Foreman Cheat Sheet

1 CLI

1.1 Hammer

• Hammer Password location

vim $HOME/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml

• Set all Repos to use "Download Policy" Immediate

for ID in $(hammer --csv repository list --per-page=1000 --fields Id | tail -n +2 | cut -d',' -f1)
do
 echo ID=$ID
 hammer repository update --id "$ID" --download-policy immediate
done

2 Content

2.1 Content Views

2.1.1 Content View Filters

• Content > Lifecycle > Content Views > cv_rhel9 (your cv) > Tab: Filters > Create Filter

• Name: EPEL_Zabbix_Exclude
• Content type: RPM
• Type: Exclude Filter
• Description: Never use Zabbix packages from epel repo: https://support.zabbix.com/si/jira.issueviews:issue-html/ZBX-21363/ZBX-21363.html
• Create

• Add RPM Rule

• RPM Name: zabbix*
• keep other options as they are

• Apply to a Subset of Repositories (right top corner)

• Add EPEL9 Repos

• Finally "Publish new Version" of your Content View
• Then verify on target systems