Foreman has a feature called Hostgroup-based rendering http://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/templatewriting#Hostgroup-based-rendering This is not widely used by our community but Satellite customers often seek this feature because of how provisioning worked in Satellite 5. Rough workflow is: 1) Associate host group with an operating system, installation media and architecture in Templates page. 2) Render Default PXE Template using the button 3) PXE boot an unknown host on PXE/DHCP managed network. 4) Menu shows up, hostgroup should appear, install a system with it. See discussion at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459061
Hi Lukas, Thank you for raising this bug. We have not documented this feature up until now because it has been considered unsupported. A 'Note' box was added to the Provisioning Guide when this was brought up in BZ#1380150 to help clarify this to customers - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.2/html-single/provisioning_guide/#Provisioning_Bare_Metal_Hosts Based on the engineering bug, it looks like we might be looking to change the status of this feature to supported. Is that correct? Also raising a needinfo for kdixon - Kathryn, are you aware of any discussions about the supportability of this feature, or would there be any issues with documenting it and removing the 'Note' box above? We understand this is a popular request from customers, and we would be more than happy to document it. I am just trying to be careful to make sure we provide the correct guidance. :) Kind regards, Andrew
Hello, I recorded a video that shows the workflow for Satellite 6.3. I hope that gives you enough information how to test and document this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc5DN_Xov40&feature=youtu.be
Hi Lukas Has there been any movement on the easier way to do this? Should this bug remain open? This bug is for version 6.3 which EOL in the spring. Thanks Karie
Karie, I recorded a video which is valid for all Satellite versions including 6.6. I expected the docs team to take from there.
Think this is my fault. I assigned it to myself but it does not show up in my Bugzilla query I use to prioritise my work. I should be able to do this with what has been provided. I apologise for the inconvenience. I think this got lost somehow. Thanks for the prodding.
After talking to Lukas a few weeks ago, we were unable to determine is this scenario supported and whether it will be relevant in the near future. For these reasons, I am closing this bug but please feel free to open if it is deemed important. Thanks, Melanie