Chapter 5. Deprecated Functionality
This part provides an overview of functionality that has been deprecated in Red Hat Satellite 6.14.
Deprecated functionality will likely not be supported in future releases of this product and is not recommended for new deployments. For the most recent list of deprecated functionality within a particular major release, refer to the latest version of release documentation.
The support status of deprecated functionality remains unchanged within Red Hat Satellite 6.14. For information about the length of support, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Application Streams Life Cycle.
Deprecated hardware components are not recommended for new deployments on the current or future releases. Hardware driver updates are limited to security and critical fixes only. Red Hat recommends replacing this hardware as soon as reasonably feasible.
A package can be deprecated and not recommended for further use. Under certain circumstances, a package can be removed from a product. Product documentation then identifies more recent packages that offer functionality similar, identical, or more advanced to the one deprecated, and provides further recommendations.
Package group actions
Package group actions in the Satellite web UI is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Jira:SAT-27432
katello-agent
katello-agent has been deprecated and will be removed in Satellite 6.15. Migrate now to Remote Execution or Remote Execution pull mode. If you upgrade to Satellite 6.15 without migrating, you will not be able to perform critical host package actions, including patching and security updates. For more information about migrating to Remote Execution, see Migrating From Katello Agent to Remote Execution in Managing Hosts.
Jira:SAT-18124
Snapshot based backup
The snapshot based backup functionality is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Jira:SAT-20862
Asynchronous SSH remote execution mode
The async-ssh remote execution mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. When you have unstable connectivity between Capsules and managed hosts, Red Hat advises you to use the pull mode instead. For more information about pull mode, see Transport Modes for Remote Execution in Managing Hosts.
Concurrency control and Time span
Concurrency control and time span settings in remote job scheduling are deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Append domain names to the host
The Append domain names to the host setting is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) to identify the hosts.
Foreman Hooks
The Foreman Hooks functionality has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. The functionality will be replaced by the new Foreman Webhooks feature that will be documented with its release.
Provisioning on Red Hat Virtualization
The integration of Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) with Satellite is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. All the existing compute resources of RHV type will be removed and the hosts associated with RHV will be disconnected.
Bootstrap.py
The bootstrap.py script used to register a host to Satellite or Capsule Server has been replaced with the curl command created with the global registration template.
Entitlements
Entitlement-based Subscription Management is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. It is recommended to use Simple Content Access, which simplifies the entitlement experience for administrators in regards to subscriptions as a substitute.
Jira:SAT-21137
katello-ca-consumer package
The katello-ca-consumer package is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the global registration template for registering a host to Red Hat Satellite. The katello-ca-consumer rpm is still expected to be used for deploying systems using Satellite until BZ#(2153548) is resolved.
katello-rhsm-consumer script
The katello-rhsm-consumer script is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the global registration template for registering a host to Red Hat Satellite.
Jira:SAT-21372
