pescobar.katello_client

This project helps you register a server (node) with Katello.

Important: This setup will only turn off the default yum repositories in CentOS. It hasn't been tested with RedHat.

Role Variables

Here are the variables you can configure:

katello_client_katello_server_hostname: katello.example.com # The hostname of your Katello server
katello_client_activationkey: compute_nodes_production      # The activation key for your nodes
katello_client_org_id: sciCORE                              # The organization ID in Katello
katello_client_rhsm_baseurl: "https://{{ katello_client_katello_server_hostname }}/pulp/repos" # Base URL for the repository
katello_client_force_register: false                         # Set to true to force registration

katello_client_extra_packages:                              # Additional packages to install
  - katello-host-tools
  - katello-host-tools-tracer
  - katello-host-tools-fact-plugin

katello_client_install_agent: false                         # Don't install katello-agent as it is outdated

# Set this to true if you want to use upstream repos for katello-client
# Usually not needed, as your Katello instance already provides this
katello_client_yum_repo_add: false 
katello_client_yum_repo_rpm: https://yum.theforeman.org/client/2.4/el7/x86_64/foreman-client-release.rpm

katello_client_disable_yum_fastest_mirror_plugin: true     # Disable the fastest mirror plugin

# List of upstream repositories that will be disabled in the Katello client
katello_client_repos_to_update:
  - name: base
    file: CentOS-Base
    description: default base yum repo
    mirrorlist: http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra
    gpgcheck: true
    gpgkey: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
    enabled: false
  
  - name: updates
    file: CentOS-Base
    description: default updates yum repo
    mirrorlist: http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates&infra=$infra
    gpgcheck: true
    gpgkey: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
    enabled: false

  - name: extras
    file: CentOS-Base
    description: default extras yum repo
    mirrorlist: http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra
    gpgcheck: true
    gpgkey: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
    enabled: false

  - name: epel
    file: epel
    description: epel
    metalink: https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-7&arch=$basearch
    gpgcheck: 1
    gpgkey: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
    enabled: false

Example Playbook

Here’s a sample playbook to use this role:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: pescobar.katello_agent }

License

This project is licensed under GPLv3.

Molecule Tests

The repository has some tests using Molecule to check the node registration process. After setting the required variables, you can run molecule test to ensure it works. Note that Travis-CI only checks for syntax in GitHub.

Author Information

Pablo Escobar Lopez