Register Clients
Add some configuration file typically used for SAP to a configuration channel and to an activation key
When you have your Uyuni Server set up, you are ready to start registering clients.
You can use Uyuni to manage clients using either the Salt stack or the traditional stack (inherited from Spacewalk). Most new features and enhancements are only available for Salt-managed clients, which makes this stack the preferred one. For more details, see client-configuration:supported-features.adoc
In the Uyuni Web UI, navigate to Host
, SSH Port
, User
and Password
fields.
Make sure you use stable FQDNs for the Host
field, or Uyuni will not be able to find your host when your Public Cloud gives you a different short-lived FQDNS.
Public cloud images usually do not allow SSH login with username and password, but only SSH with a certificate. If you want to use bootstrap from the Web UI, you will need to enable SSH login with username and password. You can do this by navigating to
and changing the authentication method.When the bootstrap process has completed successfully, your client will be listed at
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If you want more control over the process, have to register many clients, or are registering traditional clients, we recommend that you create a bootstrap script. For more information, see client-configuration:registration-bootstrap.adoc.
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For Salt clients and even more control over the process, executing single commands on the command line can be useful. For more information, see client-configuration:registration-cli.adoc.