Quick Start SUMA Server
This guide shows you how to install and configure a single SUSE Manager Server for x86-64 architecture from the SUSE Linux Enterprise installation media with the Unified Installer.
For this topic we assume that you already have valid organization credentials with SUSE Customer Center and have obtained a registration code for your SUSE Manager, for example from a "SUSE Manager Lifecycle Management+" subscription.
1. Install SUSE Manager Server
This section describes how to install SUSE Manager Server from the SUSE Linux Enterprise installation media.
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Boot your system with the Unified Installer. If booting fails you might need to adjust the boot order in the BIOS.
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When prompted, select
Installation
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In the
Language, Keyboard and Product Selection
screen, checkSUSE Manager Server
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Read and agree to the End User Licence Agreement, and click Next.
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In the
Registration
screen, check theRegister System via scc.suse.com
checkbox, enter your SUSE Customer Center credentials, and click Next. -
In the
Extension and Module Selection
screen, select additional extensions or modules you require, and click Next. Mandatory modules are pre-selected and you cannot disable them. -
OPTIONAL: In the
Add On Product
screen, select any additional or add-on products you require, and click Next. We do not recommend that you run any other workloads on SUSE Manager. Only use add-ons that you absolutely require, such as driver repositories from your hardware vendor. -
In the
System Role
screen, check theSUSE Manager Server
checkbox, and click Next. -
In the
Suggested Partitioning
screen, either accept the default values, or use the Guided Setup or Expert Partitioner options to customize your partitioning model, and click Next. -
In the
Clock and Time Zone
screen, enter your region and timezone, and click Next. -
In the
Local Users
screen, create a new user, and click Next. -
In the
System Administrator "root"
screen, create the "root" user, and click Next. -
Review the settings on the
Installation Settings
screen. -
On the
Installation Settings
screen click Install.
2. Set up SUSE Manager with YaST
This section guides you through SUSE Manager setup using YaST.
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On the SUSE Manager Server, at the command line, use the
yast2 susemanager_setup
command to begin setup. -
From the introduction screen select
and click Next to continue. -
Enter an email address to receive status notifications and click Next to continue. SUSE Manager can sometimes send a large volume of notification emails. You can disable email notifications in the Web UI after setup, if you need to. For more information on disabling email notifications, see User Details.
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Enter your certificate information and a password. If you intend to use a custom SSL certificate, you need to have set this up first. For more information about SSL certificates, see SSL証明書.
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Click Next to continue.
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From the
screen, enter a database user and password and click Next to continue. -
Click Next to continue.
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Click Yes to run setup when prompted, and wait for it to complete.
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Click Next to continue. Take a note of the address of the SUSE Manager Web UI.
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Click Finish to complete SUSE Manager setup.
3. Create the main administraton account
This section guides you through creating your organization’s main administration account for SUSE Manager
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In the browser, enter the address provided after completing setup. With this address you open the SUSE Manager Web UI.
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In the Web UI, navigate to the
field and enter your organization name. -
In the
and fields, enter your username and password. -
Fill in the Account Information fields including an email for system notifications.
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Click Create Organization to finish creating your administration account.
You are now presented with the SUSE Manager
page.When you have finished creating the main administrator account on the new SUSE Manager Server, you need to mirror the products from SCC.
4. Synchronize with SUSE Customer Center
This section covers synchronizing with SCC from the Web UI and adding your first client channel.
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In the SUSE Manager Web UI, select
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From the
Setup Wizard
page select the Organization Credentials tab. -
Click Add a new credential.
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In the dialog, enter
Username
andPassword
, and confirm with Save.
When the credentials are confirmed with a check-mark icon, proceed with Procedure: Synchronizing with SUSE Customer Center.
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In the Web UI, navigate to
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From the
Setup Wizard
page select the SUSE Products tab. If you previously registered with SUSE Customer Center a list of products will populate the table. This operation could take up to a few minutes. You can monitor the progress of the operation in section on the rightRefresh the product catalog from SUSE Customer Center
. The table of products lists architecture, channels, and status information. For more information, see Wizard. -
Use
Filter by product description
andFilter by architecture
to filter the list of displayed products. If your SUSE Linux Enterprise client is based onx86_64
architecture scroll down the page and select the check box for this channel now.-
Add channels to SUSE Manager by selecting the check box to the left of each channel. Click the arrow symbol to the left of the description to unfold a product and list available modules.
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Click Add Products to start product synchronization.
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After adding the channel, SUSE Manager will schedule the channel to be synchronized. This can take a long time as SUSE Manager will copy channel software sources from the SUSE repositories located at SUSE Customer Center to local /var/spacewalk/
directory of your server.
When the channel is fully synchronised, the bootstrap repository will be automatically created. The bootstrap repository is necessary for the succesful bootstrapping of creation of the activation key will be assciated with the clients can be bootstrapped following the steps This completes SUSE Manager installation and configuration, with channel preparation for the client bootstrapping.
When the channel synchronization process is complete, you can continue with client registration. For more instructions, see クライアントの登録.