Installing SUSE Multi Linux Manager 5.1 with RGS Customer Center

Introduction

Installing Multi Linux Manager/SUSE Manager 5.1 with RGS is super simple! The tutorial below is setup for SUSE Linux Micro 6.1.

PreRequisites

SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 VM Setup and ready

RGS SUSE Manager Registration Code (Check previous delivery tickets in Zendesk)

Steps

1. Setup your hostname for the server

   hostnamectl set-hostname suma51.yourdomain.com
   echo "$NODEIP suma51.yourdomain.com" >> /etc/hosts

2. Register your system with the RGS SCC Proxy

   SUSEConnect --url https://rgscc.ranchergovernment.com --write-config -r <RGS REGCODE>

   If this fails with an error about using transactional-update, run this to register the system. You MUST reboot after each 'transactional-update' in order for it to take affect, so we'll do that here.

   transactional-update register --url https://rgscc.ranchergovernment.com --write-config -r <RGS REGCODE>
   reboot

3. Register the SUSE Manager 5 Extension and reboot

   transactional-update register -p Multi-Linux-Manager-Server/5.1/x86_64 -r <RGS REGCODE>
   reboot

4. Update the Micro system and reboot into the new snapshot

   transactional-update
   reboot

5. Install the required SUSE Manager 5 Image RPMs and supporting tools and reboot into the new snapshot

   transactional-update pkg install mgradm* mgrctl* suse-multi-linux-manager-5.1-x86_64-server-*
   reboot

6. Install SUSE Manager with mgradm

   mgradm install podman suma51.yourdomain.com

7. Edit '/var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/etc-rhn/_data/rhn.conf' and add the following to the bottom of the file:

   scc_url = https://rgscc.ranchergovernment.com

8. Restart the container

   podman restart $(podman ps | grep 'server:5' | awk '{print $1}')

9. Log into your SUSE Manager UI at the hostname you set earlier

References / See Also

SUSE Manager 5 Installation and Upgrade Guide