Chapter 14. Host status in Satellite
In Satellite, each host has a global status that indicates which hosts need attention. Each host also has sub-statuses that represent status of a particular feature. With any change of a sub-status, the global status is recalculated and the result is determined by statuses of all sub-statuses.
14.1. Host global status overview
The global status represents the overall status of a particular host. The status can have one of three possible values: OK, Warning, or Error. You can find global status on the Hosts Overview page. The status displays a small icon next to host name and has a color that corresponds with the status. Hovering over the icon renders a tooltip with sub-status information to quickly find out more details. To view the global status for a host, in the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts.
- OK
- No errors were reported by any sub-status. This status is highlighted with the color green.
- Warning
- While no error was detected, some sub-status raised a warning. For example, there are no configuration management reports for the host even though the host is configured to send reports. It is a good practice to investigate any warnings to ensure that your deployment remains healthy. This status is highlighted with the color yellow.
- Error
- Some sub-status reports a failure. For example, a run contains some failed resources. This status is highlighted with the color red.
Search syntax
If you want to search for hosts according to their status, use the syntax for searching in Satellite that is outlined in the Searching and Bookmarking in Administering Red Hat Satellite, and then build your searches out by using the following status-related examples:
To search for hosts that have an OK status:
global_status = ok
To search for all hosts that deserve attention:
global_status = error or global_status = warning
14.2. Host sub-status overview
A sub-status monitors only a part of a host’s capabilities.
To view the sub-statuses of a host, in the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts and click on the host whose full status you want to inspect. You can view the global host status next to the name of the host and the host sub-statuses on the Host status card.
Each sub-status has its own set of possible values that are mapped to the three global status values.
Below are listed sub-statuses that Satellite contains.
- Configuration
This sub-status is only relevant if Satellite uses a configuration management system like Ansible, Puppet, or Salt.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Alerts disabled
OK
Active
OK
Pending
OK
No changes
OK
No reports
OK / Warning
Out of sync
Warning
Error
Error
Additional information about the values of this sub-status:
- Active: During the last configuration, some resources were applied.
-
Pending: During the last configuration, some resources would be applied but your configuration management integration was configured to run in
noopmode. - No changes: During the last configuration, nothing changed.
-
No reports: This can be both a Warning or OK status. When there are no reports but the host uses an associated Capsule for configuration management or the
always_show_configuration_statussetting is set totrue, it maps to Warning. Otherwise it maps to OK. - Error: This indicates an error during configuration. For example, a configuration run failed to install a package.
-
Out of sync: A configuration report was not received within the expected interval, based on the
outofsync_intervalsetting. Reports are identified by an origin and can have different intervals based upon it.
- Build
This sub-status is only relevant for hosts provisioned from Satellite or hosts registered through global registration.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Installed
OK
0
Pending installation
OK
1
Token expired
Error
2
Installation error
Error
3
- Compliance
Indicates if the host is compliant with OpenSCAP policies.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Compliant
OK
0
Inconclusive
Warning
1
At least one incompliant
Error
2
- Execution
Status of the last completed remote execution job.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Last execution succeeded / No execution finished yet
OK
0
Last execution failed
Error
1
Unknown execution status
OK
2 or 3
Last execution cancelled
OK
4
- Inventory
Indicates if the host is synchronized to Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console. Satellite Server performs the synchronization itself but only uploads basic information to Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Host was not uploaded to your RH cloud inventory
Warning
0
Successfully uploaded to your RH cloud inventory
OK
1
- Insights
Indicates if the host is synchronized to Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console. This synchronization is performed by the host. The host uploads more information than the Satellite Server.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Reporting
OK
0
Not reporting
Error
1
- Errata
Indicates if Errata is available on the host.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Up to date
OK
0
Unknown
Warning
1
Needed errata
Error
2
Needed security errata
Error
3
- RHEL Lifecycle
Indicates the current state of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system installed on the host.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Unknown
OK
0
Full support
OK
1
Maintenance support
OK
2
Approaching end of maintenance support
Warning
3
Extended support
OK
4
Approaching end of support
Warning
5
Support ended
Error
6
- Traces
Indicates if the host needs a reboot or a process restart.
Possible values:
Label Global host status Number value Unknown
Warning
-1
Up to date
OK
0
Required process restart
Error
1
Required reboot
Error
2
Search syntax
If you want to search for hosts according to their sub-status, use the syntax for searching in Satellite that is outlined in the Searching and Bookmarking chapter of the Administering Satellite guide, and then build your searches out by using the following status-related examples:
You search for hosts' configuration sub-statuses based on their last reported state.
For example, to find hosts that have at least one pending resource:
status.pending > 0
To find hosts that restarted some service during last run:
status.restarted > 0
To find hosts that have an interesting last run that might indicate something has happened:
status.interesting = true
