VHM and SUSE CaaS Platform
You can use a SUSE Manager VHM to gather instances from SUSE CaaS Platform.
The VHM allows SUSE Manager to obtain and report information about your virtual machines. For more information on VHMs, see client-configuration:vhm.adoc.
Register CaaSP Nodes
You can register each SUSE CaaS Platform node to SUSE Manager using the same method as you would a Salt client. For more information, see client-configuration:registration-overview.adoc.
We recommend that you create an activation key to associate SUSE CaaS Platform channels, and to onboard the associated nodes. For more on activation keys, see client-configuration:clients-and-activation-keys.adoc.
If you are using cloud-init
, we recommended that you use a bootstrap script in the cloud-init
configuration.
For more on bootstrapping, see client-configuration:registration-bootstrap.adoc.
When you have added the SUSE CaaS Platform nodes to SUSE Manager, you will be able to:
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View the patch level status of each node.
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Perform configuration management operations against the nodes, including using Salt states.
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Assign different set of channels to clusters using channel staging and lifecycle management filters.
Updates related to Kubernetes are managed using the skuba-update
tool.
For more information, see https://documentation.suse.com/suse-caasp/4/html/caasp-admin/_cluster_updates.html.
When using Salt or SUSE Manager (either via UI or API) on any SUSE CaaS Platform nodes:
SUSE Manager will not stop you from issuing these operations. Issuing those operation may render your SUSE CaaS Platform cluster unusable. |