Registering SLE Micro Clients
This section contains information about registering clients running these SLE Micro operating systems:
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SLE Micro 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 x86-64
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SLE Micro 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 ARM64
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SLE Micro 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 IBM Z (s390x)
Support for SLE Micro clients is provided as a technology preview for testing purposes, and not all features are fully functional at this stage. This feature is expected to be fully supported in a later version of SUSE Manager. Do not use this feature on production systems. |
The SLE Micro is an ultra-reliable, lightweight operating system purpose built for edge computing. It leverages the enterprise hardened security and compliance components of SUSE Linux Enterprise and merges them with a modern, immutable, developer-friendly OS platform.
The SLE Micro uses transactional updates. Transactional updates are atomic (all updates are applied only if all updates succeed) and support rollbacks. They do not affect a running system as no changes are activated until after the system is rebooted. This information is displayed in the
subtab.For more information on transactional updates, see https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP3/html/SLES-all/cha-transactional-updates.html
When you install from a DVD or ISO image, transactional-update pkg install salt-transactional-update |
1. Add Software Channels
Before you register SLE Micro clients to your SUSE Manager Server, you need to add the required software channels, and synchronize them.
The products you need for this procedure are:
OS Version | Product Name |
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SLE Micro 5.1 x86-64 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 x86_64 |
SLE Micro 5.1 ARM64 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 aarch64 |
SLE Micro 5.1 s390x |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 s390x |
SLE Micro 5.2 x86-64 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 x86_64 |
SLE Micro 5.2 ARM64 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 aarch64 |
SLE Micro 5.2 s390x |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 s390x |
SLE Micro 5.3 x86-64 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 x86_64 |
SLE Micro 5.3 ARM64 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 aarch64 |
SLE Micro 5.3 s390x |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 s390x |
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In the SUSE Manager Web UI, navigate to
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Locate the appropriate products for your client operating system and architecture using the search bar, and check the appropriate product. This will automatically check all mandatory channels. Also all recommended channels are checked as long as the
include recommended
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Click Add Products and wait until the products have finished synchronizing.
Alternatively, you can add channels at the command prompt. The channels you need for this procedure are:
OS Version | Base Channel | Updates Channel |
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SLE Micro 5.1 x86-64 |
suse-microos-5.1-pool-x86_64 |
suse-microos-5.1-updates-x86_64 |
SLE Micro 5.1 ARM64 |
suse-microos-5.1-pool-arm64 |
suse-microos-5.1-updates-arm64 |
SLE Micro 5.1 IBM Z (s390x) |
suse-microos-5.1-pool-s390x |
suse-microos-5.1-updates-s390x |
SLE Micro 5.2 x86-64 |
suse-microos-5.2-pool-x86_64 |
suse-microos-5.2-updates-x86_64 |
SLE Micro 5.2 ARM64 |
suse-microos-5.2-pool-aarch64 |
suse-microos-5.2-updates-aarch64 |
SLE Micro 5.2 IBM Z (s390x) |
suse-microos-5.2-pool-s390x |
suse-microos-5.2-updates-s390x |
SLE Micro 5.3 x86-64 |
sle-micro-5.3-pool-x86_64 |
sle-micro-5.3-updates-x86_64 |
SLE Micro 5.3 ARM64 |
sle-micro-5.3-pool-arm64 |
sle-micro-5.3-updates-arm64 |
SLE Micro 5.3 IBM Z (s390x) |
sle-micro-5.3-pool-s390x |
sle-micro-5.3-updates-s390x |
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At the command prompt on the SUSE Manager Server, as root, use the
mgr-sync
command to add the appropriate channels:mgr-sync add channel <channel_label_1> mgr-sync add channel <channel_label_2> mgr-sync add channel <channel_label_n>
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Synchronization starts automatically. If you want to synchronize the channels manually, use:
mgr-sync sync --with-children <channel_name>
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Ensure the synchronization is complete before continuing.
2. Check Synchronization Status
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In the SUSE Manager Web UI, navigate to
and select theProducts
tab. This dialog displays a completion bar for each product when they are being synchronized. -
Alternatively, you can navigate to
, then click the channel associated to the repository. Navigate to theRepositories
tab, then clickSync
and checkSync Status
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At the command prompt on the SUSE Manager Server, as root, use the
tail
command to check the synchronization log file:tail -f /var/log/rhn/reposync/<channel-label>.log
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Each child channel generates its own log during the synchronization progress. You need to check all the base and child channel log files to be sure that the synchronization is complete.
3. Register Clients
For more information on registering your clients, see Client Registration Overview.