Importing content
This chapter outlines how you can import different types of custom content to orcharhino. For example, you can use the following chapters for information on specific types of custom content but the underlying procedures are the same:
Products and repositories in orcharhino
You can organize content in Products. Products bundle an arbitrary number of repositories.
Custom Products require a subscription for hosts to access. orcharhino creates a subscription for each custom product you create.
Importing Custom SSL certificates
Before you synchronize custom content from an external source, you might need to import SSL certificates into your custom product. This might include client certs and keys or CA certificates for the upstream repositories you want to synchronize.
If you require SSL certificates and keys to download packages, you can add them to orcharhino.
To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Content Credentials. In the Content Credentials window, click Create Content Credential.
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In the Name field, enter a name for your SSL certificate.
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From the Type list, select SSL Certificate.
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In the Content Credentials Content field, paste your SSL certificate, or click Browse to upload your SSL certificate.
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Click Save.
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Copy the SSL certificate to your orcharhino Server:
$ scp My_SSL_Certificate root@orcharhino.example.com:~/.
Or download the SSL certificate to your orcharhino Server from an online source:
$ wget -P ~ http://upstream-orcharhino.example.com/pub/katello-server-ca.crt
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Upload the SSL Certificate to orcharhino:
# hammer content-credential create \ --content-type cert \ --name "My_SSL_Certificate" \ --organization "My_Organization" \ --path ~/My_SSL_Certificate
Creating a Custom Product
Create a custom product so that you can add repositories to the custom product. To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products, click Create Product.
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In the Name field, enter a name for the product. orcharhino automatically completes the Label field based on what you have entered for Name.
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Optional: From the GPG Key list, select the GPG key for the product.
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Optional: From the SSL CA Cert list, select the SSL CA certificate for the product.
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Optional: From the SSL Client Cert list, select the SSL client certificate for the product.
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Optional: From the SSL Client Key list, select the SSL client key for the product.
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Optional: From the Sync Plan list, select an existing sync plan or click Create Sync Plan and create a sync plan for your product requirements.
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In the Description field, enter a description of the product.
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Click Save.
To create the product, enter the following command:
# hammer product create \ --name "My_Product" \ --sync-plan "Example Plan" \ --description "Content from My Repositories" \ --organization "My_Organization"
Best Practices for Products and Repositories
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We recommend keeping products as small as possible. For example, one product each for
PostgreSQL-7.0
,PostgreSQL-7.1
, andPostgreSQL-8.1
with one repository each is better than a singlePostgreSQL
product including multiple repositories for different versions. Likewise, we recommend separate products for things likeOracle Linux-9
,Apache 2.0
,MySQL-5.1
, andPostgreSQL 7.1
rather than a singleWebServer
product. Because products correspond to subscriptions, small products give you greater control over what subscriptions and what content is used through your activation keys. -
Separate products by major release, for example
Oracle Linux 9
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Use one content type per product and content view, for example
deb
oryum
only. -
Make
file
repositories available through HTTP. Using TLS is currently only working with a global debugging certificate. -
Add sync plans to products.
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Spread out starting sync plans over a large time span. We do not recommend to start synchronizing a lot of repositories at the same time.
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Synchronize your content regularly to avoid overly large changes in repositories. We recommend synchronizing content rather each night than only once a month.
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Use file repositories for installation media. File repositories require a Pulp Manifest file which you can create using
pulp-manifest /path/to/files
. Use local repositories withfile:///path/to/files
as Upstream URL in orcharhino, for example for installation media. Alternatively, place the installation media file repositories on a web server that can be reached from hosts during provisioning.ATIX provides file repositories for installation media. Once synchronized, you can perform offline host deployments using a local installation media. See ATIX Service Portal for the upstream URL.
ATIX provides the following installation media as file repository:
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Debian 9, 10, and 11
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Ubuntu 18.04
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Ubuntu 20.04
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Use a Hammer script or Ansible Playbook to create a lot of products and repositories when starting with a fresh orcharhino installation.
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We do not recommend uploading content to repositories with an Upstream URL. Instead, create a repository to synchronize content, for example Oracle Linux or nginx, and create a repository to upload content to without setting an Upstream URL.
If you upload content to a repository that already synchronizes another repository, there might be unwanted side effects depending on the mirroring policy and content type.
Adding Custom RPM repositories
Use this procedure to add custom RPM repositories in orcharhino. To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
The Products window in the orcharhino management UI also provides a Repo Discovery function that finds all repositories from a URL and you can select which ones to add to your custom product.
For example, you can use the Repo Discovery to search http://yum.postgresql.org/9.5/redhat/
and list all repositories for different Oracle Linux versions and architectures.
This helps users save time importing multiple repositories from a single source.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products and select the product that you want to use, and then click New Repository.
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In the Name field, enter a name for the repository. orcharhino automatically completes the Label field based on what you have entered for Name.
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Optional: In the Description field, enter a description for the repository.
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From the Type list, select
yum
as type of repository. -
Optional: From the Restrict to Architecture list, select an architecture. If you want to make the repository available to all hosts regardless of the architecture, ensure to select No restriction.
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Optional: From the Restrict to OS Version list, select the OS version. If you want to make the repository available to all hosts regardless of the OS version, ensure to select No restriction.
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Optional: In the Upstream URL field, enter the URL of the external repository to use as a source. orcharhino supports three protocols:
http://
,https://
, andfile://
. If you are using afile://
repository, you have to place it under/var/lib/pulp/sync_imports/
directory.If you do not enter an upstream URL, you can manually upload packages.
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Optional: Check the Ignore SRPMs checkbox to exclude source RPM packages from being synchronized to orcharhino.
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Optional: Check the Ignore treeinfo checkbox if you receive the error
Treeinfo file should have INI format
. All files related to Kickstart will be missing from the repository iftreeinfo
files are skipped. -
Select the Verify SSL checkbox if you want to verify that the upstream repository’s SSL certificates are signed by a trusted CA.
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Optional: In the Upstream Username field, enter the user name for the upstream repository if required for authentication. Clear this field if the repository does not require authentication.
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Optional: In the Upstream Password field, enter the corresponding password for the upstream repository. Clear this field if the repository does not require authentication.
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Optional: In the Upstream Authentication Token field, provide the token of the upstream repository user for authentication. Leave this field empty if the repository does not require authentication.
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From the Download Policy list, select the type of synchronization orcharhino Server performs. For more information, see Download Policies Overview.
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From the Mirroring Policy list, select the type of content synchronization orcharhino Server performs. For more information, see Mirroring Policies Overview.
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Optional: In the Retain package versions field, enter the number of versions you want to retain per package.
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Optional: In the HTTP Proxy Policy field, select an HTTP proxy.
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From the Checksum list, select the checksum type for the repository.
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Optional: You can clear the Unprotected checkbox to require a subscription entitlement certificate for accessing this repository. By default, the repository is published through HTTP.
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Optional: From the GPG Key list, select the GPG key for the product.
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Optional: In the SSL CA Cert field, select the SSL CA Certificate for the repository.
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Optional: In the SSL Client cert field, select the SSL Client Certificate for the repository.
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Optional: In the SSL Client Key field, select the SSL Client Key for the repository.
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Click Save to create the repository.
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Enter the following command to create the repository:
# hammer repository create \ --arch "My_Architecture" \ --content-type "yum" \ --gpg-key-id My_GPG_Key_ID \ --name "My_Repository" \ --organization "My_Organization" \ --os-version "My_OS_Version" \ --product "My_Product" \ --publish-via-http true \ --url My_Upstream_URL
Continue to synchronize the repository.
Adding Custom RPM repositories for Oracle Linux 9
This example creates a product and repositories for Oracle Linux 9.
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Download and import the GPG public key for yum repositories for Oracle Linux 9 into orcharhino. For more information, see Importing a Custom GPG Key.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products.
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Click Create Product to create a product named
Oracle Linux 9
. For more information, see Creating a Custom Product. -
On the Repositories tab, click New Repository to create three repositories of type
yum
as follows:-
Oracle Linux 9 BaseOS
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Oracle Linux 9 AppStream
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Oracle Linux 9 Addons
For more information, see Adding Custom RPM Repositories.
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Click Create Product to create a product named
Oracle Linux 9 client
. -
On the Repositories tab, click New Repository to create a repository of type
yum
as follows:-
Oracle Linux 9 client
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Upstream URL: see ATIX Service Portal
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Adding Custom RPM repositories for Oracle Linux 8
This example creates a product and repositories for Oracle Linux 8.
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Download and import the GPG public key for yum repositories for Oracle Linux 8 into orcharhino. For more information, see Importing a Custom GPG Key.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products.
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Click Create Product to create a product named
Oracle Linux 8
. For more information, see Creating a Custom Product. -
On the Repositories tab, click New Repository to create three repositories of type
yum
as follows:-
Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS
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Oracle Linux 8 AppStream
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Oracle Linux 8 Addons
For more information, see Adding Custom RPM Repositories.
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Click Create Product to create a product named
Oracle Linux 8 client
. -
On the Repositories tab, click New Repository to create a repository of type
yum
as follows:-
Oracle Linux 8 client
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Upstream URL: see ATIX Service Portal
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Creating ULN Repositories
You can add content from Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux Network similarly to adding generic content of type yum. There are two main differences regarding the upstream URL and authentication:
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The Upstream URL field consists of a protocol prefix
uln://
and anULN Channel Label
, for exampleol7_x86_64_MySQL80_community
. Combined,uln://ol7_x86_64_MySQL80_community
is a valid upstream URL for a yum repository. -
Authentication against the repository through an Upstream Username and Upstream Password is mandatory. This requires your single sign-on user name and password of your Oracle account to be saved on your orcharhino.
To obtain a list of available ULN channel labels, log in to Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux Network. Navigate to the channels tab and select an operating system release version and architecture. Copy the required ULN Channel Label from the list of available content.
Note that this is different to other repositories from Oracle, such as https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-7.html
which can be added to orcharhino as generic yum content.
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Addons ULN (
uln://ol9_x86_64_addons
) -
AppStream ULN (
uln://ol9_x86_64_appstream
) -
BaseOS latest ULN (
uln://ol9_x86_64_baseos_latest
) -
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 (
uln://ol9_x86_64_UEKR7
) -
kSplice (
uln://ol9_x86_64_ksplice
)
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Addons ULN (
uln://ol8_x86_64_addons
) -
AppStream ULN (
uln://ol8_x86_64_appstream
) -
BaseOS latest ULN (
uln://ol8_x86_64_baseos_latest
) -
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 (
uln://ol8_x86_64_UEKR6
) -
kSplice (
uln://ol8_x86_64_ksplice
)
Adding orcharhino Clients for Oracle Linux
orcharhino Clients are required to register hosts to orcharhino. You can add them to your orcharhino during the installation process or afterwards. For more information, see Adding orcharhino Clients manually and Using orcharhino Clients gen2 in the ATIX Service Portal.
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Create a product named
orcharhino Clients for Oracle Linux
. For more information, see Creating a Custom Product. -
Create a repository for Oracle Linux 9. You can find the upstream URL of all orcharhino Clients in the ATIX Service Portal. For more information, see Adding Custom rpm Repositories.
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Synchronize the orcharhino Clients for Oracle Linux to your orcharhino. For more information, see Synchronizing Repositories.
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Create a content view to make the
.rpm
packages consumable by content hosts. For more information, see Creating an Activation Key. -
Create an activation key to register content hosts to orcharhino. For more information, see Creating an Activation Key.
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Optional: Create a host group to simplify the process of creating hosts. For more information, see Creating a Host Group.
Changing the repository sets status for a host in orcharhino
Repository sets show repositories available to each host. A host will be able to access content from a given repository if that repository is enabled.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts and select a host.
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Select the Content tab, then select the Repository sets subtab. On the tab, there is a set of repositories available to each host with a status of Enabled or Disabled.
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You can override the default status by using the action menus on each table row by changing the status to Override to disabled, Override to enabled, or Reset to default.
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You can also bulk select the checkboxes on each table row, and use the vertical ellipsis icon at the top.
For hosts not in the default content view and lifecycle environment, the Repository sets tab shows a toggle group with two options, Limit to environment and Show all. The Limit to environment option shows only repositories that are relevant to the host. The Show all option shows all available repositories including those that may not be in the host’s content view and lifecycle environment. On the Overview tab, click Content view details to view the environment for the host.
Synchronizing repositories
You must synchronize repositories to download content into orcharhino. You can use this procedure for an initial synchronization of repositories or to synchronize repositories manually as you need.
You can also sync all repositories in an organization. For more information, see Synchronizing All Repositories in an Organization.
Create a sync plan to ensure updates on a regular basis. For more information, see Creating a Sync Plan.
The synchronization duration depends on the size of each repository and the speed of your network connection. The following table provides estimates of how long it would take to synchronize content, depending on the available Internet bandwidth:
Single Package (10Mb) | Minor Release (750Mb) | Major Release (6Gb) | |
---|---|---|---|
256 Kbps |
5 Mins 27 Secs |
6 Hrs 49 Mins 36 Secs |
2 Days 7 Hrs 55 Mins |
512 Kbps |
2 Mins 43.84 Secs |
3 Hrs 24 Mins 48 Secs |
1 Day 3 Hrs 57 Mins |
T1 (1.5 Mbps) |
54.33 Secs |
1 Hr 7 Mins 54.78 Secs |
9 Hrs 16 Mins 20.57 Secs |
10 Mbps |
8.39 Secs |
10 Mins 29.15 Secs |
1 Hr 25 Mins 53.96 Secs |
100 Mbps |
0.84 Secs |
1 Min 2.91 Secs |
8 Mins 35.4 Secs |
1000 Mbps |
0.08 Secs |
6.29 Secs |
51.54 Secs |
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products and select the Product that contains the repositories that you want to synchronize.
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Select the repositories that you want to synchronize and click Sync Now.
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Optional: To view the progress of the synchronization in the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Sync Status and expand the corresponding Product or repository tree.
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Synchronize an entire Product:
# hammer product synchronize \ --name "My_Product" \ --organization "My_Organization"
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Synchronize an individual repository:
# hammer repository synchronize \ --name "My_Repository" \ --organization "My_Organization" \ --product "My Product"
Synchronizing all repositories in an organization
Use this procedure to synchronize all repositories within an organization.
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Log in to your orcharhino Server using SSH.
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Run the following Bash script:
ORG="My_Organization" for i in $(hammer --no-headers --csv repository list --organization $ORG --fields Id) do hammer repository synchronize --id ${i} --organization $ORG --async done
Download policies overview
orcharhino provides multiple download policies for synchronizing Deb and Yum content and container images. For example, you might want to download only the content metadata while deferring the actual content download for later.
orcharhino Server has the following policies:
- Immediate
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orcharhino Server downloads all metadata and packages during synchronization.
- On Demand
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orcharhino Server downloads only the metadata during synchronization. orcharhino Server only fetches and stores packages on the file system when orcharhino Proxies or directly connected clients request them. This setting has no effect if you set a corresponding repository on a orcharhino Proxy to Immediate because orcharhino Server is forced to download all the packages.
The On Demand policy acts as a Lazy Synchronization feature because they save time synchronizing content. The lazy synchronization feature must be used only for Deb and Yum repositories. You can add the packages to content views and promote to lifecycle environments as normal.
orcharhino Proxy has the following policies:
- Immediate
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orcharhino Proxy downloads all metadata and packages during synchronization. Do not use this setting if the corresponding repository on orcharhino Server is set to On Demand as orcharhino Server is forced to download all the packages.
- On Demand
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orcharhino Proxy only downloads the metadata during synchronization. orcharhino Proxy fetches and stores packages only on the file system when directly connected clients request them. When you use an On Demand download policy, content is downloaded from orcharhino Server if it is not available on orcharhino Proxy.
- Inherit
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orcharhino Proxy inherits the download policy for the repository from the corresponding repository on orcharhino Server.
- Streamed Download Policy
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Streamed Download Policy for orcharhino Proxies permits orcharhino Proxies to avoid caching any content. When content is requested from the orcharhino Proxy, it functions as a proxy and requests the content directly from the orcharhino.
Changing the default download policy
You can set the default download policy that orcharhino applies to repositories that you create in all organizations.
Depending on whether it is a Red Hat, SUSE, or custom repository, orcharhino uses separate settings. Changing the default value does not change existing settings.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Administer > Settings.
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Click the Content tab.
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Change the default download policy depending on your requirements:
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To change the default download policy for a Red Hat repository, change the value of the Default Red Hat Repository download policy setting.
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To change the default download policy for a non-Red Hat custom repository, change the value of the Default Custom Repository download policy setting.
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To change the default download policy for Red Hat repositories to one of
immediate
oron_demand
, enter the following command:# hammer settings set \ --name default_redhat_download_policy \ --value immediate
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To change the default download policy for a custom repository to one of
immediate
oron_demand
, enter the following command:# hammer settings set \ --name default_download_policy \ --value immediate
Changing the download policy for a repository
You can set the download policy for a repository.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products.
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Select the required product name.
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On the Repositories tab, click the required repository name, locate the Download Policy field, and click the edit icon.
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From the list, select the required download policy and then click Save.
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List the repositories for an organization:
# hammer repository list \ --organization-label My_Organization_Label
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Change the download policy for a repository to
immediate
oron_demand
:# hammer repository update \ --download-policy immediate \ --name "My_Repository" \ --organization-label My_Organization_Label \ --product "My_Product"
Mirroring policies overview
Mirroring keeps the local repository exactly in synchronization with the upstream repository. If any content is removed from the upstream repository since the last synchronization, with the next synchronization, it will be removed from the local repository as well.
You can use mirroring policies for finer control over mirroring of repodata and content when synchronizing a repository. For example, if it is not possible to mirror the repodata for a repository, you can set the mirroring policy to mirror only content for this repository.
orcharhino Server has the following mirroring policies:
- Additive
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Neither the content nor the repodata is mirrored. Thus, only new content added since the last synchronization is added to the local repository and nothing is removed.
- Content Only
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Mirrors only content and not the repodata. Some repositories do not support metadata mirroring, in such cases you can set the mirroring policy to content only to only mirror the content.
- Complete Mirroring
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Mirrors content as well as repodata. This is the fastest method. This mirroring policy is only available for Yum content.
Avoid republishing metadata for repositories with Complete Mirror mirroring policy. This also applies to content views containing repositories with the Complete Mirror mirroring policy.
Changing the mirroring policy for a repository
You can set the mirroring policy for a repository.
To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products.
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Select the product name.
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On the Repositories tab, click the repository name, locate the Mirroring Policy field, and click the edit icon.
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From the list, select a mirroring policy and click Save.
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List the repositories for an organization:
# hammer repository list \ --organization-label My_Organization_Label
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Change the mirroring policy for a repository to
additive
,mirror_complete
, ormirror_content_only
:# hammer repository update \ --id 1 \ --mirroring-policy mirror_complete
Uploading content to Custom RPM repositories
You can upload individual RPMs and source RPMs to custom RPM repositories. You can upload RPMs using the orcharhino management UI or the Hammer CLI. You must use the Hammer CLI to upload source RPMs.
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In the orcharhino management UI, click Content > Products.
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Click the name of the custom product.
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In the Repositories tab, click the name of the custom RPM repository.
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Under Upload Package, click Browse… and select the RPM you want to upload.
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Click Upload.
To view all RPMs in this repository, click the number next to Packages under Content Counts.
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Enter the following command to upload an RPM:
# hammer repository upload-content \ --id Repository_ID \ --path /path/to/example-package.rpm
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Enter the following command to upload a source RPM:
# hammer repository upload-content \ --content-type srpm \ --id Repository_ID \ --path /path/to/example-package.src.rpm
When the upload is complete, you can view information about a source RPM by using the commands
hammer srpm list
andhammer srpm info --id srpm_ID
.
Refreshing content counts on orcharhino Proxy
If your orcharhino Proxies have synchronized content enabled, you can refresh the number of content counts available to the environments associated with the orcharhino Proxy. This displays the content views inside those environments available to the orcharhino Proxy. You can then expand the content view to view the repositories associated with that content view version.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Infrastructure > orcharhino Proxies, and select the orcharhino Proxy where you want to see the synchronized content.
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Select the Overview tab.
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Under Content Sync, toggle the Synchronize button to do an Optimized Sync or a Complete Sync to synchronize the orcharhino Proxy which refreshes the content counts.
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Select the Content tab.
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Choose an Environment to view content views available to those orcharhino Proxies by clicking >.
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Expand the content view by clicking > to view repositories available to the content view and the specific version for the environment.
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View the number of content counts under Packages specific to Yum repositories.
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View the number of errata, package groups, files, container tags, container manifests, and Ansible collections under Additional content.
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Click the vertical ellipsis in the column to the right next to the environment and click Refresh counts to refresh the content counts synchronized on the orcharhino Proxy under Packages.
Configuring SELinux to permit content synchronization on custom ports
SELinux permits access of orcharhino for content synchronization only on specific ports. By default, connecting to web servers running on the following ports is permitted: 80, 81, 443, 488, 8008, 8009, 8443, and 9000.
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On orcharhino, to verify the ports that are permitted by SELinux for content synchronization, enter a command as follows:
# semanage port -l | grep ^http_port_t http_port_t tcp 80, 81, 443, 488, 8008, 8009, 8443, 9000
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To configure SELinux to permit a port for content synchronization, for example 10011, enter a command as follows:
# semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 10011
Recovering a corrupted repository
In case of repository corruption, you can recover it by using an advanced synchronization, which has three options:
- Optimized Sync
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Synchronizes the repository bypassing packages that have no detected differences from the upstream packages.
- Complete Sync
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Synchronizes all packages regardless of detected changes. Use this option if specific packages could not be downloaded to the local repository even though they exist in the upstream repository.
- Verify Content Checksum
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Synchronizes all packages and then verifies the checksum of all packages locally. If the checksum of an RPM differs from the upstream, it re-downloads the RPM. This option is relevant only for Yum content. Use this option if you have one of the following errors:
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Specific packages cause a
404
error while synchronizing withyum
. -
Package does not match intended download
error, which means that specific packages are corrupted.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products.
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Select the product containing the corrupted repository.
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Select the name of a repository you want to synchronize.
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To perform optimized sync or complete sync, select Advanced Sync from the Select Action menu.
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Select the required option and click Sync.
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Optional: To verify the checksum, click Verify Content Checksum from the Select Action menu.
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Obtain a list of repository IDs:
# hammer repository list \ --organization "My_Organization"
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Synchronize a corrupted repository using the necessary option:
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For the optimized synchronization:
# hammer repository synchronize \ --id My_ID
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For the complete synchronization:
# hammer repository synchronize \ --id My_ID \ --skip-metadata-check true
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For the validate content synchronization:
# hammer repository synchronize \ --id My_ID \ --validate-contents true
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Republishing repository metadata
You can republish repository metadata when a repository distribution does not have the content that should be distributed based on the contents of the repository.
Use this procedure with caution. ATIX AG recommends a complete repository sync or publishing a new content view version to repair broken metadata.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products.
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Select the product that includes the repository for which you want to republish metadata.
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On the Repositories tab, select a repository.
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To republish metadata for the repository, click Republish Repository Metadata from the Select Action menu.
This action is not available for repositories that use the Complete Mirroring policy because the metadata is copied verbatim from the upstream source of the repository.
Republishing content view metadata
Use this procedure to republish content view metadata.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Lifecycle > Content Views.
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Select a content view.
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On the Versions tab, select a content view version.
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To republish metadata for the content view version, click Republish repository metadata from the vertical ellipsis icon.
Republishing repository metadata will regenerate metadata for all repositories in the content view version that do not adhere to the Complete Mirroring policy.
Adding an HTTP proxy
Use this procedure to add HTTP proxies to orcharhino. You can then specify which HTTP proxy to use for Products, repositories, and supported compute resources.
To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Infrastructure > HTTP Proxies and select New HTTP Proxy.
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In the Name field, enter a name for the HTTP proxy.
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In the URL field, enter the URL for the HTTP proxy, including the port number.
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If your HTTP proxy requires authentication, enter a Username and Password.
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Optional: In the Test URL field, enter the HTTP proxy URL, then click Test Connection to ensure that you can connect to the HTTP proxy from orcharhino.
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Click the Locations tab and add a location.
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Click the Organization tab and add an organization.
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Click Submit.
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On orcharhino Server, enter the following command to add an HTTP proxy:
# hammer http-proxy create \ --name proxy-name \ --url proxy-URL:port-number
If your HTTP proxy requires authentication, add the
--username name
and--password password
options.
Changing the HTTP proxy policy for a product
For granular control over network traffic, you can set an HTTP proxy policy for each Product. A Product’s HTTP proxy policy applies to all repositories in the Product, unless you set a different policy for individual repositories.
To set an HTTP proxy policy for individual repositories, see Changing the HTTP Proxy Policy for a Repository.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products and select the checkbox next to each of the Products that you want to change.
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From the Select Action list, select Manage HTTP Proxy.
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Select an HTTP Proxy Policy from the list:
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Global Default: Use the global default proxy setting.
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No HTTP Proxy: Do not use an HTTP proxy, even if a global default proxy is configured.
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Use specific HTTP Proxy: Select an HTTP Proxy from the list. You must add HTTP proxies to orcharhino before you can select a proxy from this list. For more information, see Adding an HTTP Proxy.
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Click Update.
Changing the HTTP proxy policy for a repository
For granular control over network traffic, you can set an HTTP proxy policy for each repository. To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
To set the same HTTP proxy policy for all repositories in a Product, see Changing the HTTP Proxy Policy for a Product.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products and click the name of the Product that contains the repository.
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In the Repositories tab, click the name of the repository.
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Locate the HTTP Proxy field and click the edit icon.
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Select an HTTP Proxy Policy from the list:
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Global Default: Use the global default proxy setting.
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No HTTP Proxy: Do not use an HTTP proxy, even if a global default proxy is configured.
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Use specific HTTP Proxy: Select an HTTP Proxy from the list. You must add HTTP proxies to orcharhino before you can select a proxy from this list. For more information, see Adding an HTTP Proxy.
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Click Save.
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On orcharhino Server, enter the following command, specifying the HTTP proxy policy you want to use:
# hammer repository update \ --http-proxy-policy HTTP_Proxy_Policy \ --id Repository_ID
Specify one of the following options for
--http-proxy-policy
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none
: Do not use an HTTP proxy, even if a global default proxy is configured. -
global_default_http_proxy
: Use the global default proxy setting. -
use_selected_http_proxy
: Specify an HTTP proxy using either--http-proxy My_HTTP_Proxy_Name
or--http-proxy-id My_HTTP_Proxy_ID
. To add a new HTTP proxy to orcharhino, see Adding an HTTP Proxy.
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Creating a sync plan
A sync plan checks and updates the content at a scheduled date and time. In orcharhino, you can create a sync plan and assign products to the plan.
To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Sync Plans and click New Sync Plan.
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In the Name field, enter a name for the plan.
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Optional: In the Description field, enter a description of the plan.
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From the Interval list, select the interval at which you want the plan to run.
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From the Start Date and Start Time lists, select when to start running the synchronization plan.
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Click Save.
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To create the synchronization plan, enter the following command:
# hammer sync-plan create \ --description "My_Description" \ --enabled true \ --interval daily \ --name "My_Products" \ --organization "My_Organization" \ --sync-date "2023-01-01 01:00:00"
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View the available sync plans for an organization to verify that the sync plan has been created:
# hammer sync-plan list --organization "My_Organization"
Best Practices for Sync Plans
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Use sync plans to periodically synchronize content to orcharhino.
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Sync plans are associated with products.
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Use cron line to specify recurring synchronization using cron expressions.
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We recommend distributing synchronization tasks over several hours if possible to reduce the task load by creating multiple sync plans with cron line. Using a single sync plan would start all sync tasks at the same time resulting in a high load significantly lowering the performance of your orcharhino. This might also lead to occasional difficulties in the correct assigning of the Pulp tasks.
Table 1. Cron Expression Examples Cron Expression Explanation 0 22 * * 1-5
every night at 22:00 from Monday through Friday
30 3 * * 6,0
at 03:30 on each Saturday and Sunday
15 1-9/2 * * *
15 minutes past every second hour from 1 through 9
30 2 8-14 * *
at 02:30 every day of the month from 8 through 14
Assigning a sync plan to a product
A sync plan checks and updates the content at a scheduled date and time. In orcharhino, you can assign a sync plan to products to update content regularly.
To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Products.
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Select a product.
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On the Details tab, select a Sync Plan from the drop down menu.
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Assign a sync plan to a product:
# hammer product set-sync-plan \ --name "My_Product_Name" \ --organization "My_Organization" \ --sync-plan "My_Sync_Plan_Name"
Assigning a sync plan to multiple products
Use this procedure to assign a sync plan to the products in an organization that have been synchronized at least once and contain at least one repository.
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Run the following Bash script:
ORG="My_Organization" SYNC_PLAN="daily_sync_at_3_a.m" hammer sync-plan create --name $SYNC_PLAN --interval daily --sync-date "2023-04-5 03:00:00" --enabled true --organization $ORG for i in $(hammer --no-headers --csv --csv-separator="|" product list --organization $ORG --per-page 999 | grep -vi not_synced | awk -F'|' '$5 != "0" { print $1}') do hammer product set-sync-plan --sync-plan $SYNC_PLAN --organization $ORG --id $i done
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After executing the script, view the products assigned to the sync plan:
# hammer product list --organization $ORG --sync-plan $SYNC_PLAN
Limiting synchronization concurrency
By default, each Repository Synchronization job can fetch up to ten files at a time. This can be adjusted on a per repository basis.
Increasing the limit may improve performance, but can cause the upstream server to be overloaded or start rejecting requests. If you are seeing Repository syncs fail due to the upstream servers rejecting requests, you may want to try lowering the limit.
# hammer repository update \ --download-concurrency 5 \ --id Repository_ID \ --organization "My_Organization"
Importing a Custom GPG key
When clients are consuming signed custom content, ensure that the clients are configured to validate the installation of packages with the appropriate GPG Key. This helps to ensure that only packages from authorized sources can be installed.
To use the CLI instead of the orcharhino management UI, see the CLI procedure.
Ensure that you have a copy of the GPG key used to sign the RPM content that you want to use and manage in orcharhino. Most RPM distribution providers provide their GPG Key on their website. You can also extract this manually from an RPM:
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Download a copy of the version specific repository package to your local machine:
$ wget http://www.example.com/9.5/example-9.5-2.noarch.rpm
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Extract the RPM file without installing it:
$ rpm2cpio example-9.5-2.noarch.rpm | cpio -idmv
The GPG key is located relative to the extraction at etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EXAMPLE-95
.
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In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Content > Content Credentials and in the upper-right of the window, click Create Content Credential.
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Enter the name of your repository and select GPG Key from the Type list.
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Either paste the GPG key into the Content Credential Contents field, or click Browse and select the GPG key file that you want to import.
If your custom repository contains content signed by multiple GPG keys, you must enter all required GPG keys in the Content Credential Contents field with new lines between each key, for example:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- mQINBFy/HE4BEADttv2TCPzVrre+aJ9f5QsR6oWZMm7N5Lwxjm5x5zA9BLiPPGFN 4aTUR/g+K1S0aqCU+ZS3Rnxb+6fnBxD+COH9kMqXHi3M5UNzbp5WhCdUpISXjjpU XIFFWBPuBfyr/FKRknFH15P+9kLZLxCpVZZLsweLWCuw+JKCMmnA =F6VG -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- mQINBFw467UBEACmREzDeK/kuScCmfJfHJa0Wgh/2fbJLLt3KSvsgDhORIptf+PP OTFDlKuLkJx99ZYG5xMnBG47C7ByoMec1j94YeXczuBbynOyyPlvduma/zf8oB9e Wl5GnzcLGAnUSRamfqGUWcyMMinHHIKIc1X1P4I= =WPpI -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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Click Save.
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Copy the GPG key to your orcharhino Server:
$ scp ~/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EXAMPLE-95 root@orcharhino.example.com:~/.
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Upload the GPG key to orcharhino:
# hammer content-credentials create \ --content-type gpg_key \ --name "My_GPG_Key" \ --organization "My_Organization" \ --path ~/RPM-GPG-KEY-EXAMPLE-95
GPG Keys for Oracle Linux
You can download the official GPG public keys from oracle.com:
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