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 Systems  Bootstrapping, then fill in the 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 Systems  Bootstrapping and changing the authentication method.

When the bootstrap process has completed successfully, your client will be listed at Systems  System List.