From c72a905e64a8467c28927d50c33212efb915734a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tahlia Richardson <3069029+tahliar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 13:11:46 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Retire Liberty SMT guide
---
DC-quickstart-smt | 1 +
xml/art-quickstart-smt.xml | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/DC-quickstart-smt b/DC-quickstart-smt
index 246aa9a..eb239ed 100644
--- a/DC-quickstart-smt
+++ b/DC-quickstart-smt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
MAIN="art-quickstart-smt.xml"
ROOTID="art-quickstart-smt"
+PROFAUDIENCE="sll"
PROFCONDITION="suse-product"
#PROFCONDITION="suse-product;beta"
#PROFCONDITION="community-project"
diff --git a/xml/art-quickstart-smt.xml b/xml/art-quickstart-smt.xml
index 0b5d5f7..82af213 100644
--- a/xml/art-quickstart-smt.xml
+++ b/xml/art-quickstart-smt.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
Administration
+
+ 2024-07-01
+
+
+ Retire guide for LTSS.
+
+
+ 2024-03-27
@@ -62,7 +70,90 @@
-
+
+ End of general support for &productname; &productnumber;
+
+ ⪪ is not supported with &productname; LTSS &productnumber;
+
+ &productname; &productnumber; has reached the end of general support and is now in LTSS
+ (Long Term Service Support).
+
+
+ Registering systems with ⪪ is not supported under &productname; LTSS &productnumber;.
+ You can register &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber; with either
+ &suma; or the &rmtool; (&rmt;).
+
+
+ Before you register existing systems with &rmt;, de-register them from ⪪.
+ You can do this directly from the ⪪ server using the steps in
+ .
+
+
+ To migrate from ⪪ to &rmt;, see
+
+ Migrate from SMT to RMT in &rmtguide;.
+ Alternatively, install a fresh &rmt; server using the steps in
+
+ Registering &rhla; 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with RMT.
+
+
+
+
+ De-registering a client from ⪪
+
+
+ List the existing clients and make a note of the client IDs:
+
+&prompt.root;smt-list-registrations
+
+
+
+ De-register the clients using their client IDs:
+
+&prompt.root;smt-delete-registration -g CLIENT_ID
+
+ To de-register multiple clients, you can use the option multiple times
+ in the same command.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Related information
+
+
+
+ &rmtguide;
+
+
+
+
+
+ Registering &rhla; 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with RMT
+
+
+
+
+
+ Registering &rhla; 8 or CentOS Linux 8 with RMT
+
+
+
+
+
+ Registering &rhla; 9 with RMT
+
+
+
+
+
+ &suma; Client Configuration Guide: Registering &sliberty; Clients
+
+
+
+
+
+
<emphasis>&productname;</emphasis> and <emphasis>&sles; with Expanded Support</emphasis>
@@ -268,6 +358,6 @@
-
+
From b676e4a6ad7a8cc35007be9f4fb70e2156d11e92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tahlia Richardson <3069029+tahliar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 13:13:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Add LTSS info
jsc#SLL-363
---
xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml | 10 ++++++-
xml/art-quickstart.xml | 42 ++++++++++++++++++----------
xml/html/rh-art-lite-quickstart.html | 10 +++++--
xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html | 20 ++++++-------
xml/product-entities.ent | 2 +-
5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml b/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml
index 3a49254..4c07996 100644
--- a/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml
+++ b/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
Administration
+
+ 2024-07-01
+
+
+ Updates for LTSS.
+
+
+ 2024-06-18
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@
- Setup script cannot access the &reponame; repository
+ Setup script cannot access the &reponame; repositories
The repodata directory on the &rmt; server is not
diff --git a/xml/art-quickstart.xml b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
index 1a7b23a..919977f 100644
--- a/xml/art-quickstart.xml
+++ b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
Administration
+
+ 2024-07-01
+
+
+ Updates for LTSS.
+
+
+ 2024-06-27
@@ -80,10 +88,27 @@
Introduction
+
+ End of general support for &productname; &productnumber;
+
+ &productname; &productnumber; has reached the end of general support and is now in LTSS
+ (Long Term Service Support).
+
+
+ If you have a &productname; subscription but do not have an
+ LTSS subscription, you can continue to use your systems. However,
+ registering new &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber;
+ systems with the general subscription is no longer supported.
+
+
+ To register new systems, you must use a &productname; LTSS &productnumber;
+ subscription.
+
+
&productname; is a technology and support solution for mixed Linux environments.
With a &productname; subscription, you can register and receive updates for
- &rhel;, CentOS Linux, and &sles;. An optional &ha; extension is also available.
+ &rhel;, CentOS Linux, and &sles;.
@@ -95,11 +120,6 @@
following tools:
-
-
- &smtool; (⪪)
-
-
&rmtool; (&rmt;)
@@ -128,7 +148,7 @@
If you already have an &rmt; server but still need to mirror the
- &productname; &productnumber; repositories, go to
+ &reponame; &productnumber; repositories, go to
.
@@ -159,12 +179,6 @@
&rmtguide;
-
-
-
- Registering &rhla; 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with SMT
-
-
@@ -229,7 +243,7 @@
- Setup script cannot access the &productname; repository
+ Setup script cannot access the &productname; repositories
The repodata directory on the &rmt; server will not
diff --git a/xml/html/rh-art-lite-quickstart.html b/xml/html/rh-art-lite-quickstart.html
index d8d955b..e4e1c70 100644
--- a/xml/html/rh-art-lite-quickstart.html
+++ b/xml/html/rh-art-lite-quickstart.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Revision History: Registering CentOS Linux 7 with SUSE Liberty LinuxSUSE Liberty Linux Lite
-
+
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
}
],
- "dateModified": "2024-06-18T00:00+02:00",
+ "dateModified": "2024-07-01T00:00+02:00",
"datePublished": "2024-06-18T00:00+02:00",
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@
useBR: false
});
-
Revision History: Registering CentOS Linux 7 with SUSE Liberty LinuxSUSE Liberty Linux Lite
2024-06-18
+
Revision History: Registering CentOS Linux 7 with SUSE Liberty LinuxSUSE Liberty Linux Lite
2024-07-01
+
+ Updates for LTSS.
+
+
2024-06-18
Initial release.
diff --git a/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html b/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html
index b236dd1..5fcff55 100644
--- a/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html
+++ b/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with RMT
+Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with SMT
-
+
-
+
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
}
],
- "dateModified": "2024-06-27T00:00+02:00",
+ "dateModified": "2024-07-01T00:00+02:00",
- "datePublished": "2024-03-14T00:00+02:00",
+ "datePublished": "2022-04-01T00:00+02:00",
"about": [
@@ -82,19 +82,15 @@
useBR: false
});
-
Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with RMT
2024-06-27
+
Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with SMT
2024-07-01
- Add Minimal VM procedure.
-
-
2024-05-10
-
- RMT script and requirements update.
+ Retire guide for LTSS.
2024-03-27
Clarify wording of requirements.
-
2024-03-14
+
2022-04-01
Initial release.
diff --git a/xml/product-entities.ent b/xml/product-entities.ent
index f1512ec..ec694fe 100644
--- a/xml/product-entities.ent
+++ b/xml/product-entities.ent
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
SLLSLL-L">
-
+
From 73db809ce27c2c8d71de950e6106fd4f1f9f8eb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tahlia Richardson <3069029+tahliar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 13:18:49 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Remove HA for LTSS
---
xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml | 13 -------------
xml/register-with-rmt.xml | 13 -------------
2 files changed, 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
index 8ac892c..56f91ab 100644
--- a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
@@ -71,19 +71,6 @@
This enables all the default repositories associated with the product.
-
-
- If your subscription includes the &ha; extension, enable the extension using
- the product ID 1252:
-
-&prompt.root;rmt-cli product enable 1252
-
-
- To check whether the &ha; extension is available, run this command:
- rmt-cli products list --all --name="Liberty" --version=&productnumber;
-
-
-
If you also need the Source repository, find and enable it with the
diff --git a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
index 41ea644..3933da5 100644
--- a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
@@ -154,19 +154,6 @@ Installed Products:
You should see RES-&productnumber;-Updates.
-
-
- If your subscription includes the &ha; extension, activate it with the
- following command:
-
-&prompt.root;&suseconnect; -p RES-HA/&productnumber;/x86_64
-
-
- To check whether the extension is available, run the
- &suseconnect; --list-extensions command.
-
-
-
Run the update command to make sure there are no errors:
From bbbf39f943116fb8382bad518bbeae493511651c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tahlia Richardson <3069029+tahliar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 15:07:53 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Update mirroring steps
---
xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
index 56f91ab..794727a 100644
--- a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
The &rmt; server has enough storage available for repository mirroring. The amount of storage
required depends on the number of repositories you mirror. We recommend at least 1.5 times
the total size of all enabled repositories. Be aware that the &reponame; repositories will
- grow substantially over time.
+ grow over time.
@@ -48,6 +48,39 @@
+
+ New repository structure for &reponame; &productnumber;
+
+ The repository structure has changed in &reponame; &productnumber;. Previously, there was
+ one default repository and one optional Source repository. Now there are
+ two default repositories, BASE and LTSS, along with
+ optional Source and Debug repositories for both.
+
+
+ The BASE repositories are frozen and contain the existing packages from
+ the original &productname; repositories. The LTSS repositories contain
+ new packages for &reponame; &productnumber;.
+
+
+ If you previously mirrored the &productname; repositories with the general subscription,
+ clean up these repositories first before you start mirroring the new LTSS repositories:
+
+
+
+
+ Disable the original product. This also disables any repositories associated with the product:
+
+&prompt.root;rmt-cli product disable 1251
+
+
+
+ Free up space on the server by cleaning up the files associated with the disabled repositories:
+
+&prompt.root;rmt-cli repos clean
+
+
+
+
Mirroring the &reponame; repositories with &rmt;
@@ -64,19 +97,20 @@
- Enable &reponame; &productnumber; using the product ID 1251:
+ Enable &reponame; &productnumber; using the product ID 2702:
-&prompt.root;rmt-cli product enable 1251
+&prompt.root;rmt-cli product enable 2702
This enables all the default repositories associated with the product.
- If you also need the Source repository, find and enable it with the
- following commands:
+ If you also need the Source or Debug repositories,
+ find and enable them with the following commands:
-&prompt.root;rmt-cli repo list --all | grep RES-
+&prompt.root;rmt-cli repo list --all | grep RES-7-BASE
+&prompt.root;rmt-cli repo list --all | grep RES-7-LTSS
&prompt.root;rmt-cli repo enable REPO_ID
From cd9ee40cf397ba0957cf2f780d9c27d857590e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tahlia Richardson <3069029+tahliar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 16:09:02 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update registration steps
---
xml/app-temp-script.xml | 268 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml | 1 +
xml/art-quickstart.xml | 21 +--
xml/register-with-rmt.xml | 28 +++-
4 files changed, 297 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 xml/app-temp-script.xml
diff --git a/xml/app-temp-script.xml b/xml/app-temp-script.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..819eb8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/app-temp-script.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+
+
+ %entities;
+]>
+
+
+ &rmt; registration script for &productname;
+
+
+
+
+ no
+
+
+
+
+ Sometimes a new registration script is available for &productname;, but is not yet available from
+ the &rmt; server because of different release cycles. In this case, the new registration script
+ is shown here. Save this script as rmt-client-setup-res.
+
+
+#!/bin/sh
+
+SUSECONNECT=/usr/bin/SUSEConnect
+RPM=/usr/bin/rpm
+DNF=/usr/bin/dnf
+CURL=/usr/bin/curl
+YUM=/usr/bin/yum
+YUM_CONFIG_MGR=/usr/bin/yum-config-manager
+
+TEMPFILE="/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/rmt.crt"
+UPDATE_CA_TRUST=/usr/bin/update-ca-trust
+RPM_GPG_KEY_LOCATION="/etc/pki/rpm-gpg"
+
+PARAMS=$@
+YES_PARAM=""
+
+import_rpm_signing_keys() {
+ $RPM --import ${RPM_GPG_KEY_LOCATION}/*
+}
+
+usage() {
+ cat << EOT >&2
+
+ $1
+
+ $0 script installs SUSEConnect and its dependencies and calls rmt-client-setup script that registers to rmt
+
+ Usage: $0 <registration URL> [--regcert <url>] [--regdata <filename>] [--de-register] [--yes]
+ Usage: $0 --host <hostname of the RMT server> [--regcert <url>] [--regdata <filename>] [--de-register] [--yes]
+ Usage: $0 --host <hostname of the RMT server> [--fingerprint <fingerprint of server cert>] [--regdata <filename>] [--de-register] [--yes]
+ configures a SLE client to register against a different registration server
+
+ Example: $0 https://rmt.example.com/
+ Example: $0 --host rmt.example.com --regcert http://rmt.example.com/certs/rmt.crt --yes
+
+EOT
+
+ exit 1
+}
+
+# We need only REGURL and RMTNAME, all other parameters are just passed to rmt-client-setup script
+REGURL=""
+RMTNAME=""
+
+while true; do
+ case "$1" in
+ --fingerprint | --regcert | --regdata)
+ test -z "$2" && usage "Option $1 needs an argument"
+ shift
+ ;;
+ --host)
+ test -z "$2" && usage "Option $1 needs an argument"
+ RMTNAME="$2"
+ REGURL="http://${RMTNAME}"
+ shift
+ ;;
+ --de-register)
+ DE_REGISTER="Y"
+ ;;
+ --yes)
+ YES_PARAM="--yes"
+ ;;
+ "")
+ break
+ ;;
+ -h|--help)
+ usage
+ ;;
+ https://*)
+ RMTNAME="${1:8}"
+ REGURL="$1"
+ ;;
+ http://*)
+ REGURL="$1"
+ RMTNAME="${REGURL:7}"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ usage "Unknown option $1"
+ ;;
+ esac
+ shift
+done
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+ echo "You must be root. Abort."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$REGURL" ]; then
+ echo "Missing registration URL. Abort."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x $RPM ]; then
+ echo "rpm command not found. Abort."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x $CURL ]; then
+ echo "curl command not found. Abort."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e /etc/os-release ]; then
+ echo "/etc/os-release file not found. Couldn't determine OS. Abort."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# Import Self-signed CERT as Trusted
+if [ -z "$REGCERT" ]; then
+ CERTURL=$(echo "$REGURL" | awk -F/ '{print "https://" $3 "/rmt.crt"}')
+else
+ CERTURL="$REGCERT"
+fi
+
+$CURL --tlsv1.2 --silent --insecure --connect-timeout 10 --output $TEMPFILE $CERTURL
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo "Download failed. Abort."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -x $UPDATE_CA_TRUST ]; then
+ $UPDATE_CA_TRUST enable
+ $UPDATE_CA_TRUST extract
+fi
+
+SLL_version=$(grep "VERSION_ID" /etc/os-release | cut -d\" -f2 | cut -d\. -f1)
+SLL_name=$(grep "^ID=" /etc/os-release | cut -d\" -f2 | cut -d\. -f1)
+if [[ ${SLL_version} -gt 8 ]]; then
+ SLL_name="SLL"
+ SLL_release_package="sll-release"
+elif [[ ${SLL_version} -eq 7 ]]; then
+ # if RES7 is present we always assume customer has bought LTSS, if he does not, script fails
+ # so no LTSS customers have to edit the script manually
+ if [ "${SLL_name}" = "ol" ]; then
+ SLL_name="RES-OL-LTSS"
+ SLL_version="7"
+ SLL_release_package="sles_es-release-server-ol"
+ else
+ SLL_name="RES-LTSS"
+ SLL_version="7"
+ SLL_release_package="sles_es-release-server"
+ fi
+ # stop when HA, because HA is not supported within LTSS for SLL7
+ if [ -f /etc/product.d/RES-HA.prod ]; then
+ usage "HA product is not supported in RES7 LTSS, please remove the product"
+ fi
+elif [[ ${SLL_version} -eq 8 ]]; then
+ SLL_name="RES"
+ SLL_release_package="sles_es-release"
+else
+ echo "Unsupported or unknown base version. Abort"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Detected ${SLL_name} version: ${SLL_version}"
+
+echo "Importing repomd.xml.key"
+if [[ ${SLL_version} -eq 7 ]]; then
+ $CURL --silent --show-error --insecure ${REGURL}/repo/SUSE/Updates/${SLL_name%%-LTSS}/${SLL_version}-LTSS/x86_64/update/repodata/repomd.xml.key --output repomd.xml.key
+else
+ $CURL --silent --show-error --insecure ${REGURL}/repo/SUSE/Updates/${SLL_name}/${SLL_version}/x86_64/update/repodata/repomd.xml.key --output repomd.xml.key
+fi
+$RPM --import repomd.xml.key
+
+if [ ! -x $SUSECONNECT ]; then
+ echo "Downloading SUSEConnect"
+if [[ ${SLL_version} -gt 7 ]]; then
+
+ if [ ! -x $DNF ]; then
+ echo "dnf command not found. Abort."
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+ echo "Disabling all repositories"
+ $DNF config-manager --disable $(dnf repolist -q | awk '{ print $1 }' | grep -v repo)
+ # sed -i 's/^enabled=1/enabled=0/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*
+ # on RHEL9 (not RHEL8) redhat-release is protected and cannot be updated to sll-release
+ if [ -f /etc/dnf/protected.d/redhat-release.conf ]; then
+ rm -f /etc/dnf/protected.d/redhat-release.conf
+ fi
+
+ $DNF config-manager --add-repo ${REGURL}/repo/SUSE/Updates/${SLL_name}/${SLL_version}/x86_64/update
+ $DNF config-manager --add-repo ${REGURL}/repo/SUSE/Updates/${SLL_name}-AS/${SLL_version}/x86_64/update
+ $DNF install -y --allowerasing ${SLL_release_package}
+
+ # For RHEL8/CentOS8, remove all old signing keys and import SUSE keys installed with sles_es-release package
+ if [[ ${SLL_version} -eq 8 ]]; then
+ import_rpm_signing_keys
+ fi
+
+ $DNF install SUSEConnect librepo
+ $DNF config-manager --set-disabled "${RMTNAME}_repo_SUSE_Updates_${SLL_name}_${SLL_version}_x86_64_update"
+ $DNF config-manager --set-disabled "${RMTNAME}_repo_SUSE_Updates_${SLL_name}-AS_${SLL_version}_x86_64_update"
+
+elif [[ ${SLL_version} -eq 7 ]]; then
+ # For SLL7 we need to have yum, yum_config_mgr, sles_os-release-server, etc..
+ if [ ! -x "$YUM_CONFIG_MGR" ]; then
+ echo "YUM config manager is not installed. Please install yum-config-manager and retry. Abort."
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+ echo "Disabling all repositories"
+ $YUM_CONFIG_MGR --disable \* > /dev/null
+
+ # on Centos /usr/share/redhat-release is a file, on RHEL and RES it is a directory
+ # so this is CentOS only workaround (on some system it is a normal file, on some systems a symlink)
+ if [ -f /usr/share/redhat-release ] || [ -h /usr/share/redhat-release ]; then
+ rm -f /usr/share/redhat-release
+ fi
+
+ $YUM_CONFIG_MGR --add-repo ${REGURL}/repo/SUSE/Updates/${SLL_name%%-LTSS}/${SLL_version}-LTSS/x86_64/update
+ if [ ${SLL_name} = "RES-OL-LTSS" ]; then
+ $YUM_CONFIG_MGR --add-repo ${REGURL}/repo/SUSE/Updates/RES-BASE/${SLL_version}/x86_64/update
+ fi
+ $YUM_CONFIG_MGR --enable *suse.* > /dev/null
+
+ $YUM install -y ${SLL_release_package} suseconnect-ng librepo
+ $YUM update -y yum
+ $YUM_CONFIG_MGR --disable \* > /dev/null
+fi
+elif [[ ${SLL_version} -eq 8 ]]; then
+ # For SLL8, the release package is already installed, just import the keys
+ import_rpm_signing_keys
+fi
+
+$CURL --silent --show-error --insecure $REGURL/tools/rmt-client-setup --output rmt-client-setup
+echo "Running rmt-client-setup $PARAMS"
+if [ -n "$YES_PARAM" ]; then
+ PARAMS=$(echo $PARAMS | sed 's/--yes//')
+ yes | sh rmt-client-setup $PARAMS
+else
+ sh rmt-client-setup $PARAMS
+fi
+
+if [[ ${SLL_version} -gt 8 ]]; then
+ systemctl start suseconnect-keepalive.timer
+ systemctl enable suseconnect-keepalive.timer
+fi
+
+
+
diff --git a/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml b/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml
index 4c07996..e1b4a8f 100644
--- a/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml
+++ b/xml/art-lite-quickstart.xml
@@ -193,5 +193,6 @@
+
diff --git a/xml/art-quickstart.xml b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
index 919977f..0b6c8db 100644
--- a/xml/art-quickstart.xml
+++ b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
systems with the general subscription is no longer supported.
- To register new systems, you must use a &productname; LTSS &productnumber;
- subscription.
+ To register new &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber; systems, and to continue receiving new updates for existing systems, you must purchase a
+ &productname; LTSS &productnumber; subscription.
@@ -116,21 +116,9 @@
- You can register &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber; with one of the
- following tools:
+ You can register &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber; with either
+ &suma; or the &rmtool; (&rmt;).
-
-
-
- &rmtool; (&rmt;)
-
-
-
-
- &suma;
-
-
-
This guide describes how to register with an &rmt; server. &rmt; is a proxy system for the
&scc;. The &rmt; server is registered with the &scc;, and other systems in the network are
@@ -289,5 +277,6 @@
+
diff --git a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
index 3933da5..a9a541c 100644
--- a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
@@ -70,13 +70,30 @@
+
+
+ New registration setup for &reponame; &productnumber;
+
+ The repository structure and registration setup has changed in &reponame; &productnumber;.
+ If you previously registered your system with a general &productname; subscription,
+ de-register your system from the original subscription and re-register with the LTSS subscription.
+
+
+ To de-register your system, run the following command:
+
+&prompt.root;SUSEConnect --de-register
+
+
Registering <phrase audience="sll">&rhla; or </phrase>CentOS Linux with &rmt;
-
+
+
+ Save the script in as rmt-client-setup-res.
+
@@ -137,8 +154,8 @@
Installed Products:
------------------------------------------
- SLES Expanded Support platform release file
- (RES/&productnumber;/x86_64)
+ SUSE Liberty Linux release file
+ (RES-LTSS/&productnumber;/x86_64)
Registered
@@ -151,7 +168,8 @@ Installed Products:
&prompt.root;yum repolist
- You should see RES-&productnumber;-Updates.
+ You should see RES-&productnumber;-BASE-Updates and
+ RES-&productnumber;-LTSS-Updates.
From e3edb9d74aae3b3e7d87f0e67b155d2e2e2eb2c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tahlia Richardson <3069029+tahliar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 18:41:15 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Final touches
---
xml/art-quickstart.xml | 15 +++++++++++++--
xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
xml/install-rmt-vm.xml | 11 +++++++----
xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml | 11 +++++++++--
xml/register-with-rmt.xml | 4 ++++
5 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xml/art-quickstart.xml b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
index 0b6c8db..04d4dfa 100644
--- a/xml/art-quickstart.xml
+++ b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
@@ -101,8 +101,19 @@
systems with the general subscription is no longer supported.
- To register new &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber; systems, and to continue receiving new updates for existing systems, you must purchase a
- &productname; LTSS &productnumber; subscription.
+ To register new &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber;
+ systems, and to continue receiving new updates for existing systems, you must purchase a
+ &reponame; &productnumber; subscription.
+
+
+ Additionally, the optional &ha; extension is no longer supported with
+ &reponame; &productnumber;. You must remove this product from your system
+ before you can register with an LTSS subscription.
+
+
+ If you previously registered your systems with a general subscription and want to move
+ them to an LTSS subscription, see
+ and .
diff --git a/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html b/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html
index 5fcff55..7b47b4f 100644
--- a/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html
+++ b/xml/html/rh-art-quickstart.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with SMT
+Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with RMT
-
+
-
+
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
"dateModified": "2024-07-01T00:00+02:00",
- "datePublished": "2022-04-01T00:00+02:00",
+ "datePublished": "2024-03-14T00:00+02:00",
"about": [
@@ -82,15 +82,23 @@
useBR: false
});
-
Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with SMT
2024-07-01
+
Revision History: Registering RHEL 7 or CentOS Linux 7 with RMT
2024-07-01
- Retire guide for LTSS.
+ Updates for LTSS.
+
+
2024-06-27
+
+ Add Minimal VM procedure.
+
+
2024-05-10
+
+ RMT script and requirements update.
2024-03-27
Clarify wording of requirements.
-
2022-04-01
+
2024-03-14
Initial release.
diff --git a/xml/install-rmt-vm.xml b/xml/install-rmt-vm.xml
index 8c7bbd6..14a84f8 100644
--- a/xml/install-rmt-vm.xml
+++ b/xml/install-rmt-vm.xml
@@ -63,15 +63,18 @@
We recommend at least 1.5 times the total size of all enabled repositories.
-
&reponame; &productnumber; repository size
- The &reponame; repositories will grow substantially over time, because older package
+ The &reponame; repositories will grow over time, because older package
versions are not removed. To meet the 1.5x size recommendation, based on the
- currentAs of 20 June, 2024
- size of the &reponame; &productnumber; repository, you will need approximately 710 GB
+ currentAs of 01 July, 2024 size of the default
+ &reponame; &productnumber; repositories, you will need approximately 225 GB
of disk space available for the &rmt; server.
+
+ If you also need the Source and Debug
+ repositories, you will need an additional 765 GB available.
+
diff --git a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
index 794727a..afa8867 100644
--- a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@
one default repository and one optional Source repository. Now there are
two default repositories, BASE and LTSS, along with
optional Source and Debug repositories for both.
-
-
The BASE repositories are frozen and contain the existing packages from
the original &productname; repositories. The LTSS repositories contain
new packages for &reponame; &productnumber;.
+
+ There are no new &ha; repositories. &ha; is not supported with &reponame; &productnumber;.
+
If you previously mirrored the &productname; repositories with the general subscription,
clean up these repositories first before you start mirroring the new LTSS repositories:
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@
Disable the original product. This also disables any repositories associated with the product:
&prompt.root;rmt-cli product disable 1251
+
+
+
+ If your previous subscription included the &ha; extension, disable this product too:
+
+&prompt.root;rmt-cli product disable 1252
diff --git a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
index a9a541c..cfa8a5e 100644
--- a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
To de-register your system, run the following command:
&prompt.root;SUSEConnect --de-register
+
+ This command also removes the &ha; extension if it was installed on your system.
+ &ha; is not supported with &reponame; &productnumber;.
+
From 81d1cb18e26dce40d19b307bd15abb1609706961 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tahlia Richardson <3069029+tahliar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 18:46:54 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Temporarily comment out reregistration content
---
xml/art-quickstart.xml | 6 +++---
xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml | 4 ++--
xml/register-with-rmt.xml | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xml/art-quickstart.xml b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
index 04d4dfa..deb1107 100644
--- a/xml/art-quickstart.xml
+++ b/xml/art-quickstart.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
To register new &rhla; &productnumber; or CentOS Linux &productnumber;
- systems, and to continue receiving new updates for existing systems, you must purchase a
+ systems, you must purchase a
&reponame; &productnumber; subscription.
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@
&reponame; &productnumber;. You must remove this product from your system
before you can register with an LTSS subscription.
-
+
&productname; is a technology and support solution for mixed Linux environments.
diff --git a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
index afa8867..1f06838 100644
--- a/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/mirror-repositories-with-rmt.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
There are no new &ha; repositories. &ha; is not supported with &reponame; &productnumber;.
-
+
diff --git a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
index cfa8a5e..0f96bc1 100644
--- a/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
+++ b/xml/register-with-rmt.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
-
+
Registering <phrase audience="sll">&rhla; or </phrase>CentOS Linux with &rmt;