repos:

  • rhel-7-server-rpms
  • rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
  • rhel-7-server-satellite-capsule-<capsule_version>-rpms
  • rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-<capsule_version>-rpms

  where capsule_version is 6.2 or 6.3.

Supported Scenarios:

• Capsule 6.2/6.3 installation.
• Capsule 6.2 to 6.3 upgrade.
• Capsule z-stream update.

Setup

On the Satellite server:

1. Install ansible package. Ansible should be installed from Satellite maintenance channel.

     # subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms
     # yum install -y ansible

2. git clone this project.

  # git clone https://github.com/RedHatSatellite/capsule-maintain.git
  # cd capsule-install

3. Copy the vars configuration file.

  # cp vars.sample.yml vars.yml

4. In vars.yml file, update the following parameters:

   • capsule_version - Version of the capsule (6.2 or 6.3)to be installed.
   • satellite_org_label - (applicable to install only) Label of the Satellite Organization to which the capsule needs to be registered.
   • satellite_activation_key - (applicable to install only) Activation key of the Satellite Organization to which the capsule needs to be registered.

5. Update inventory file with the capsule(s) hostname(s).

6. Use the Capsule install or upgrade playbook:

• Capsule Install:

    ansible-playbook capsule-install-playbook.yml

• Capsule Upgrade (y-stream):

    ansible-playbook capsule-upgrade-playbook.yml

• Capsule Update (z-stream):

    ansible-playbook capsule-update-playbook.yml