Red Hat Satellite 6.XX - Deployment

Ansible automation for Red Hat Satellite and Capsule deployment and configuration on RHEL 9.

WARNING - PREREQUISITES

MANDATORY: RHEL must be at the latest patch level before installation

Overview

This repository contains 2 specialized Ansible roles and 2 playbooks to fully automate:

• rhel_satellite_deploy.yml => rhel_satellite_deploy : Installation, configuration, content management and lifecycle environments
• rhel_capsule_deploy.yml => rhel_capsule_deploy : Installation, registration, PKI certificate generation/transfer

Architecture

┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   SATELLITE     │────│   CONTROLLER    │────│    CAPSULE      │
│   (Central      │    │   (Ansible)     │    │    (Proxy)      │
│    Server)      │    │                 │    │                 │
└─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
 │ Content Management      | Automation           │ Content Proxy          
 │ Lifecycle Environments  │ Certificate Mgmt     │ Client Registration    
 │ Subscription Management │                      │ Repository Sync 
 │                         │                      │ SSL capsule-satellite cert

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Repository Components

Structure

rhel_satellite/
├── README.md                           # This file - Main documentation
├── rhel_satellite_deploy.yml           # Satellite deployment playbook
├── rhel_capsule_deploy.yml             # Capsule deployment playbook
├── collections/requirements.yml        # Required Ansible collections
├── roles/                              # Roles directory (Satellite & Capsule)
│   ├── rhel_satellite_deploy/          # Complete Satellite role
│   │   ├── README.md                   # Satellite role documentation
│   │   ├── defaults/main.yml           # Optimized variables (219 lines)
│   │   ├── tasks/main.yml              # Main entry point
│   │   ├── tasks/satellite_pre.yml     # System preparation
│   │   ├── tasks/satellite_install.yml # Installation
│   │   ├── tasks/satellite_config.yml  # Advanced configuration
│   │   ├── templates/rhsm.conf.j2      # Subscription manager template
│   │   └── meta/main.yml               # Galaxy metadata
│   └── rhel_capsule_deploy/            # Complete Capsule role
│       ├── README.md                   # Capsule role documentation
│       ├── defaults/main.yml           # Capsule variables
│       ├── tasks/main.yml              # Main entry point
│       ├── tasks/capsule_pre.yml       # System preparation
│       ├── tasks/capsule_install.yml   # Installation & registration
│       ├── tasks/capsule_config.yml    # Configuration & certificates
│       └── meta/main.yml               # Galaxy metadata

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Quick Usage

1. Dependencies

# Ansible Collections
  - community.general
  - redhat.satellite_operations
  - redhat.satellite

2. Satellite Server Deployment Playbook

# rhel_satellite_deploy.yml

3. Capsule Server Deployment Playbook

# rhel_capsule_deploy.yml
# variable:              
  # sat_server: "" # FQDN.   

4. Minimum Recommended Resources for Capsule or Satellite Deployment

# RAM    : 16 GB minimum (depending on chosen profile)
# CPU    : 8 cores minimum
# Disk   : 20 GB minimum for `/var` (5GB sufficient during installation)
# Disk   : 5 GB minimum for `/usr`

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Variables

• Capsule : See roles/rhel_capsule_deploy/defaults/main.yml
• Satellite : See roles/rhel_satellite_deploy/defaults/main.yml

Variables provided by the client for capsule deployment only

• Capsule : sat_server: "" Satellite server FQDN

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Detailed Documentation

• Satellite Role - Satellite Deployment
• Capsule Role - Capsule Deployment

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Support

• dapiced Team : Development, maintenance and documentation
• Red Hat Customer Portal : Product support

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