Registering Alibaba Cloud Linux Clients
This section contains information about registering traditional and Salt clients running Alibaba Cloud Linux operating systems.
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The traditional stack is available on Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 but it is not supported. Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 clients are only supported as Salt clients. |
Some Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 instances will need two tries to register successfully. |
1. Add Software Channels
Before you register Alibaba Cloud Linux clients to your SUSE Manager Server, you need to add the required software channels, and synchronize them.
In the following section, descriptions often default to the |
The products you need for this procedure are:
OS Version | Product Name |
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Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 |
Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 x86_64 |
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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
toggle is turned on. Click the arrow to see the complete list of related products, and ensure that any extra products you require are checked. -
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 |
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Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 |
alibaba-2-x86_64 |
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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. Create an Activation Key
You need to create an activation key that is associated with your Alibaba Cloud Linux channels.
For more information on activation keys, see Activation Keys.
4. Register Clients
To register your clients, you need a bootstrap repository. By default, bootstrap repositories are automatically created, and regenerated daily for all synchronized products. You can manually create the bootstrap repository from the command prompt, using this command:
mgr-create-bootstrap-repo
For more information on registering your clients, see Client Registration.
Some Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 instances will fail to register on the first try.
This is due to a to a known bug in the Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 image.
The python-urlgrabber3
package is provided both as a Python pip package and
an RPM package, which can cause a conflict on the first attempt to register.
If your instance is based on one of the affected image versions, the client should register correctly on the second registration attempt.