Creating a Management Station
Create a management station in OS Management Hub to mirror and distribute content to instances on premises. The management station also acts as network proxy for instances to communicate with OS Management Hub.
If this is the first management station that you're creating and registering with OS Management Hub, ensure that you have completed the getting started tasks for the service and reviewed Understanding Management Stations.
- Minimum System Requirements
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Before creating a management station, ensure that the system you will use for the station meets minimum requirements.
- A x86_64 bare metal server or virtual machine in the customer data center running Oracle Linux 8 (8.7, 8.8, 8.9, or 8.10).
- Network connectivity from the management station to the OS Management Hub service in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) on port tcp/443.
- Enough storage allocated and mounted for Oracle Linux content mirrors. Storage requirements are relative to the scope and size of the Oracle Linux software sources needed by instances using the management station. Several hundred gigabytes (GB) to a few terabytes (TB) is commonly required.
- Enough storage in
/var/cache/dnf
for repository metadata. Storage requirements are relative to the Oracle Linux software sources needed by instances using the management station. Large software sources can require 100 MB to 200 MB of storage per repository.
- Gather Configuration Information
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When creating a management station, you need the following information for the configuration:
- Hostname or IP address (on the local network) of the system that will act as a management station.
- Proxy information including:
- Permitted addresses
- Listening port
- Forwarding proxy (optional)
- Mirror information
- Mount point
- Listening ports (http and https)
To create the management station, follow these steps:
Proceed to registering a management station as an instance with OS Management Hub. Use the oci os-management-hub management-station create command and required parameters to create a management station.
oci os-management-hub management-station create --compartment-id ocid --display-name station-name --hostname name --mirror mirror.json --station-proxy station-proxy.json [OPTIONS]
For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.
Run the CreateManagementStation operation to create a management station in the root compartment.