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<div id="welcome">
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<h1> Welcome </h1>
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<p>
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Before you can use Foreman for the first time there are a few tasks that must be performed. You must decide how you
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wish to use the software, and update the primary settings file
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<b>config/settings.yaml</b> and the <%= link_to "settings", settings_path %> to indicate your selections.
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</p>
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<h2>Operating Mode</h2>
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<p>
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You may operate Foreman in basic mode, in which it acts as a reporting and external node classifier or you may also
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turn on unattended mode operation in which Foreman
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creates and manages the configuration files necessary to completely configure a new host. When operating in
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unattended mode Foreman will require more information,
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so expect more questions, but it will be able to automate host installations for redhat, debian, suse and solaris operating systems (and thier clones), see <a href=http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Unattended_installations rel="external">here</a> for more details.
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</p>
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<h2>User Authentication</h2>
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<p>
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Foreman, by default, operates in anonymous mode where all operations are performed without reference to the user who
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is performing the task. If you wish to track the actions of a
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particular user then it is possible to use an additional authentication stage and provide a user account. At
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present, authentication is performed against the internal Database or a LDAP
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service provided by one or more LDAP servers.
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<p> Additionally, you may restrict user permissions based on many criteria, make sure you check the roles settings tab.</p>
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<% if SETTINGS[:login] -%>
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<ul>
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<li> For internal Users, simply create a new user at the <%= link_to "Users", users_path %> page </li>
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<li> if you chose to use LDAP authentication then you must provide connection details for
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your authentication provider on <%= link_to "LDAP", new_auth_source_ldap_path %> page </li>
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<li> For Roles and permissions, see the <%= link_to "Roles", roles_path %> page</li>
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</ul>
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<% else -%>
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<p><span class="label label-info">Notice</span>
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You would need to enable login in your settings.yml file first and restart foreman
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<p><span class="label label-important">Important</span>
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the default username and password are <b>admin</b> and <b>changeme</b>
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</p>
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<% end -%>
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<h2>Import your data</h2>
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<p>
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Foreman comes with some importers to ease the burden of entering loads of data about your current installation. If
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you are already using puppet you should consider using some of the rake tasks that have been provided.
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<ul>
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<li>
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Inventory browser - <a href=http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Puppet_Facts rel="external">Importing Puppet Facts</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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Puppet External Nodes -
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<a href=http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/External_Nodes rel="external">Importing Puppet classes and environments</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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Reporting - <a href=http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Puppet_Reports rel="external">Puppet Reports integration</a>
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</ul>
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<h2>Additional steps</h2>
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<p>
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You may optionally wish to generate the online documentation for your puppet classes -
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<a href=http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Puppet_class_browser rel="external">puppet class browser</a>
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</p>
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<p>
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After you have decided on the two primary modes of operation and performed any appropriate imports then it would be
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good idea if you visited some of the other configuration pages to see if
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additional setup is required under the Additional settings select box on the top right.
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<p>You may also find the <a href=http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Howtos rel="external">Howtos</a> useful.</p>
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<p><span class="label label-info">Notice</span> This page will self destruct once data comes in.</p>
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