Registering openSUSE Leap Clients
This section contains information about registering Salt clients running openSUSE operating systems. SUSE Manager supports openSUSE Leap 15 clients using Salt. Traditional clients are not supported.
Bootstrapping is supported for starting openSUSE clients and performing initial state runs such as setting repositories and performing profile updates.
1. Add Software Channels
Before you register openSUSE clients to your SUSE Manager Server, you need to add the required software channels, and synchronize them.
The architectures currently supported are: x86_64
and aarch64
.
For full list of supported products and architectures, see Supported Clients and Features.
In the following section, descriptions often default to the |
For example, when working with x86_64
architecture, you need this product:
OS Version | Product Name |
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 |
openSUSE Leap 15.6 x86_64 |
openSUSE Leap 15.5 |
openSUSE Leap 15.5 x86_64 |
openSUSE Leap 15.4 |
openSUSE Leap 15.4 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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openSUSE Leap 15.6 |
opensuse-leap-15.6-pool |
openSUSE Leap 15.5 |
opensuse-leap-15.5-pool |
openSUSE Leap 15.4 |
opensuse-leap-15.4-pool |
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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.
openSUSE channels can be very large. Synchronization can sometimes take several hours. |
3. 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.