Patching RPM-based systems with Katello

Let's consider the use of Katello to build repositories for our CentOS 7 system across multiple lifecycle environments. As Katello supports the key-based validation of RPMs, our first task is to install the GPG public key for the RPMs. A copy of this is freely downloadable from the CentOS project and can be found on most CentOS 7 systems in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7:

  1. To add this public key to Katello, navigate to Content | Content Credentials from the menu bar. Then, click Create Content Credential:
  1. Give the key a suitable name and either upload the key file or copy and paste the contents ...

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