Chapter 2. Accessing Red Hat Satellite After Red Hat Satellite has been installed and configured, use a browser to log in to the Satellite web UI interface. From the Satellite web UI, you can manage and monitor your Satellite infrastructure. 2.1. Logging in to the Satellite web UI Use the web user interface to log in to Satellite for further configuration. Prerequisites Ensure that the Katello root CA certificate is installed in your browser. For more information, see Section 2.2, "Importing the Katello root CA certificate" . Procedure Access Satellite Server using a web browser pointed to the fully qualified domain name: Enter the user name and password created during the configuration process. If a user was not created during the configuration process, the default user name is admin . steps If you have problems logging in, you can reset the password. For more information, see Section 2.3, "Resetting the administrative user password" . 2.2. Importing the Katello root CA certificate The first time you log in to Satellite, you might see a warning informing you that you are using the default self-signed certificate and you might not be able to connect this browser to Satellite until the root CA certificate is imported in the browser. Use the following procedure to locate the root CA certificate on Satellite and to import it into your browser. To use the CLI instead of the Satellite web UI, see CLI Procedure . Prerequisites Your Red Hat Satellite is installed and configured. Procedure Identify the fully qualified domain name of your Satellite Server: Access the pub directory on your Satellite Server using a web browser pointed to the fully qualified domain name: When you access Satellite for the first time, an untrusted connection warning displays in your web browser. Accept the self-signed certificate and add the Satellite URL as a security exception to override the settings. This procedure might differ depending on the browser being used. Ensure that the Satellite URL is valid before you accept the security exception. Select katello-server-ca.crt . Import the certificate into your browser as a certificate authority and trust it to identify websites. CLI procedure From the Satellite CLI, copy the katello-server-ca.crt file to the machine you use to access the Satellite web UI: In the browser, import the katello-server-ca.crt certificate as a certificate authority and trust it to identify websites. 2.3. Resetting the administrative user password Use the following procedures to reset the administrative password to randomly generated characters or to set a new administrative password. To reset the administrative user password Log in to the base operating system where Satellite Server is installed. Enter the following command to reset the password: Use this password to reset the password in the Satellite web UI. Edit the ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml file on Satellite Server to add the new password: Unless you update the ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml file, you cannot use the new password with Hammer CLI. To set a new administrative user password Log in to the base operating system where Satellite Server is installed. To set the password, enter the following command: Edit the ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml file on Satellite Server to add the new password: Unless you update the ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml file, you cannot use the new password with Hammer CLI. 2.4. Setting a custom message on the Satellite web UI login page You can change the default text on the login page to a custom message you want your users to see every time they access the page. For example, your custom message might be a warning required by your company. Procedure In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Administer > Settings , and click the General tab. Enter your custom message in the Login page footer text field. Click Submit . Verification Log out of the Satellite web UI and verify that the custom message is now displayed on the login page.

Commands:
https:// satellite.example.com /
hostname -f
https:// satellite.example.com /pub
scp /var/www/html/pub/katello-server-ca.crt username@hostname:remotefile
foreman-rake permissions:reset Reset to user: admin, password: qwJxBptxb7Gfcjj5
vi ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml
foreman-rake permissions:reset password= new_password
vi ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml