The following items must be addressed in Chapter 2. of the Installation Guide: * In Section 2.1, is there a way that users can determine the required number of inodes? * In Section 2.1, state that symbolic links cannot be used for /var/lib/mongdob and /var/lib/pulp * In Section 2.1, change the description of avoiding NFS similar to the following - "Red Hat recommends the usage of high-bandwidth, low-latency storage for the /var/lib/pulp & /var/lib/mongodb filesystems. As Red Hat Satellite has many operations that are IO intensive, usage of high latency, low-bandwidth storage could potentially have issues with performance degradation. Additionally, usage of NFS backed storage may require additional configuration." * In Section 2.3., change "A current Red Hat Network subscription" to "A current Red Hat Satellite subscription" * In "2.4. Ports and Firewalls requirements", add a note that the ports required depends on the configuration. * Remove table 2.3. * Change "Third-party unsupported and enabled yum repositories, which can cause installation or configuration errors." to "Additional yum repositories other than those explicitly required in this guide for installation." * In Table 2.4, ports 53, 67, 68 & 69 are ALL optional and should be moved to table 2.5. They are not required features. * In Section 2.5, remove Step 2. * In Section 2.5, change "subscription-manager subscribe" to "subscription- manager --attach" * In Section 2.5, change "--pool=Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Pool_ID" to "--pool=Red_Hat_Satellite_Pool_ID" * In Section 2.6, is it possible to add examples of the output when a command is successfully run? * In Section 2.7, remove mention of 'zones' from the title and text, and add steps on setting the current server time before installing ntpd. * In Section 2.8, SELinux can be running in permission OR enforced. Also, add a little clarification that these steps are only required if the user is using non-standard ports. * In Section 2.11 and 2.13, add clarification as to whether these steps are optional or required - are they only required if the user is also isntalling a Capsule Server? Also, can the steps be more clearly broken into those for RHEL 6 and for RHEL 7? * Make sections 2.10 to 2.13 sub-sections of section 2.4.
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* In Section 2.1, state that symbolic links cannot be used for /var/lib/mongdob and /var/lib/pulp [Ali] Done * In Section 2.1, change the description of avoiding NFS similar to the following - "Red Hat recommends the usage of high-bandwidth, low-latency storage for the /var/lib/pulp & /var/lib/mongodb filesystems. As Red Hat Satellite has many operations that are IO intensive, usage of high latency, low-bandwidth storage could potentially have issues with performance degradation. Additionally, usage of NFS backed storage may require additional configuration." [Ali] Done * In Section 2.2., change "A current Red Hat Network subscription" to "A current Red Hat Satellite subscription" [Ali] Done * In "2.4. Ports and Firewalls requirements", add a note that the ports required depends on the configuration. [Ali] Done * Remove table 2.3. [Ali] Done * Change "Third-party unsupported and enabled yum repositories, which can cause installation or configuration errors." to "Additional yum repositories other than those explicitly required in this guide for installation." [Ali] Done * In Table 2.4, ports 53, 67, 68 & 69 are ALL optional and should be moved to table 2.5. They are not required features. [Ali] Done * In Section 2.5, remove Step 2. [Ali] Done * In Section 2.5, change "subscription-manager subscribe" to "subscription- manager --attach" [Ali] Done * In Section 2.5, change "--pool=Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Pool_ID" to "--pool=Red_Hat_Satellite_Pool_ID" [Ali] Done * In Section 2.8, SELinux can be running in permission OR enforced. Also, add a little clarification that these steps are only required if the user is using non-standard ports. [Ali] Done * Make sections 2.10 to 2.13 sub-sections of section 2.4. [Ali] Done I relocated these underneath 2.4, but not as sub-sections as it's not necessary.
* In Section 2.6, is it possible to add examples of the output when a command is successfully run? [Ali] DONE * 2.5. Registering and Configuring Subscription Manager for use with Satellite “After you have installed your operating system, you must register and configure Subscription Manager to ensure that you have the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux during Satellite installation.” I’m not entirely sure of this wording, but happy to discuss. [Ali] DONE “ 1. Register and attach a subscription to your system.” These commands look simple enough but in practice they’re not. The RHEV docs (IIRC) provide a great example of how to find the right pool ID. We should emulate their instructions. [Ali] DONE Updated based on RHEV documentation and the Provisioning Guide/QS Guide
* In Section 2.7, remove mention of 'zones' from the title and text, and add steps on setting the current server time before installing ntpd. [Ali] Done * Section 2.2 The wording of 'Red Hat supports. Red Hat Satellite is only supported on the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server or 7 Server.' is ambiguous and is borderline on being untrue. What we are saying is 'the latest version of RHEL that was current when we released (or better) is supported. [Ali] DONE - Also added the table with the minimum RHEL versions. * In the Notes: Section, is it true that Satellites & capsules must match. (I know from 6.0 to 6.1 this was a no, due to the Isolated Capsule feature), but is that true for 6.1->6.2 [Ali] DONE - no change required since they must still match. * 2.1. Storage Requirements and Recommendations “Alternatively, make sure that you have an ext4 file system with sufficient amount of inodes for your intended Satellite deployment.” With what information can a customer determine the “sufficient amount of inodes”? "Alternatively, make sure that you have an ext4 file system with sufficient amount of inodes for your intended Satellite deployment." What defines sufficient? As a user I need to know whether to use 'mkfs -t ext4 -T' or 'mkfs -t ext4 -N' [Ali] Dropped sentence starting with Alternatively, per mmccune (bz1244130 solved issue)
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