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Click create new key at the upper-right corner of the page. Enter a descriptive label and description,
such as Asset and Precise location of each system, and click the Create Key. The key will
then show up in the custom info keys list.
Once the key exists, you may assign a value to it through the Custom Info tab of the System
Details page. Refer to Section 7.4.2.9.1.7, "System Details Details Custom Info —
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for instructions.
7.4.8.1. rhn-custom-info
In addition to the Satellite web interface for creating and listing custom information keys, there is a
command-line tool called rhn-custom-info that performs the same actions at a shell prompt, for
administrators who may not have access to the web interface.
The usage of rhn-custom-info is as follows:
rhn-custom-info options key1 value1
For example:
rhn-custom-info --username=admin --password=f00b4rb4z --server-
url=satellite.example.com --list-values
The command lists the custom keys and their values for the satellite.example.com Satellite server.
For more information, refer to the help file by typing rhn-custom-info -h.
7.4.9. Kickstart —
Kickstart configuration files allow administrators to create an environment for automating otherwise
time-consuming system installations, such as multiple servers or workstations. Kickstart files can
be created, modified, and managed within the RHN Satellite interface, and customized by the RHN
Satellite web-based interface.
RHN Satellite also features the Cobbler installation server that allows administrators to perform
unattended installations using a Pre-Execution Environment (PXE) server, installation and
configuration of full and para-virtualized guest systems, and re-installation of running systems. For
more information on configuring Cobbler and its associated helper program Koan, refer to Chapter 11,
Cobbler.
To satisfy the provisioning needs of customers, RHN Satellite provides an interface for developing
kickstart profiles that can be used to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux or other operating systems
on either new or already-registered systems. This enables systems to be installed automatically to
particular specifications.
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