Blog Posts

Looking at Foreman 2.0

Upstream Foreman has had an update and now moved to a new major version, time to take a quick look at what is different with this Foreman. I am testing this on CentOS 7.8 with the latest updates as of today. Here’s […]

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Setting up a portable provisioning systems on KVM

I have been in situations where I need to test a build process on my laptop but do not have the necessary infrastructure setup or available for me. This is an easy way to replicate the entire PXE kickstart process on your […]

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Configuring Red Hat Satellite for DHCP, DNS and TFTP

Part 3: Configuring Red Hat Satellite for DHCP and DNS Now we get into the configuration side on Satellite to get it to perform a basic kickstart for you. We’ll be using the standard templates as you can modify and adjust to […]

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Installing Red Hat Satellite 6

Part 2: Installing Red Hat Satellite 6 Let’s get Satellite up and running, we want to try and keep it as light weight as possible as the idea is we are able to keep storage and resources to a minimum since we’re […]

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A portable PXE/Kickstart provisioning systems through KVM

Part 1create a new subnet through KVM with no default DHCP KVM is great, comes with your choice of Linux flavour and is a breeze to get up and running. I use it on stand alone servers and on my laptop to […]

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Blocking malicious IP’s and spammers on my blog

One thing I knew is that running a blog, it would be a hit for spam and thousands of unauthorised login attempts to the admin portion of the page. I installed a few plugins to help secure the site and would recommend […]

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Adding non RHEL products to your Red Hat Satellite 6

  Red Hat Satellite 6 has features that allow you to import content that is not Red Hat related and distribute this content across your Linux fleet. If you are on a disconnected environment and you want to ensure that you are […]

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Checking which errata is outstanding from the Red Hat Satellite 6 GUI

In the light of the latest vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre, it is recommended to patch your services as soon as possible to minimise any exposure. There are multiple ways to check which errata and patching is outstanding on your RHEL hosts. If […]

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Populating your air gapped Red Hat Satellite 6

One of the great features that I have become accustomed to using in Red Hat Satellite 6, is the ability to provide content and patching services to your entire Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) fleet on an air gapped network. Anyone that […]

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Learning to love Red Hat Satellite 6

Red Hat Satellite 6 is one beast of a product based on various upstream projects and brought together by Red Hat. Satellite 6 can certainly change theway you manage your Red Hat Enterprise Linux fleet and simplify your tasks in  configuration management, patch […]

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