Chapter 2. Key References
2.1. What is Red Hat Satellite
Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that enables you to deploy, configure, and maintain your systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Satellite provides provisioning, remote management and monitoring of multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool.
Red Hat Satellite Server synchronizes content from the Red Hat Customer Portal and other sources, and provides functionality including fine-grained life cycle management, user and group role-based access control, integrated subscription management, as well as advanced GUI, CLI, or API access.
Red Hat Satellite Capsule Server mirrors content from Red Hat Satellite Server to share the content across various geographical locations. Host systems can pull content and configuration from the Capsule Server in their location instead of from the central Satellite Server. The Capsule Server also provides localized services such as Puppet server, DHCP, DNS, or TFTP. Capsule Servers assist you in scaling Red Hat Satellite as the number of managed systems increases in your environment.
2.2. Supported Architectures
For an overview of supported architectures in Satellite, see Supported Client Architectures.
2.3. Content Delivery Network Repositories and Tools
This section describes the repositories required to install Red Hat Satellite.
You can install Red Hat Satellite through the Content Delivery Network (CDN). To do so, configure subscription-manager to use the correct repository for your operating system version and variant.
Run the following command to enable a CDN repository:
# subscription-manager repos --enable=reponameRun the following command to disable a CDN repository:
# subscription-manager repos --disable=reponameThe following table lists the repositories for Satellite Server, Capsule Server, and Satellite Maintenance.
| Repository Name | Repository Label |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (ISOs, RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-6.12-for-rhel-8-x86_64-{isos, rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.12 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-capsule-6.12-for-rhel-8-x86_64-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Maintenance 6.12 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-maintenance-6.12-for-rhel-8-x86_64-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Utils 6.12 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-utils-6.12-for-rhel-8-x86_64-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
The following tables list the repositories for Red Hat Satellite Clients.
| Repository Name | Repository Label |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 6 Server - ELS) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-6-server-els-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 6 for System Z - ELS) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-6-for-system-z-els-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Repository Name | Repository Label |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 Desktop) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-desktop-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 Server) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-server-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 Workstation) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-workstation-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 for Scientific Computing) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-for-hpc-node-satellite-tools-7-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 for IBM Power) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-for-power-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 for IBM Power LE) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-for-power-le-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 for System Z) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-for-system-z-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 Server - Update Services SAP Solutions) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-server-e4s-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 for IBM Power LE - Update Services SAP Solutions) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-for-power-le-e4s-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 Server - TUS) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-server-tus-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 (for RHEL 7 Server - AUS) (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | rhel-7-server-aus-satellite-client-6-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Repository Name | Repository Label |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 <arch> (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-<arch>-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 x86_64 - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-x86_64-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-s390x-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 Power, little endian - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 ARM 64 - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-aarch64-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 x86_64 - Update Services SAP Solutions (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-x86_64-e4s-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 Power, little endian - Update Services SAP Solutions (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-e4s-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 x86_64 - Telecommunications Update Service (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-x86_64-tus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 x86_64 - Advanced Mission Critical Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-x86_64-aus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Repository Name | Repository Label |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 <arch> (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-<arch>-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 x86_64 - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-x86_64-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-s390x-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 Power, little endian - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-ppc64le-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 ARM 64 - Extended Update Support (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-aarch64-eus-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 x86_64 - Update Services SAP Solutions (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-x86_64-e4s-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
| Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 Power, little endian - Update Services SAP Solutions (RPMS, Debug RPMS, Source RPMS) | satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-ppc64le-e4s-{rpms, debug-rpms, source-rpms} |
2.4. Deployment Workflow and Referential Product Documentation
For documentation regarding Satellite deployment and the necessary deployment workflow, see Satellite Overview, Concepts, and Deployment Considerations.
2.5. Product Life Cycle
For an overview of the life cycle phases for Red Hat Network Satellite and Red Hat Satellite and the status of support for these products, see Red Hat Satellite Product Life Cycle.
2.6. Component Versions
Red Hat Satellite is a combination of several upstream projects. For details of the major projects included, and the version of those projects included in each major and minor release of Red Hat Satellite, see Satellite 6 Component Versions.
