UChicago Red Hat Satellite Server

This Red Hat Satellite server https://sat04.uchicago.edu/ is set up with minimalistic intentions.

We provide Red Hat Software for distribution on the campus network, and the licensing necessary to use it.

Boot and Build ISOs are available at https://access.redhat.com/downloads/

If you need a Red Hat account, please email unix@uchicago.edu and we can set you up with one.

Support cases can be opened with Red Hat at https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/

It is highly recommended to submit a "sosreport" to them when opening the ticket. This ensures the fastest response time. Please review this KB article on how to submit this data.

FAQ

How do I install Red Hat operating system?
Red Hat 7 Install
Red Hat 8 Install
Red Hat 9 Install

How do I register a system to Satellite?
First, install the CA certificate so your system can communicate with Satellte.
rpm -ivh http://sat04.uchicago.edu/pub/katello-ca-consumer-latest.noarch.rpm
Register
subscription-manager register --force --org "<Your Organization>" --activationkey "<Your Org's Activation Key>" --baseurl=https://sat04.uchicago.edu/pulp/repos
Optional: Refresh
subscription-manager refresh
Verify
subscription-manager list
How do I undo a registration?
subscription-manager remove --all
subscription-manager unregister
subscription-manager clean

How do I review the subscription-manager config?
subscription-manager config

How do I perform an advanced installation using kickstart?
Red Hat Kickstart Generator
Red Hat 7 Kickstart Install
Red Hat 8 Kickstart Install
Red Hat 9 Kickstart Install

A new security patch just came out, and I can't see it. How do I make it show up?
By default all organizations sync the data weekly, so your content can be a few days out of date. Satellite offers an option to manually sync one or more repos.
Content -> Sync Status -> Select All or Expand All (select individually) -> Synchronize Now
I have katello-agent package installed on my systems. How do I remove?
The package, katello-agent, is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of Satellite. Please review this KB article on steps to remove from your systems.